Short Misfortune Poems

Short Misfortune Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Misfortune by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Misfortune by length and keyword.


Premium Member Misfortune

Mishap disguises
An existential crisis
Leading to success














Example for Setback Contest
7-6-16
Form: Senryu


Weightless Fortune

I willingly pay a hard-earned fortune 
just to lose excess 
weight.

Many others have the misfortune 
of having nothing 
to eat.

Eternal Love

I found eternal love.
Farewell to the blind caves
Of misfortune!
Shadows will not chain
Laughter again!

Cynthia

April 2, 2009

Eternal Love

I found eternal love!
Farewell to the blind caves
Where misfortune dwells!
Shadows will not chain
Laughter again!


Cynthia
2010

No Peace For The Wicked

The progeny of who sires
A sea's storm-rageful
Overturn of it.
Partakes in whose misfortune
A carefree sailing.
Wall of rock does hit.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Misfortune

Broken promise wounds
Sting with ease of negligence 
Weak and frail I plead
From the ground where you left me
Forsaking cranes fly above
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Chance An Observation

re-post inspired by contest theme

Why so,
In life's pageant,
Some seek,yet come unstuck-
Whilst others from misfortune pluck
triumph.
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member Biased

It's a misfortune that company's are biased to individuals who are more then qualified for the job, yet their skin color or sex is against them
Form: Monoku

Premium Member No Laughing Matter

He who laughs at others misfortune

Must really be crying inside

And he who selflessly helps others

Must have a heart that's ten feet wide
Form: Rhyme

21

Shrouded in mystery
Cloaked with misfortune
Gift of life
Kiss of death
Dark angels wings
Protect me again
A warm lighted heart
Encased in the cold

Misfortune Grins

Thou ask misfortune to smile at thee, Oh why, oh why indeed. Thou reply, "For if I know why she grins at me, I'll want to grin back at she."
© Qui Bee  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Marigolds

modest in stature, yet
meaningful to many.
Mystically adorning
multiple cultures, its
motif varying from
mourning to offering,
misfortune to blessing.
Form: Pleiades

Preconception

They call white sour
they call mestizo black
they call oriental yellow
they call indian red
By naming the misfortune
exposing prejudice.
preconcetion fissure !

Open Heart Surgery

the real shape of your heart will be revealed not on your best day but on the worst of them; when your reaction to misfortune is witnessed by your foes.

3 Perfect Wishes

i wish i wrote a book of wishes that would one day come true
i wish the pages would be blessed
i wish any bad luck or ill fortune be nullified from this wish from misfortune happening
Form:

Premium Member Fame and Misfortune

Tiger Woods won the Masters
Rescued his career from ruin and disaster
   The boos have turned to cheers; forgotten are the years
   Of betraying his wife, destroying his family's life
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member August Is a Misfortune Teller

Afternoon shadows lengthen too early
  Days shrink away into night's sultry grip
Which restrains cheerful morning from welcoming
  Us back to life, and the pursuit of fleeting pleasures

Hidden Tragedies

Ravens, 
A touch of black,
A deep voice it’s using, 
It appears when there’s misfortune,
Lurking.  
                                        
        (Cinquain)    
        04,26,2023
Form: Cinquain

Rolling Downhill

Tumbling down the stairs
of misfortune

Slipping on the banana peels
of time

A curtain came down
on his opening act

The Fat Lady singing
—unrhymed

(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Gorgeous Face

My use of a cane is more imperative each day My unsteadiness is causing dangerous byplay Lately, I have fallen No serious misfortune But what if I mess up my gorgeous face
age
Form: Limerick

Bidding Farewell

With tragedy found New misfortune and grief. Thoughts shadowed by lonely nights. All his laughs gone, carried cries through the blackest of nights. Bidding eternal love, Farewell.

Premium Member Misfortune

There aren't many chances for misfortune to come across the path of the wise

For his concern is spirituality that his soul him with it preoccupies!  









© Demetrios Trifiatis
       17 June 2021
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Geez, Louise

A  circus performer – Louise -
while swinging mid-air by trapeze
missed the bar; it was grim.
What a pity for him!
He had the misfortune to sneeze!

Now for Brian Strand's the 'ALL YOURS(May 21)' Poetry Contest
fun
Form: Limerick

Misfit

A black dog 
Whining and whimpering 
Sitting at the end of the bed 
An omen 
   personification of misfortune 
Forever the dark cloud 
      looming over 
         everything I’ve loved 
Forever the killjoy

Premium Member The Real Strength

It is not the physical ardor that helps someone bear and overcome calamities.
 
But

The strength of one's mind that withstands the colossal waves of misfortune! 







© Demetrios Trifiatis
      14 March 2023
Form: Epigram

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