Embarrassing Poems

labs

(a university-life vignette)

It’s Saturday morning at about 9am. I’m in the chemistry lab, a sterile looking room with 12 workstations that are like multi level kitchen islands with sinks and various lab gear. It’s the most fluorescently lit environment on earth and everything looks to be either white, stainless steel or glass.

I’m one of the

The Worlds Biggest Failure My Downfall And Conffestion

"If I'm the world's biggest failure 
Does that make me a success ?.'' - Peter Dome.

I'm not exactly Midus with his special touch
That everything turns to gold
You can trust
Everything I touch
Just turns to rust or dust
Always, putting my foot in the wrong place
Saying the wrong things to others
So embarrassed my cheeks glow like a mellesure

An Embarrassing Moment

a neighbour takes umbrage
at his own narrowness 
then vents rage
on us who so witnessed 
momentary flicker of flame

there is no judgment and yet
the aspect that so clings
assumes ownership
quite delusional of course 
and therein lies the dilemma 

we opt to be still
fanning not the fire

Embarrassing Moment

There are riders, jockeys, grooms, and handlers too,
that don’t think twice about the work they do.
Their love for horses is a commitment they share
But their safety is a concern for them all to be aware.
To fall from your horse is an embarrassing event
when only your backside is the one to repent.
The risks are many and

Embarrassing

Never underestimate the power of a three-year-old to embarrass a roomful of adults!

Embarrassing Mornings

My freshman year is ending and I’m as busy as a one-armed juggler. Of course covid is back. 
It reoccurs at the worst times, like a movie slasher long thought dead.

When we have something scheduled very early in the morning, we call it an “early-burn.” 
This one early-burn morning I had a 7am meeting. Peter

Embarrassing

She had a big issue with public toilets 
All those dirty horrible germs
She would do her best to try and hold on
Until her home….she did return!

Her sister came to visit her
When she resided in Singapore
To enjoy a fun filled sister time
Exploring, shopping and more

This particular day they were shopping
In a big department store
When a sudden

Santa Had An Embarrassing Night

Santa Claus climbed a chimney 
Suddenly he fell off a high wall, 
His big bum was embarrassingly sore 
because he had a horrendous fall.

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An Embarrassing Moment

It was a Sunday morning in June, how well I recall
I stood in the pulpit with my morning sermon in print
When all of a sudden I began to extemporize
A moment never to be forgotten--never at all!

I was telling about an event that had angered me
When I accidentally let a shameful curse word slip
The congregation of

Embarrassing Moments 1

Have any of these things ever happened to you guys
On the main floor elevator in Cape Cod, Cathie wanted to cry
Two large ladies got on and pushed TWO
I said, “TWO? Could've walked WOO WOO'?
“What! And lose a pound” one answered, “Why!”

Not a Snake But My Reputation At Stake

Wow, a 2nd camping trip,
Now please don’t flip,
How on earth did I agree,
After the snake and me,
My husband asked so nicely,
And explained precisely
Where we would go,
Not to the bush,
Where a snake lay in ambush!
So hitched up our boat,
To take to Loskop dam 
It was the Easter weekend,
Campers began to descend,
We arrived it was almost night,
Hubby

An Embarrassing Habit

He'd always chased the girls, back in the day
An embarrassing habit on display
Like his old pop
He couldn't stop
Because of what's in his genes, they would say!

Broad

broad innocent smile ~
      hospital gown barely
              covering his pride



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Published in The Trillium Haiku Group Anthology's MOVING FORWARD, 2020

Posted on October 30, 2018

Embarrassing Moment

Nothing was more embarrassing,
than when I got caught jamming my air guitar maniacally dancing,
to the melodic orchestrations of ABBA singing.

Yeah, I like ABBA, no doubt about it.
You got a problem with that? Wanna step outside and do something about it?

Embarrassing Eclipse

Bypassing blue blushes pink as sizzling sun slides behind.

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