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Misfortune Poems - Poems about Misfortune

Misfortune Poems - Examples of all types of poems about misfortune to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for misfortune.
odium amplexus
...Come the morning, we will shed The tears of infants, painted red. Mother's love can save the child But not the mother from her death. Soon the child will grow up hated, then the voices soon ab......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, anger,
Form: Rhyme



Still wrestling with impasse to contentment
...Still wrestling with impasse to contentment Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog just me and mine dark shadow slinking along outer limits of the edge of night doth blog passivity, the p......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, abuse, adventure, beauty, body,
Form: Rhyme
Ode to Pot Holes
... Oh gaping chasm of misfortune A sign of council extortion? Roads not fit for purpose Driving makes us nervous Neglect of civil responsibility The cause of such hostility Oh pot hole why so ......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, car, corruption, england, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Wish I Had
... I wish I had... the power to change a broken man's circumstances. I'd flip his dim world back downside up, add colors and rays of sunshine to it, ......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, desire, introspection, perspective, power,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stuck in the Middle with You
...When you are alone, you look at the others and think that one had too much ... time to think and that one … well, you surmise, they are on the brink of some precipitous ... evaluati......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, muse, poets,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Dweller in Paradise
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My domestic dwelling, hugs me like the first time my mother cradled me in her arms when I was born. It welcomes me, like a warm thick jacket put over my body......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, home, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
...Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024 (alternately titled GENESIS RESPLENDENT) No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpi......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, 12th grade, animal, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Place Not Meant To Be: 02
...#2: A Day Ends Amidst the noisy sand castles crumble, afeared shook ceases, a slamming silence, tis a rippling pond cross o'er to humble, tranquility transfers, hours for nonsense,......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, appreciation, beautiful, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Barometrics
...Met a boy of about four standing in the foyer Of local restaraunt.He was standing in front of a machine that after eating your quarter would give you a reading of your emotional bearing after placin......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Biased
...It's a misfortune that company's are biased to individuals who are more then qualified for the job, yet their skin color or sex is against them......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, race, work, world,
Form: Monoku
An abusers love
...Dont speak of love, then strike my face Dont promise me better treatment with false lips, my scars hold more fidelity and trust. Dont tell me you miss me, for your wishes show, only to cast me off ......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, abuse,
Form: Free verse
See through me
...I keep beauty, strength, and resilience Wrapped around my arm I see grace, love, and motherhood Dancing in a smile I see the scars on her soul And the pain of her past The tears behind the laug......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Windswept Through the Eyes of Poets
..."Life is fragile and temporary. The faces of today quickly become the faces of the past. Sorrow, pain, and anger... it all fades, except love. Love is forever and thereafter, even when we've......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, poets, wind,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member La Nina
...she is impending, the most ferocious beast, s w i r l i n g and t w i r l i n g ......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, nature, storm,
Form: Free verse
interlude
...Usefulness is only deemed by someone who needs it You made me feel useful For once in my life, I meant something to someone Whether that was using me or not, I don’t care You seem h......Read the rest...
Categories: misfortune, 12th grade, break up,
Form: Free verse

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