Fortune Poems

Popular Fortune Poems
Solely on Us
by Somali Mukherjee

We can harvest well,
But we must plant our saplings;
We can build up luck.

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The Wheelchair Bound
by Ghairo Daniels

THE WHEELCHAIR BOUND


Dots appeared and disappeared
on a single sun ray
peering through the
rotted canvas blind
She sat on a wheelchair rusting
beneath her unexercised
arse

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The tortoise that wanted to fly
by Author Reinvented

There once was a little tortoise,
Who desperately wanted to fly,
He strapped wings to his shell,
Wished himself well,
And Jumped off a cliff to the sky.

There once was a starving Coyote,
​​​​​​Who desperately wished for a meal,
Then down fell some lunch
With a thunderous crunch,

......

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Fickle Fortune: A Fragment
by Robert Burns

THOUGH fickle Fortune has deceived me,
She pormis'd fair and perform'd but ill;
Of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav'd me,
Yet I bear a heart shall support me still.

I'll act with prudence as far 's I'm able,
But if success I must never find,
Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome,
I'll meet thee with an undaunted mind.

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Depart
by Jeff Bresee

Have you perhaps, held on too long
to the place you call home?
Have you let too much time slip by,
avoiding the unknown?

It’s hard not to be scared of change,
it happens naturally.
The risk of taking chances, yes
it’s pure anxiety.


......

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Recent Fortune Poems
Depart
by Jeff Bresee

Have you perhaps, held on too long
to the place you call home?
Have you let too much time slip by,
avoiding the unknown?

It’s hard not to be scared of change,
it happens naturally.
The risk of taking chances, yes
it’s pure anxiety.


......

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Solely on Us
by Somali Mukherjee

We can harvest well,
But we must plant our saplings;
We can build up luck.

Continue reading
The Wheelchair Bound
by Ghairo Daniels

THE WHEELCHAIR BOUND


Dots appeared and disappeared
on a single sun ray
peering through the
rotted canvas blind
She sat on a wheelchair rusting
beneath her unexercised
arse

......

Continue reading
The tortoise that wanted to fly
by Author Reinvented

There once was a little tortoise,
Who desperately wanted to fly,
He strapped wings to his shell,
Wished himself well,
And Jumped off a cliff to the sky.

There once was a starving Coyote,
​​​​​​Who desperately wished for a meal,
Then down fell some lunch
With a thunderous crunch,

......

Continue reading
Fickle Fortune: A Fragment
by Robert Burns

THOUGH fickle Fortune has deceived me,
She pormis'd fair and perform'd but ill;
Of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav'd me,
Yet I bear a heart shall support me still.

I'll act with prudence as far 's I'm able,
But if success I must never find,
Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome,
I'll meet thee with an undaunted mind.

Continue reading
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