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Hard Luck Poems - Poems about Hard Luck

Premium Member This Dame No Longer Believes Reverse
...This Dame no longer believes in luck even my existence doesn’t make it real I’m the spitting image of prosperity still she doesn’t believe.. not at all sitting here wishing for another time ano......

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Categories: hard luck, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
Premium Member In the velvety night, caressed by shadows
...In the velvety night, caressed by shadows, A poet whom I deeply respect whispered to me, That my verses, through his cold and harsh eyes, Were but weak jokes, a pale reflection, Not slicing arter......

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Categories: hard luck, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



RIP Junior Pope
...R.I.P JUNIOR POPE ~~~~~~~~~ In sombre silence & mournful melody, A threnody for one who passed on sadly, Who lost his life without a life jacket, Crashed without precaution on a speedboat.4 ......

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Categories: hard luck, 1st grade,
Form: Elegy
Patience
...Hold on just one minute more before you walk through the door; hold on just one minute more and think carefully about it before you do it. You must resist all temptation and the ego of the heart that......

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Categories: hard luck, business, creation, earth, firework,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Red Dog Remembered
...A wrestlers kapi pup born in the town of Porapoo Red Dog~The Pilabara wonderer with lurid tales' legion A bold spirited canine he, an Aussie through and through Roaming free the red earth of the w......

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Categories: hard luck, appreciation, celebrity, dog, tribute,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Slow Boat To China
...I was born in a landlocked getaway town Where all the colors were black, gray, or brown. Jobs at the steel mill were ratcheting down. It was not in my future to stay. So, I took a long walk off......

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Categories: hard luck, adventure, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mood Indigo
...A shell explodes out of the barrel Of misfortune's gun with a deafening bang. Unexpectedly pink slipped as he was Slowly making his way up ......

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Categories: hard luck, confusion, depression, feelings, jobs,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Tatters
...Tatters the clown had brought joy to so many; But of intense personal joys, he had not any. Hard luck trailed him, as it sometimes will do, As dark clouds chase the sun, in skies of blue. He f......

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Categories: hard luck, children, fun, happiness, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bash Putin, Continued
...Vlad Putin was dealing with state affairs On his way back he skidded down the stairs You could smell the foul gas Cos' he ruptured his a.s.s No get well wishes because nobody cares. H......

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Categories: hard luck, humor,
Form: Limerick
Bash Putin Week-Now Open To Collaborations
...We've been having a "Bash Santa" week, but I wrote limericks this morning about Putin breaking his tailbone. So, Tom suggested we have a "Bash Putin" week. Here are three more from me. Please join......

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Categories: hard luck, evil,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Winning Changed My Life
...when my winnings hit the news, relatives climbed into my windows. great aunts and uncles, sixth cousins, uncles twice removed. some families stormed over to demand their due with no connection. yo......

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Categories: hard luck, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Destruction of Misfortune
...Misfortunate life tangled us like goofy hair. We try to release this tangled miserable with care. But we got tangled more when we took it lightly. We need to open our mind to tackle and beat it p......

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Categories: hard luck, faith,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Hindu Voodoo - With Apologies To Dylan Thomas
...Tell me, my friend, when can I send My spirit gently into that good night? How many times do I have to die Before I get it right? Every car crash, train wreck, Overdose, misstep, Splinter......

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Categories: hard luck, allegory, death, humor,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Woe Is Me
...Woe is me, Oh woe is me! Life is so unfair. I know all sometimes have hard luck, But not more than their share. I live beneath a darksome cloud. I think I have been cursed. The minute things ......

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Categories: hard luck, life, people,
Form: Quatrain
Better Days Part Two
..."Better days" Part Two Down and broke. Had no mattress on the floor, sleeping on the tiles, got frosted and caught a flue. Had nothing to eat, no Hope just chaotic predicaments, confrontations ......

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Categories: hard luck, age, america, baptism, beautiful,
Form: Free verse

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