Misadventure Poems - Poems about Misadventure

I need someone who thinks I’m worth a misadventure; Worth the risk, worth a skinny dip at midnight; Worth the work, worth trying when you never have before; I need someone who thinks I’m worth a misadventure; Worth the risk, worth ignoring the shallow end; Worth a deep dive, worth drowning knowing you’ll be able to breathe; I need someone who thinks I’m worth a misadventure; Worth...

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summing up: all the evidence was there how we fell through each other's arms now, a failed extrovert looking for pieces dropped along the way heading for the afterlife with nothing in my pockets...

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Folded as neatly as any origami piece I fashioned my saber-jet flight ready And aimed it at my third-grade squeeze When the teacher said, “Milton, please!” Unfortunately, missing my target, darn, It zig-zagged far to the left, then steady Flew right into the window aquarium When the teacher said, “Milton, please!” Retrieving my water-saturated missile Which was dripping fuel onto the floor I was petrified...

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I sing this song of high misadventure The tale of a lonesome cattle rancher Who set out on a grandiose venture, And promptly lost his upper denture. He struggled mightily with a T-bone steak Pork and beans he could always make, Except when his can opener he couldn't find He was hard-pressed to change his mind Of all the things he'd thought he'd...

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Death by misadventure. That is sadly how most Black lives wrongfully and unnecessarily lost at the hands of police officers are written off these days. It's become the new normal. Yet another Black life has been snuffed out while in the custody of White cops. It all played out in broad daylight. People out on the street watched one committing murder. Despite repeated pleas from onlookers, he remains heartlessly...

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There once was a sailor from Saskatoon Who recklessly wielded his new harpoon He impaled himself Accusing an elf Crew replaced him by a smarter baboon AP: Honorable Mention 2022 Submitted on August 11, 2019 for contest A LIMERICK, OLD OR NEW:...

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The black slurry sound of coal lifted by a shovel As it enters the locomotive mouth of fire Consumed in flames as well on dark gray days Is advised and necessary for movement forward  In any event the heat and cold are secondary To other pressing matters of formal conversation Not worth mentioning as life goes off the rails Carriages slip into...

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This is the Second in a series that I wrote for my son a few years back. I wrote the first and he asked for more. I think they got a little better with each one, but am also a little biased. Hope you enjoy..... Walter II: Walter's Misadventure Today is a day that...

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You had much to venture and hopes of gain now close your eyes and cradle the pain choking on the waves sliding down your throat you’re left to wander afloat. Too much ventured so little gained go haul your body over a cliff; land with feet touching first gather the pieces left in tact carry them back to the abyss. Look at the place you first...

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Felines have a versatile paw That unfolds a razor like claw An apron has strings That cats see as playthings While scratching chef's butt 'til it's raw Author's Note: This story was related to me by an attractive and shapely associate who claims she sometimes works in her kitchen dressed only in her bra and an apron....

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