Bad Luck Poems - Poems about Bad Luck

Mr. O'Toole in trauma sat in front Seeking mercy from tax assessor stunt. His Irish luck grace Full Blown-in his face. With distaste pay money in full upfront. 3/26/2025...

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,,hm, wait I have some euros" ,,No, It's okay don't give it to me" ,,here is your bag, you forgot it" ,,you can go first" ,,wait, I'll see if I have one" I don't even know what to write for the first sentence now. When you didn't notice me being in calamity. (1) ,,she doesn't want to accept it, just give my...

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I've felt a sense of gloom and doom looming over me As if I'd set a rabbit's foot or lucky clover free What have I done to put me in this hypnotic trance No more can I endure this endless neurotic dance So I steered into the skid to really test my fate Stepped on every sidewalk crack with a...

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It’s Friday and my old black cat Across my path he goes He does not care for human dates His nonchalance, it shows He blesses me by crossing me At least that’s what he thinks But since it is the thirteenth too I’ve just been double jinxed....

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Sometimes I Gotta Laugh, So I Don't Cry Am I the punch line for life’s cruel joke? Bad luck follows me, don’t ask me why Oh geez, I think I’m gonna need a smoke Moved to a small town to meet some nice folk One said, "Come on over for some apple pie!" I came home to my belongings, all gone...

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Sitting here in rush hour I moan and sigh Horn’s honk, engine’s rev, a Monday to miss Birds whooshing overhead as time ticks by When from below I hear a squealing hiss The tire! Is murphy's law to blame for this?! I hop out to check and PLOP! That damn bird! I pop the hood to a clang, clunk and creak Was...

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Not at all nice: In one's hair lice In one’s room mice Weevils in one’s rice In lieu of full cake, a slice One’s highest post “vice”. Permanent ear for advice. A bad throw of Life’s Dice, Quick to itself half disguise, Already on one fixing a price: To The Rest, Worth Thrice A Stroke of humbling bad luck An Eagle makes A Duck!...

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I was just a little gregarious girl wearing a lime green bikini with a tiny red apple appliqued on the top splashing in the plastic kiddie pool covered in cartoon fish Drops of cool water I flung up in the air reflecting the summer sunshine falling over me as if I were being showered in sparkling diamonds I climbed out of the water grabbing my compact...

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Clyde O'Toole suffered a heap of bad luck He was beaned with a wayward hockey puck He was heard to swear As it creased his hair Unfortunately Clyde forgot...

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writers digest prompt write a lucky/unlucky poem The Korean Proverb saeyeong jima recently came to life in my life The meaning of the proverb Is that you can never know whether something will be good or bad and that unexpectedly what appears to be bad fortune turns out to be a good fortune The proverb played out recently in...

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i clench both eye lids awaiting for my first kiss it was terrible...

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They say that it is true If a black cat crosses your path You are destined for grief And have reason to despair They promise me that If I walk underneath a ladder That has been set up I will definitely have bad luck They tell me there is no doubt If I break a mirror today Tomorrow bad luck will Be coming back my way All...

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If a falling star has caught your eye Wish upon it If a penny falls and lands on heads Leave it But, if tails you see pick it up For that is good luck Never walk under a ladder Paint may spill on you It is bad luck If your break a mirror Your troubles will just begin This is also bad luck If you have a...

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Some people have drama every day. Their house burned down three times this week. They are wearing a cast on their leg again. Their dog ran away, dragging her dog house. Their wedding ring popped off and down a sewer drain. They discovered their husband has three other wives. I know one of these Bad Luck Queens quite well. She...

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Once a Leprechaun went swimming, out in the deep blue sea. Even though his head was spinning, he thought it might appease. He felt he needed exercise; what’s better than a swim? It’s healthy and fun, he surmised; it beats a stuffy gym. Without his trunks he felt so free; waters warm from sunlight’s rays; But in the distance, he could see; his clothes blowing far...

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