Perils Poems - Poems about Perils

The Perils of Adolescence

Soon after I reached adolescence,
my father gave me a brief advisory 
on the pitfalls of feminine “geography”
based on his personal experience.

Dear boy, he began, if at all possible,
keep your eyes pure and blind to all 
facets of a woman’s embodiment
in particular her two most prominent,

and unless you’re blind, I mean her breasts
more so if they

The Perils of Weathervanes

Weathervanes were once practical
indicators of matters meteorological –
wind speed and direction, notably –
found on house and barn roofs mostly.
Nowadays of course they’ve rarely seen
replaced by weathermen on TV screens. 
In winds of very high velocity 
they whirl and blurr to non-identity.
And many a mortified pig 
whirling wildly like a whirligig 
has had it’s snout rammed

The Perils Of Staying Power

How’s your finger? 
                            How’s your rib?
These are words I don’t ad lib

How’s your backache? 
            

Winter's Perils

Ponds shiver beneath the ice,
whispers of frozen paradise.
Oh, so daring, with much vigilance,
he crawls on the ice with a frozen dance.

From climbing a slippery slide,
to surfing down a mountainous tide.
Ice protests, in bumps on his ride,
as he fumbles forward, in frosty freight.

Caught in the pond's icy grip,
where he thought the ice was firm, no slip,
but

Perils of Perfectionism

I skipped my knitting group two weeks ago
alas, I had zero progress to show.............

But I explained (it did fascinate her)
knowing I'm a big procrastinator ;-)

The Perils of Crossing the Street

Once there were rules on which we all agreed
    Red meant stop; green meant go; as for yellow --
      O.K., some thought it meant 'speed' ...

  But now I'm not sure with what I see on the streets
    Where on red they go

When Perils Warned Me

I looked back, all smiles,
At my perils trailing miles,
‘Too early, dear mate’,
They said, ‘you had better wait,
We have a stockpile of wiles.’
___________________________ 
Tanka |02.04.2022|

Poet’s note: Thank perils that life feels alive. They provide life with vim, vigour, and drive. Upon triumphing over a few perils, never mock at them. This Tanka has a rhyme scheme

Perils of Stagnation

which hue of the fragrance delights
determined as nectar sublime
peak from which we wouldn’t alight
stretching therein the flow of time

the aspect within us that clings
attempting to seize and possess
creates a pulse that sorrow brings
self-blocking the divine caress

movement life and stagnation death
thus as we embrace and release
evade ego onslaught in stealth
flowing on with nonchalant ease

10-July-2021

Perils of Self-Luminescence

The light that lights the sun
Shines within our glowing heart
Cognised when we come all undone
Whereupon bliss ignition within us starts

Eternal noumenon manifesting phenomena 
Innate aliveness screen of awareness
In silence no longer an enigma
As light of consciousness 

Light that from within radiates
Unable to behold it’s luminescence 
Save through mirrors in stillness sedate
Clear light shines upon meditative

Breastfeeding Perils

Breastfeeding Perils

I watched you take your first breath
And open your sleepy eyes
Your trembling lip and clinched little fist
Never a mother could resist

From head to toes with your thick white coating
Soon rubbed clean and a warm blanket did cover
Placed on my breast to feast on the milk
But silly you turn away like its buttermilk

You spit and

The Perils of Being Our Age

Dog demands attention and food.
Loves to be petted.
Rolls around on the floor like a pig in slop.
Legs in the air.
My husband claps.
I clap.
Her one trick.
She is the only baby who still lives with us.
The perils of being in our sixties.

Foils and Perils

Foils and perils
Horrifying and terrible
Well documented after the fact
Misunderstood totally at the time

Fouls and perils
Shoved to the back of your mind
To be brought out and made fun 
During family gatherings

Perils of Being a Senior

Our phone has rung six times in an hour. 
The same speech. 
A robot offering us senior services. 

We have asked them not to call us. 
On call four they said we would be taken off their list. 

Calls five and six were real people 
Saying they were from Senior Services. 

The perils of being

The Perils of Jake

I'll tell you a tale when Texas was young
When women were scarce and horse thieves were hung.
His name was Jake and he was six feet nine -
Rode down  from Kansas with rustlin' in mind
Re-branded some Longhorns, all he could see
Sun was still up when he hung from a tree
He was a big man, he's

The Perils of Being Popular At Work

I arrive at work early, hoping to get some poetry posted.
Dum, dee, dum, dee, dum, dee, dum, dee, dumb.
I am across from the sign in sheet, and everybody has a
problem today.

They enter one at a time, until it gets busy, then they
enter two at a time.
The perils of being popular at work.
I do not mind.

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