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To be these days on the front line sucks but also, to be last in line sucks to get hit from behind when you are at a stop sign sucks A sour grape (not just one on a vine) sucks Pandemic’s closing of your favorite place to dine sucks To be a cat on life number nine sucks To be so sick you always must recline sucks To learn one’s cult is not divine sucks During Xmas time especially, to be allergic to pine sucks To see those protesting destroying your beloved shrine sucks To want hard liquor when there’s only sweet red wine sucks To want red wine when all you find is moonshine sucks To learn your faux fur coat is made from an exotic feline sucks Asked to explain a word you used (but can’t even define) sucks To never be able on issues with your partner to align sucks To have to be with people who act like swine sucks To be a someone who lacks a spine sucks For you to have to listen to me whine sucks To have to stay inside your house confined sucks For me to end this poem with two near-rhymes really really sucks N/A Aug. 10, 2020 for the "It Sucks" Poetry contest

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Date: 8/12/2020 6:04:00 AM
Great Job Andrea! I love your work and I'm sure it will place in the top. well done my friend.
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Date: 8/12/2020 12:17:00 AM
True, Andrea, all these things make us go grrr & ugh ... but your comic-serious monorhyme definitely does NOT suck! Creative, to say the least. ~ Warm regards // paul
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Date: 8/11/2020 6:20:00 PM
To be vacuuming a rug with a vacuum that doesn't.....
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Date: 8/11/2020 12:52:00 PM
Very uncomfortable circumstances sucks...I always wondered why such an important word became a negative...
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Date: 8/11/2020 9:47:00 AM
GIGGLES GALORE ;D,
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Date: 8/11/2020 7:51:00 AM
With perfection in 18 lines, you are more than forgiven Andrea. Don’t be hard on yourself. I’m sure you could amend the penultimate line to use ‘confine’. But then you would lose the acid twist in the tail. (Or is it ‘tale’?).Seriously (or not) your poem is delightfully sardonic.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/11/2020 11:23:00 AM
thanks, and the near rhymes were deliberate so that I could end it how I did!
Date: 8/11/2020 6:45:00 AM
- It SUCKS :)))))) - Best wishes in the contest, Andrea :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 8/11/2020 6:38:00 AM
Quit your whining, Andrea, sometimes life just SUCKS... I enjoyed your poem my friend, I found some of your lines to be quite humorous. Best of luck in the contest. Hugs, John
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Date: 8/11/2020 4:34:00 AM
This is quite comprehensive and true to real life Andrea. A winner for me.
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Date: 8/11/2020 2:09:00 AM
Ha ha! This was fun, Andrea, so well written:)
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Date: 8/10/2020 9:57:00 PM
For me to end this poem with two near-rhymes really really sucks...Interesting write Andrea.. Great entry.. Good luck in the contest..
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Date: 8/10/2020 9:48:00 PM
"A cat on life number nine" is my favorite. Also the red wine/moonshine and being allergic to pine at Christmas. And I can just see you cringing at the near-rhymes, but they really make your ending perfect. I laughed throughout; I smell a sucky winner, haha ~ John
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Date: 8/10/2020 9:13:00 PM
Lol, Andrea, difficulty met with ease, sweet, hoping for the best, Aloha! William
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