It's the opposite of the blessing poem. You can begin by addressing the higher power and then like a warm up, you can start each line with "May" or "Let". Like a list poem, it can be a list of things you want harmed and the harm you want to befall them. It can be a list of harms you want to befall someone who has really upset you. It can be events you want to go awry to foil your rival.
Here's a few lines from Paul Janeczko's curse poem: (His is rhyming couplets. You don't need to rhyme (but, in his poem's case, it helps give it a less serious tone :-)
May your gym shorts drop below your kneesFrom Poetry from A to Z by Paul B. Janeczko.
May your locker fill with killer bees
May your parents find out what you did
May the bully find out where you hid
May you get a pimple on your nose
May you grow an extra pair of toes
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