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Ante Poems - Poems about Ante

Penny Ante
No longer will a penny For your thoughts make any sense, Since there will not be any Pennies left to thus dispense. A penny saved, a penny earned – Advice that represents Frugality cannot be learned Without the evidence. From heaven, pennies won’t rain down And that’s a consequence Of a would-be king who lacks a crown But rules at our expense. ...

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Categories: ante, america, money,
Form: Rhyme
Primo Et Ante
First, you need to have something to say Before, figuring out —how to say it (Dreamsleep: April, 2021)...

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Categories: ante, words,
Form: Free verse



Ante Sala Do Natal
Ante sala do Natal ___ está a findar ? dezembro que pode mudar seu mundo, o mundo das pessoas a sua volta. Vamos lá, soldar relacionamentos, abraçar a vida com paixão vencer desafios com ousadia, fazer negócios! Faça hoje que ainda tem tempo....

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Categories: ante, business,
Form: Free verse
Ante Bellum
In this rainy coldness of a night I am drained and dry like a hanging Bacalao. I hope it comes to pass! As cant as I am - broken as a rib As grey as ash is - as dim as an ar$e Take without hesitation this crib Burry your fingers in it and pinch this salt Sprinkle it over my eternal...

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Categories: ante, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ante Up Urrrp
young people taught to believe that once they learn repetition they're ready for the out-world s..t happens: just the universe it matters not whether a god is a peculiar determinism matters of peace, love and of letting go stan sand...

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Categories: ante, allegory, analogy,
Form: Verse



Ante Up For Love
Ante Up For Love Love is a gamble, the players facing unfavourable odds. Still you risk that which you can't afford to lose. Never able to explain or recover the loss. The cards have been shuffled and ready to be dealt. Are you in? Ante up!...

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Categories: ante, love,
Form: Free verse
Ante Sala De Agosto
Ante sala de Agosto Julho está a findar - À gosto Que pode mudar O gosto de agosto. Faça hoje que ainda tem tempo. O tempo pede conta do tempo. Não gaste o tempo em passatempo. Dá-me a tua mão; Dê a tua mão: Acredite: Mostre palavras Fique atenta ao tempo: Faça agora Um pouco a mais, na vida e nos negócios o tempo, MUDA O PRESENTE ESCREVE...

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Categories: ante, business,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ante Bellum
“ANTE BELLUM” BEIGEBest served where it can’t be seen On Stirling Silver platters With redruM narcotics Delivered by sharp Blood-Red Well-mannered talons Strutting in sleek wet rolling tight-skirted Long French Silk Stockinged legs all the way down to Lethal Six Inch stilettos - Manolo Blahniks - Shiny Pearls of cream glisten Around the Chanel Milk White necks dripping Manuka-honeyed smiles Ripping eyes out of the bent-back sockets...

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Categories: ante, america, bible, corruption, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Just Ante Meridiem
High noon coming ... sixty minutes to go Three angry riders, twelve hooves on a swift approach Six six-shooters strapped to the waist of six angry eyes Revenge on a five-year slow burn today ends — Somebody’s gonna die A tin star is gon fall from the sky Just before noon, the last stagecoach...

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Categories: ante, allegory, conflict, hero, metaphor,
Form: Epic
Ante Meridian
ANTE MERIDIAN I didn’t have my coffee I didn’t smoke my cigarette I don’t face him – I am too bitchy – so many words in the marriage they come out like glazed ants irrational “good morning” I understand my womanhood in an amazonian way an I placate my own voice in the exertion of waking up he dances a kiss on...

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Categories: ante, marriage,
Form: Blank verse
Ante Up
Poker table blues. Hand after hand, a looser. Ace up dealer's sleeve....

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Categories: ante, humor,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Up Your Ante
Know Love Lord...

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Categories: ante, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Ante Is Up
Attention You Love Lord...

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Categories: ante, faith,
Form: Free verse
Ante La Presencia
Nunca antes le daras cavida Entre manos el oro se hace sal y agua Mientras una luna de bendiciones Amanece el ser de maldicion Quemando los poros de nuestras virtudes Sera el final en llamas? Que sera de nuestra proxima generacion de ereditarios Ante una presencia que restricciones y modelos de destruccion No es mi forma de ver la agonizacion de mis hermanos Solo...

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Categories: ante, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Penny Ante Poker
Penny Ante, happy hour You could play and never go broke Pennies have no buying power Your financial risk is a joke You could play and never go broke Ante a penny into the pot Your financial risk is a joke Impossible to lose a lot Ante a penny into the pot Raise the bet a penny or two Impossible to lose a lot No matter...

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Categories: ante, on writing and words,
Form: Pantoum

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