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Best Mishap Poems

Below are the all-time best Mishap poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mishap poems written by PoetrySoup members


A Liquid Mishap
Silky
smooth satin skin.
Fluid, graceful movements
as you pour hot milky coffee 
into
a cup, that soft smile on your lips.
Still half asleep, I spill
your coffee on
my lap.
...

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Categories: mishap, crush, kiss, longing, love,
Form: Cinquain



Premium Member Chainsaw Blues - Bawdy Limerick Lol
There was a lumberjack from Borehamwood 
A chainsaw mishap took off his manhood
His Love life now a mess 
And it caused him great stress
So he...

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Categories: mishap, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Jim the Lumberjack
Jim was a lumberjack from Borehamwood
A chainsaw mishap took off his manhood
His Love life was a mess
He now suffers from stress
So he made himself one...

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Categories: mishap, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member It Appears I'Ve Disappeared
A lot of acquaintances deemed me lucky, and I knew I was,
For I had a successful life, when all could have been chaos.

I had a...

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Categories: mishap, art, confusion, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Disappeared In Bulge .
Big Brenda knew things were not right
When she saw the rolls of cellulite
She could not disguise
The wrinkly thighs
And her hanging butt groaning with fright .


Skinny...

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© Sean Kelly  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mishap, funny
Form: Limerick



Premium Member A Song of a Tiger Living Free
Ample vicissitudes we both had faced
after the  blood-curdling shipwreck while on voyage
trapped in a warren, dreams sailed in a haze
my young master bravely tamed...

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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mishap, adventure, animal, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Color of Love
How to describe the color of love?  Might you frown in surprise if I spoke of brown?  Dull, pockmarked, ocherous brown. 
A tarmac...

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Categories: mishap, home, nostalgia,
Form: Prose
Premium Member "precept"
“Precept”

Death’s reign is but a world of carnal minded concepts,
Within which illusions of it own harlot are kept,
As minds counterfeit the Sacred Hearts of the...

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Categories: mishap, introspection, lovedeath, world, death,
Form: Monorhyme
The Wet Patch - Collaboration Between Seren Roberts and Mandy Tams
Collaboration between
Seren Roberts and Mandy Tams:
 
The Wet Patch
 
Why sit with a frown is there a need?
Yes she whispered in my ear, I think I peed.
 
My...

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Categories: mishap, humorous, old,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member From My Lips To Santa's Ears
I’ve not written to you for many years
Santa, I’m quite different from my peers
Not fancy or frilly like girly girls
And I don’t hanker for diamonds...

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Categories: mishap, anxiety, christmas, humorous, muse,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member All For the Love of Joe
This was inspired by Georgette Johnson’s poem “Savouring Another Day”
***

One cold day whilst I was out in the snow 
I went into a cafe for...

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Categories: mishap, drink, humorous, snow,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Limerick On Valsa George
Valsa is a fairly new poet to PS! I am enjoying getting to know her through her poetry. The limerick is her funny side but...

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Categories: mishap, funny, tribute,
Form: Limerick
Choose Your Shortcuts Wisely
Shortcuts are best suited to desktop on the computer,
Not intended for the average commuter.
You will always get cut short, if you try one from a...

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Categories: mishap, angst, change, character, conflict,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member A Smidgeon Too Much Rum
shhhh...please don't tell Jan I tattled on her.

Did you hear 'bout Jan's custard a-la-plum
While making it she drank far too much rum
while on her wobbly...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mishap, drink, silly,
Form: Limerick
Running In High Heels
Running in high heels

I’ve wondered at times how it feels
To run in a pair of high heels
I’m sure it would be such a sight
I’d wobble...

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Categories: mishap, friend, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs