Bad Luck Poems - Poems about Bad Luck

A Stroke of Bad Luck

The elderly Elmer Brown dwelled alone, like a solitary tree on a hill,
Loving quiet, glazed life still, in burgundy, sunset moments of until.

A widower, Elmer Brown had generations of offspring, living far away,
Feeling fresh, foreign breezes, in fruitful terrains, younger than today.

Though retired, Elmer had his hobbies, which gave much satisfaction;
Like a storm of sudden,

Bad Luck of the Irish

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

Do you know what I meant that when you take money from others it brings bad luck?

,,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

Bad Luck To Glad Struck- Double End Rhyme

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

Just My Luck

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.

I Gotta Laugh So I Don'T Cry

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

Traffic Jam

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

Stroke of Bad Luck

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!

Cursed

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

Clyde O'Toole's Bad Luck

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

Saeyeong Jima Plays Out In Life

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

First Kiss

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

Myth

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

Good Luck and Bad Luck

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

Agnes the Bad Luck Queen

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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