Best Backgammon Poems
Remnants of Love...Remnants of Love
Nearly ten years since you were called away,
yet still I recall as yesterday your touch,
Your smile, your sense of fun and joy with life.
I remember you playing your guitar, si......
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Categories:
backgammon, death, loss, love,
Form:
Verse
On Getting a Second Opinion...Some folks think their advice alone will suffice
But I’m inclined to seek a second opinion --
On a few occasions, I’ve sought some thrice.
I don’t think getting more knowledge is a v......
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Categories:
backgammon, how i feel, perspective,
Form:
Villanelle
NEW YEARS BAKE OFF...
My Greek grandmother and godmother, cousins,
My grandma baked and cooked homely,
My Nona, my godmother exotically,
Each one perfect, one couldn’t fault either,
Their husbands, playing backgam......
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Categories:
backgammon, grandmother,
Form:
Rhyme
Mastermind...Mastermind
String bean of a youth because of an eating disorder
Found a cure for that ailment called Mary Jane
Grown a little bit south of the Tijuana border
Fleet of both feet and wit, Oop’s I......
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Categories:
backgammon, childhood
Form:
Prose Poetry
Backgammon...Black plays red in age old battle
A click or two as dice are shaken.
Collect your thoughts before moving
Keeping a close eye on the count.
Gammon could be on the cards
As you counter move agains......
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Categories:
backgammon, color, games, red,
Form:
Acrostic
Cleaning Out Their House...Pocket knives, tape measures.
An extensive collection of coins.
Nails, screws, numerous sizes, and sets
of nail clippers, files, polishes and brushes.
Shoes, always shoes. And dresses.
Shirt......
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Categories:
backgammon, clothes, daughter, games, house,
Form:
Verse
Ode To Now...America First is our creed
Let’s use all we can at warp speed
It’s great when we play
And make foreigners pay
While from any debt we get freed.
One person alone can consume
A few things in a......
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Categories:
backgammon, allegory, anti bullying, religion,
Form:
Limerick
Posh English Gent...‘Oh I say isn’t this spiffing or what?’
says Jeremy taking the horse for a trot.
It will be pheasant for dinner which the butler will sort
followed by Havana cigars and a nice drop of port
in the......
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Categories:
backgammon, class,
Form:
Rhyme
Dual Heritage...I am a descendant of Greece and the
Greeks,
We say hello and goodbye by kissing
Both cheeks,
But I also descend from the British,
For my father was very, very English!
I am a true mix of Englis......
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Categories:
backgammon, life, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Locked In...Nothingness fills every inch of me
abominable sensations crawl from deepest recesses
anxiety lunges at me – clawing at the soul
already battle-weary, depleted…
Mortalities plague my waking mom......
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Categories:
backgammon, anxiety, death, fear, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Flickering Reflections-No Place Like Hume...
The mind doesn't passively await impressions, no tabula rasa,
The mind is active, understanding, not just a passerby.
He had bete noire towards Christianity, a Scottish Nominalist,
David Hume,......
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Categories:
backgammon, philosophy,
Form:
Epic
Just Because I Love You!...I loved you because
Your voice was the first thing I heard
I loved you because
You were the one I preferred
I loved you because
You were kind and respectful
I loved you because
My present ......
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Categories:
backgammon, happiness, husband, love,
Form:
Kyrielle
Dinner With Jennifer...I taught you to play Candy Land
I love you like a sister
So I'm gonna come out straight with this
'bout you and dreamboat mister.
Your friends have started talking
they're getting rather b......
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Categories:
backgammon, friendship, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Peggy Cahill Divine Heavenly Lady...Peggy Cahill divine heavenly lady
Saint Vincent dePaul Food Pantry
at Saint Mary's Parish
in Spring Mount blessed,
graced, and praised
courtesy grateful recipient,
he who crafts these words.......
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Categories:
backgammon, adventure, angel, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
Acknowledgement Forthcoming Today February 8th, 2022...Acknowledgement forthcoming today February 8th, 2022
Matthew and Abby Harris
express gratitude concerning largesse
regarding quite a few bags of comestibles
plus two twenty five dollar gift car......
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Categories:
backgammon, angel, blessing, devotion, february,
Form:
Rhyme