Best Comeuppance Poems

You drew me in with charm, smiles and promises 
To a world of conditional love 

‘Do as I say, woman. I am man! UGG!' 

A caveman, no backbone, hunched ignorance 
Abuse your middle name 
Told me I would never amount to much 
Without you I’d...

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Awareness about behavior,
present since mine days of yore
an unswerving allie analogous
to peacekeeper ending civil war
belated insight suddenly realized

(better late than never) doth underscore
incumbent proactive communication stance
belatedly bestowed omnipotent awareness
crucial fostering ingredient to shore
maternal bond above

bejesus ear splitting roar
I admit regret (to self), there
dost belie suppressed...

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Toby liked to bully Abigail
He would often try to make her wail
Whenever she passed
Although she ran fast
He would always grab her pony tail

One day Toby planned what he would do
Then snuck up behind her with some glue
He smeared it in her hair
But Abbie wasn’t there...

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Like a frowsy, dowdy
old housewife
I sit largely
unnoticed
stout and squat
a sort of kitchen sentry
rarely appreciated
until some minor crisis-

Cough, sniffle, stomachache
a particularly bad day
or fancy party...
then things heat up
quickly for me!

This was one of those
fancy party days
no cause to celebrate
for me!

Grueling stove-top swelter
I take it all in...

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The old word was comeuppance
When the obnoxious got their due
For animal-like behavior
Better suited for the zoo.

Now we simply chuckle with glee
And say they had it coming
Letting it go like that
And walk away humming.

Written June 3, 2022...

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A robber is robbed
of undeserved freedom.
Opportunistic 
corporate climber
who's stepped on 
one neck too many
gets to the top rung 
of the glory ladder
only to slip 
and crash to Earth?
The pride 
of an arrogant prick
is starved of food
that nourishes 
his enormous ego.
A high school bully
is reported 
and...

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Comeuppance is a useful word  
          when confronted by a beggar nerd

        Give him no more than tuppence
          a...

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Standing fifty cubits high-
the gallows meant for Mordecai,
but Haman's scheming went awry;
and on the gibbet carved from pride
not Mordecai, but Haman died.


08.10.19

( reference - Old Testament - book of Esther )

FF1 series 22 - vignette : Brian Strand's blog...

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A Rottweiler  Shepard mix
longsuffering had proven to be
With the Doberman pup, a red one,
won on a gambling spree

Rocky the mix and BoBo
 coexisted for a time
As any two male dogs can manage
till BoBo reached his prime

Suddenly all manners
right out the door
Or respect for the...

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Sands of time runneth out
stout whistleblowers must apply clout
to affect the commander in chief forced...
send him back his favorite mantra,
that churlish, childish and cheapish tricky lout
arrogant, defiant, haughty... without doubt

exceeded probation apprenticed, I shout
out, his poor performance absolute zero
as presidential material about
effective electing trout
as huff...

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Saw you walking down the street one day
and I could see you're very happy.
But your time is about to end now
‘cause I've got you, babe,
got you under my feet.

You used to tell all your friends how you
always got me chained around you.
But this time ain't...

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Animal Avenger.

He kicked a Tortuga.
Mistreated a Beluga.
Slapped a Cougar.
Became a Fatality....

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Obdurate goat tangles rough knotted rope
Stuck beside shadowy friend, Silky Oak
Hedonistic prisoner capricorn, cheap trope
Ethics remain riddle, morals mere joke


Towered timber utters truth in its creak
Canopy clapping hands crush recollection 
Billion fingered Silky Oak, silver limbs oblique
Obscure overlooked sins, a whispered detection 
Keeps capricorn unkempt,...

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I went to the docs for a blood test; routine
That morning I’d been on the weighing machine
So I knew my weight and my height… give or take
(And, okay, I don’t look a lot like a rake)

He asked me my height and he asked me my...

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You pick a fight to live today,
You tell the time you saw the dreamed-of shore 
of an island, Gilligan,
Gentle wind at your cheek,
A kiss parting lips caress,
A day wide-eyed as a lamb,
But then the harrow got you.

So swing your partner, men sashay,
Sad to say I...

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