Comeuppance Poems - Poems about Comeuppance

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 weight Which I may not have known on an earlier date I...

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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 The teacher’s got a pony tail too 29 November 2022 Contest :...

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Comeuppance is a useful word when confronted by a beggar nerd Give him no more than tuppence a fitting and proper comeuppance...

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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 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 one The younger Used to adore Who would allow him as pup his...

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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, tethered to trunk Smooth curled horns apply keratin to bark Scaffold of...

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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 see you lost a leg, You can call the do-si grow One...

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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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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 fish hint leader of America rather less so - hook, line...

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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 stride despite the pressure never boiling over (I still have my pride...) But when...

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

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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 yen to pour out sorrows 'twixt this sole him son, and long...

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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 expelled. A troublemaker finally picks on the wrong bull and gets the...

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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 be nothing ‘No one want you. You spawned. Secondhand. Used...

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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 the right time ‘cause I've got you, babe, got you with me...

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