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Tempt Fate Poems - Poems about Tempt Fate

Tempt Fate Poems - Examples of all types of poems about tempt fate to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for tempt fate.
Premium Member The Jack of Hearts
... ~~~~~ The players were hangin’ ‘round but were all headin’ for a fall, the room was quiet except for the drillin’ in the wall. The curfew had been......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, parody, song,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Why Tempt Fate
...courting danger and driven to foolish heights for some genetics enable calculated risks proving that dop......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, fate,
Form: Suzette Prime
Touch of Death
...We love all that death touches And so maybe we love in halves We give and yet hold back Because when we hurt We fear the ash, our fire might become The air that will scatter it The wind sw......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, youth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Freaking Bald
...I glanced at her nails saw fins and scales Reached for her hair Hmm. Nothing there Took her right hand felt just like sand Looked at her face Is she from outer space Next time......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, absence, giggle, hair, woman,
Form: Couplet
Chicken Hero Kaalnek
...I In a land of crime, pets too are killed A goose was struck by an upset Ouma I saw it in a fenced yard, life bleeding ... It came close to home, with Kuiken II Kuiken is Afrikaans for baby c......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, animal, cat, courage, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme



Fear the Closed Door
...Do not tempt death by opening its door, for in its time it will find you. ~ by poet What lies behind that door? ......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, death,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member To Possess Your Heart
...Careful what you wish for Wise advice wasted on fools. I recognize the danger signs Yet rush in most willingly. If only I’d be satisfied In this blissful state of longing. What’s sweet fa......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, fear, heart, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Aftermath
...In the aftermath of battle, One needs to find a place Where one feels safe enough To lay down one’s weapons And let them tarnish and rust And gather dust, at least until The ink has dried o......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, allegory, war,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Samson
...Joyful music filled the village when mother’s barren womb gave birth. Born to end Philistine pillage, and fill sad, anxious hearts with mirth. No wine or product of the vine, should pass you......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, betrayal, conflict, dark, passion,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Our Wild Life Beckons
...The mighty roar of the King of the Bush at the crack of dawn, Its majestic sound, being the first Thing you hear, as you yawn, And the laugh of the sly hunch backed Hyena, as it creeps, slouched......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, animal,
Form: Free verse
Prose Poems
...Prose Poems Something by Michael R. Burch Something inescapable is lost?lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight, vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars immea......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, animal, child, childhood, children,
Form: Prose
If Power Comes Your Way
...If power comes your way, You can use it to dictate the state of play, So, use it wisely every day. You will have the power to delegate, You will have the power to relegate, You will have the p......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, abuse, analogy, anger, baptism,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member A Christmas Memory
...Twas a fortnight before Christmas And my spidey senses were lit. Knowing the bike I so wanted Was to cost quite a bit. Where my hope sprang eternal But then I have to admit. I wasn't too sure ......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, christmas, funny, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member First Kiss
...Despite the cold and deadly winter we stand beneath an old umbrella outside the closed jeweler's shop in a deserted ugly winding street. I take off my gloves and hold your hand, so cold, so l......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, kiss, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nhs and Keyworkers
...Dedicated to those who have done their bit. Keeping our country fighting fit. Through all the turmoil of the situation. Standing tall with sheer dedication. Nhs workers doing long hours. Dese......Read the rest...
Categories: tempt fate, community, england, inspiration, recovery
Form: Free verse

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