Trouble Poems | Examples

List of Member Poems

Hubble trouble boil & bubble


Far right polemic is rehearsed

Hubble bubble toil and trouble

Insanity.. humanity at its worst

Together can burst their bubble

Or in the sh*t forever immersed

Burns and then turns to rubble

As damn it our planet is cursed

We need to do this at the double

Earth’s our home must be nursed

If not then we’re all in real trouble

Climate crises cannot be reversed

Don’t need a telescope like Hubble

The sea rises our cities submersed   

Infanticide.. boys won’t get stubble

As all our kids’ futures are hearsed

Just hubble trouble boil and bubble

In AI’s lies we’re now all well versed

Lust for bust as cash must be pursed

A COUNTRY IN PERIL

This country is in peril and
A recession is coming

Premium Member getting in trouble

getting in trouble
my mind wonders way too much
mouth speaks without thought


Premium Member Not thinking it through

Cat climbs a tree on a whim ~



AP: Honorable Mention 2026

Premium Member Mom's going for a quick mani pedi

Dad's with baby, what could go wrong?



AP: Honorable Mention 2026

Premium Member Kids will be kids

Daddy doesn't want to play.
I'll find a way to keep busy.
No problem, have your nap.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words  

AP: 1st place 2026


Premium Member Mischief being his middle name

You'll never guess what I just did



AP: Honorable Mention 2026

TROUBLE DAYS

MIDDLE EAST IN FLAME

DOW JONES NOW DOING THE SAME

TRUMP YOUR GAME YOU BLAME

trouble

It is a good thing
that life knock us down at times
so we can look up

Premium Member Troubles

Troubles

Trouble on the left
Trouble on the right
Whichever way you look today
It’s never out of sight.

Trouble in the Garden
The Garden made by God
Treating his commandments
Not even worth a nod.

So mankind on and on he lived
While troubles multiplied and grew
They’re multiplying still today
Dark shadowing me and you.

Well, Jesus said we’d troubles have
Not have a lifetime full of ease
There is a Way, there is a Life
Christ is the Prince of Peace!

Premium Member Pleading innocent

Why is it my fault?
Honest, I promise it really wasn't me.
I'm just an innocent bystander.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026

Premium Member This time was different

He messed up and created his crisis,
he should have foreseen the outcome.
In his delusion he did not think through
that no one would be around to save him.



AP: 2nd place 2026

Premium Member Let's see you weasel out of this one

You're just an overgrown adolescent
who doesn't plan on becoming an adult.

Do you understand that at this stage
I don't care who's right or wrong.

You've been walking on thin ice and
pushing your luck's not a great idea.

Do you even have a master plan?
Or a semblance of an end game?

I just shake my head.



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member Charming traditions

Two elves on a shelf
double the trouble.

They sit there conniving,
getting into mischief,
making life interesting
by spicing it up a bit.

What would Christmas be
without elves on a shelf?


AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member Surprise !

He was so very sorry.
Tried to justify but he fell short.
Here come the harsh consequences.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

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