Eight-line Poems

Think Ahead

Think Ahead

To walk under a ladder
is bad luck they say,
but what is even badder
is to bump it on the way.

Old Charlie up there painting
might distracted be,
forget all of his training,
and fall down on top of thee

And Charlie’s not a lightweight,
he’s broken many a scale;
I do not fancy your fate
under that most ponderous male.

Better to own a black cat.


Line count: 8 + 5
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 08.13.21
Prompt: 8 + 5 lines on UNDER A LADDER.