Best Bad Luck Poems
If there should be a pot hole as deep as Satan’s pit
appearing as I’m driving, I’d run right over it!
My husband’s luck is worse than mine, but we’re a package deal.
So every bad thing that befalls him, I can also feel!
One day I lost my best cat ever; needing a new pet,
I looked and looked to find a cat, the best that I could get.
One person getting desperate with no new owner found
was feeling sad he’d have to take his poor cat to the pound.
His cat , though not a lap cat, was pretty, sleek and black.
The guy was leaving town; there’d be no way to give her back!
I like to look to numbers for the logic that they show.
Two negatives makes positive; that’s one true fact I know!
So if a person has bad luck, it stands to reason that
perhaps his bad luck could reverse by having a black cat!!
I got that cat! She loudly purrs, which I find comforting
It’s like my mom is right nearby with lullabies to sing.
The cat’s my charm when in my arms; my luck has turned around,
for she’s become the second best of cats I ever found!
So if with many problems you’re always getting stuck,
just get yourself a big black cat to cancel out bad luck!
For the Create an Idiom Contest of Jesse Day
(For those who don't know about this contest, the title is an idiom I made up for this poem)
When everything seems peaceful
and all is going well
you'll find out that Murphy's rules
will grab you like a spell
When you build your money up
a bundle in the bank
and trouble strikes at every turn
then you'll know who to thank
The car you just had serviced
is spewing smoke and oil
the fridge just out of warranty
now watch that good food spoil
Just when you least expect it
Old Murphy will appear
He's cruel enough to make you spill
your last mouthful of beer
At every turn he's waiting
until you think you're safe
the shoes that fit well yesterday
today will make you chafe
Your wallet's in your pocket
at least that's what you think
until its time to pay the bill
then feel your light heart sink
You glide along life's easy way
it's such an easy dance
Until old Murphy comes along
and kicks you in the pants
From my PDF book "Bush Ballads and Bulldust"
There was a duck down on his luck
Who froze in the back of a truck
When found back in town
They said with a frown
There was not enough down on the duck!
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
I have found what I consider a great prize:
In an oyster was a pearl of enormous size.
The villagers have all flocked around me.
This great jewel is what they have come to see.
This could bring my wife and I some money.
Now, I can see a future for our baby.
However, my once friendly neighbors hate me.
My wife and I are victims of their jealousy.
They are trying to get my pearl out of trickery.
Having no value is what they want to convince me.
For medical care, they demanded I pay.
My baby got very sick and died the other day.
Bad luck and misfortune have hounded us all the way.
This pearl is unlucky and not welcome anymore.
I will throw it back into the water where I found it before.
Based on the short story “The Pearl” by the late John Steinbeck.
March 15, 2013
shards of Mirrored glass…
Back to my throbbing bruised bottom
Amateur skate class
The definition of Bad Luck? Man struck by lightning the day he won the lottery.
Poor old Dan was a bit of a schmuck
Ran out of gas in his brand new truck
Now late for his date
Boy, was she irate
No hanky panky was his bad luck
hanky panky- loosely translated as sexual activity
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 away!
The lesson is simple; if you go swimming in the sea.
Have something on in case your clothes start riding on a breeze.
BAD LUCK AT LOVE
I thought it was love
But it was just bad luck
And I have come to a conclusion
My love life sucks
I’m not sure of my problem
Yet sure it is just me
Maybe I am too afraid
To face the reality
I thought it was love
But it was just my hormones kicking
And I look back now at yesterday
Saying to myself
What was I thinking?
My fingers can no longer count
The many mistakes I have made
Tears labeled why
Seemed to always end my day
And then, you enter the room
With your radiant smile
Then ending all my gloom
If I get at least some affection
No longer will I be broken
©GDC2014
Luck I haven't but skills I do.
If you play my game I'll bury you.
Using my head and not my heart,
I control the game from the start.
I use my mind to chart a course
so, rest assured, you can bet on this horse.
I play to win, never to place;
Determination, that's my ace.
Whether it's cards, checkers or life,
I go for the kill, cut like a knife.
I'm not a poor loser, just a better winner
so, stand aside before your wallet gets thinner.
Never waste money on a game of chance:
a fool's wager in any circumstance.
I don't spend my hard-earned cash
on fools like you, just talking trash.
So, throw those dice or spin that wheel
or scratch that ticket; How does it feel?
Once again you're taken for a ride;
Luck enticed you, then let you slide.
Luck is a con man.
I'm not a big fan.
He'll take all you got
when you think you're hot.
If I bet, then you can bet too
that luck's not around to take his due.
Any luck I've ever had,
It's all been bad.
March 3, 2018
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 to duck
Entry for Tania Kitchin's "Limerick Fun Poetry" Contest
(PS/31 August 2020)
Won No. 3 in the contest
Bad luck,
It seems all I've been getting lately
Bad luck,
I'm losing my family
Bad luck,
Mother and uncle have kidney failure
Bad luck,
We need a savior
Bad luck,
It's frustratingly difficult to focus in class
Bad luck,
I've broken so much glass
Bad luck,
I have shitty eyesight
Bad luck,
Why can't things ever go right?
Bad luck,
We have no money to make my teeth straight
Bad luck,
I've been a victim of so much hate
Bad luck,
Yeah, I've got it pretty rough
Bad luck,
But hey, at least I'm tough
Bad luck,
When will things finally work out?
Bad luck,
I'm sorry, I don't mean to pout
i clench both eye lids
awaiting for my first kiss
it was terrible
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 or broke
Sometimes I gotta laugh, so I don't cry
After cleaning the inside, as it was a pigsty
I found the outside to be covered in yolk
A house in what kind of town did I buy!
Am I the punch line for life’s cruel joke?
The next morning to a new challenge, I awoke
A tornado had come down from the sky
Through my new houses roof was a fallen oak
Bad luck follows me, don’t ask me why
My humor has gone from jovial to wry
As I tried to relax in the tub for a soak
Snow came through the roof hole I patched *Sigh*
Oh geez, I think I’m gonna need a smoke
After earthquakes, termites, an angry cowpoke
I thought the end to my pitfalls was certainly nigh
Should have knocked on wood or thought before I spoke
I sit alone with no toilet paper, not even one ply
Sometimes I gotta laugh….
November 15, 2022
Pick-A-Title, Vol 33 Poetry Contest
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