Best Jacks Poems

there is a craving
in my heart
an anticipation
that keeps me going
propulses me
to greet each morning
with the same excitement
and childlike hope
as when I'd open
that new box of
Cracker Jacks



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on November 5, 2019...

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I sometimes dream of days long passed
Spent sailing on the sea
Of visiting those foreign ports
And the call for liberty
Liberty expired at 2 AM
We all thought it was too short
So we hit the closest bar in town
Every time we pulled into port
Sometimes we got a little...

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Twos, threes, and one-eyed jacks,
And jokers thrown in too,
These were the wild cards in our poker game,
May seem a lot to you....
But four of a kind to open,
Somewhat evens up the score,
And this was a time of fun,
And we did much, much more

This was our...

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Betty had a good buddy whose name was Jack
His brown bunny she took for a verbal attack
This retort she had
Made her feel too bad
So Betty brought her buddies brown bunny back!...

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Jacks from Montreal in case you don't know
Likes a laugh and in his work it does show
Been around a long time
Enjoys composing rhyme
If you want humour then to his page go.

Shame we can't all get together and sing
Happy birthday to soups limerick king
He's eighty four...

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Pallets, Jacks, and the Soft Sounds of the 70's
OR
My Summer Summed Up Summarily for a Small Sum
A constant beeping chirp echoes through the warehouse, strangely comforting the workers who walk these aisles and habitually straighten shelves and relocate displays like worker ants with no aim,...

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Ah had a aulder bruther whin ah wis wee,
ah wis five then an' he -wis nine yea see.
A tendid tae follow him aboot,
bit bein' aulder he widnae care a hoot.

Aw jings a remember wan day at school,
oot o' ma pocket ma hankie a bullyboy did...

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Spare dimes and nickels were rather scarce when I was a lad,
But when I received a nickel now and then from my dear old Dad,
I'd hie to the store to buy a box of those ambrosial snacks,
Known to kids in all the land as scrumptious...

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Does chocolate milk come from a brown cow
Is a rabbit's foot lucky for the bunny
What good is a wish on a falling star
Are dad jokes never ever funny

Whatever happened to conversations
Why are people transfixed on high tech
Who cleans erasers from the chalkboard anymore
Why play kickball...

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That was something unexplained that I saw:
Paul Newman was playing poker against Robert Shaw.
Robert Shaw had four nines, and was happy to stand.
How did Paul Newman get four jacks in his hand?

From the 1973 film “The Sting”
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A Box of Jacks

A box of fun, 
popcorn and nuts, 
a prize, 
all to be 
shared. 

A simple pleasure, 
a memory, 
an event, 
to be treasured, 
not measured
but looked back upon
when we are long passed 
the point of childhood altogether, 
and are desperate
to be more...

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I spotted where my lamb hops
Went after her with an axe
I hacked her up for lamb chops
Then I played a game of jacks....

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Jack, Jack, Jack and jack, what about me, my name is Jill
I’m only mentioned once, when we climbed up the hill ,
Then Jack fell, and broke his crown, I was filled with dread,
So tumbled after him, but he had gone to bed, 
To bandage his...

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My good friend Zac
decided to make a crack
about me writing poems
so I figured I would show em
about what it really meant
to be a true poet
so instead of  just running my mouth
I would shut him up and show it

As he began to say a poem
...

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I remember it well that October night
Meteors aligned tipped like candelabra lights
I'm sitting in my outhouse under a hakka lantern
Yea, in Guangxi Province, pending storm concerns

Kinda spooky feeling magnetic electric zipping
Need to lay of the 'Jacks' feels like I'm tripping
It's like a potion to me,...

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