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Best Ace In The Hole Poems

Below are the all-time best Ace In The Hole poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ace in the hole poems written by PoetrySoup members


Missing Castles
All the castles
I'd longed to see,
Will never stand
In front of me

All the knowledge
I have gained,
All the emotions,
I have feigned

And now real love
To make me cry
I...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ace in the hole, angst, introspection, life, me,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Lifelines
Now that you know me;
I am in your life for a reason - 
I am in your life for a season. 
I may be only...

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Categories: ace in the hole, friendship, trust, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Grandmother
"A child, more than all other gifts
That earth can offer to declining man,
Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts."

			W. Wordsworth
								

I am your grandmother.
I spent 24...

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Categories: ace in the hole, family, hope, life, dad,
Form: Narrative
Playing Poker With the Devil
We are all sinners and we know it
Greed and temptation are some of the tools
That old Satan knows how to use well
God has no problem...

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© Danny Nunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ace in the hole, lifegod, old, god, old,
Form: I do not know?
Playing Blackjack With the Devil
He lay awaiting spraying cards

Beckoning with his forked tongue

Come here my son lay down your guard

Bet what you like it is only for fun

I started...

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© Penn Kname  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ace in the hole, art, death, social, son,
Form: I do not know?



Cliche Heaven
Cliche Heaven

Be it as it may I'll try my hand at some clichés
    and address the elephant in the room soon when...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ace in the hole, confusion, cool, crazy, satire,
Form: Free verse
Jimmie Jim My Piddling Crony
Jimmie Jim my piddling crony was a little toady
     Happened to meet a gaudy king who loved a hot toddy
 ...

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Categories: ace in the hole, fun, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
My Nose Is Hard
Murk Rammer froze as he felt the nuzzle
of a snub-nosed thirty-eight’s deadly muzzle.
Louis The Retch poked it into his back.
“The jig’s up, Rammer. I ain’t...

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Categories: ace in the hole, mystery, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Cliches
Somebody told me that cliches are dead
But what if I run out of things to say
Can I say "to know me is to love me"
Or...

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© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ace in the hole, funnyme,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Callused View of Human Calluses
Can your calluses callus enough that God’s touch
will not touch a nerve ending (to reach you) if God
wants to kiss you (wants contact?) Yes, there!...

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Categories: ace in the hole, art, faith, love,
Form: Rhyme
A Passion Not Likely Realized
Out of all the relationships I’ve ever been in, few really ever knew me.
Just bits and pieces rehashed, concocted and dispensed from;
A world I know...

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Categories: ace in the hole, love,
Form: Verse
Solitare
Solitare is a game
Strategy? Suspense? Quite the game
I can remember the last card I drew
A meaningless red king
The king had nowhere to go
Nowhere to place...

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Categories: ace in the hole, lifeloss, loss,
Form: Free verse
Tempus Fugit - Part Two
speaking severe nasal sounds, 
   when exhalation boyhood memory draws
obvious twang – another ace in the hole for bullies – 
  ...

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Categories: ace in the hole, absence, age, anger, anniversary,
Form: Ode
A Vision Not Likely Realized
It’s strange somehow thinking about the times I’ve spent in relationships yet;
Few have ever had the chance to really know me.
Just bits and pieces rehashed...

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Categories: ace in the hole, love, me,
Form: Verse
Religion Is Not a Reality
It`s necessary for men to be alert,
And Wrong for the entire universe to be swayed,
Your last goal can even be achieved only when you revert,
What...

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Categories: ace in the hole, allah, anxiety,
Form: Classicism

Book: Reflection on the Important Things