Best Gamble Poems

They say love is a gamble but that can't be true. Because I wasn't gambling when I found you. I wasn't looking for love, my heart was cold. If I did have a hand, my hand I would fold. Why take a chance on something...

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The reason why I gamble,
I ought to tell the truth.
Those squalid tales I spun before…
Well, don’t go seeking proof.

The one about the heart op
And my desperate plight for cash -
A pack of lies, I’m fit and well
(Except a little rash).

And then there was the other...

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Of yesterdays……I have pocketed plenty.
Of tomorrows, will I perchance, have any ?...

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Rife with abstractions, and still just listening;
Leaning on pages, the night keeps glistening.
Ripping at seams, no intentions of fixing
As leaks spring up in the darkness of evening.
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THE GAMBLE

Of all the men who gambled there on the hill that day,
I felt I’d be the winner when I began to play.
And sure enough, it happened!  I shouted out for glee
When all the lots were cast there, the winner had been me.
I picked...

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Life's a gamble, you gon' take that chance?
Damn right, I'm 'bout cash, you know what fills my pants
That charge carry life, you gon' stay on ya' grind?
Hell yeah, you already know, money's on my mind
What if the police watching, you gon' stand on that corna'?
Hell...

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Life is full of chances
But the number is not known,
Careful steps and sideward glances
Voice our fear of the unknown.

You've never played this game before
You do not know the rules,
Ant through each hand you’ll learn to name
The aces and the fools.

So when you reach the road...

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Life's a gamble, you gon' take that chance?
Damn right, I'm 'bout cash, you know what fills my pants
That charge carry life, you gon' stay on ya' grind?
Hell yeah, you already know, money's on my mind
What if the police watching, you gon' stand on that corna'?
Hell...

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It is a gamble

Till you try it that’s when you be acquainted with it

Life is a risk full of opportunities

Its either you dig up or you overlook

You succeed or mislay

You never know Rome till you reach it

For numerous ways leads to it

   SO,...

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Today I got my first ticket ever
Have I played before? Never!
But I just took this chance
(With a five dollar expense)
And found I was off by a number!...

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There's only so much joy this guy can handle
It soon overcomes me and life gets all scrambled
They say we're entitled 
To happiness unrivaled
But we shouldn't get cocky, life's still a big gamble


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Just call me Mr. Ruffle,
Because I'm stacking my chips,
One more roll of the dice,

One more lick of your lips,

Just call me Mr. Lucky,
Because I'm supposedly clever,
One more flip of that card,

One more pull of that lever,

Just call me Mr. Broke,
Because I took that last chance,
One...

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I want to gamble,
So let the highest bidder take my heart,
I won’t grumble,
As long as you treat me with a heart,
We might as well get ready to rumble,
If you take my recommendations to heart,
I’m sure we won’t tumble,
If that’s not the case we won’t hurt,
I...

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Young couples every day
Falling in love
Casting their dice
Hoping for the best
Vying for true love
Trusting their hunch
In the love lottery
Crossing their fingers
Hanging a rabbit foot
Throw it all on a gamble
Never crossing their mind
To have the conversation
And ask what’s meaningful
What’s important to you?
What do you believe in?
What...

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"Hit me!" it's blackjack all day long
In a dingy zoo type sing-a-long
and since you can never eat just one
It seems those chips have all but gone!
Bluffing there like a daft giraffe
Just because you stuck your neck out
Still showed your true spots, no doubt
So switch it...

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