Best Spades Poems

Jack of spades

(intro)  Fear not the dark queen skies
             The red crimson, tears of lies
             Fear not what you’ve been...

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Clubs.
Diamonds
Hearts.
Spades

Some are red,
Some are black,
Some are high,
Some are low.

If you are a bridge player, 
you know that some suits are better than others.
My family of origin used to play bridge with a
plastic cheater kind of card table cloth
you could tie around the table,  that...

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Though he looked mean Pookie-Lou was okay, 
Deemed bookie by, Sookie-Sue things looked grave….
Thought untrue was Pookie-Lou
Alas, the tale was not true,
In truth, Pookie-Lou just loved to play spades….




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Never judge a book by its cover, without reading
it first...

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Wearing her crown of dark cascades,
Her wooden staff with a flattened blade
Burying her secrets dark and deep
Of tri-tangos and bloody reaps
Adorned in shadows with reddened glaze,
All hail,
The Queen of Spades....

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Opera Star locked in death
Suicide laughs at the gambler’s fate.
Queen of spades steals his last breath.
Tchaikovsky’s opus gets a high rate.

Intelligence befalls the Queen of Spades. 
Good luck is not in her game.
Gamblers, hustlers, and barmaids
Know misfortune’s historic acclaim.

There is in love no heart for...

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In a game of spades

I’m bold, black, and beautifully designed

There are only two things on my mind

The big joker and his little brother

Outside of these, there is no other

Once they’re gone

I can take my place

I’ll win the book

Because I’m the Ace...

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Sevens, Shovels, and Spades

Dig, dig, dig. Black soil and stone
Earth worms wiggle , Decay bones

Dig, dig, dig, scatter seeds there
Sprouting, searching sun and air

Dig, dig, dig, To hide our dead
Six feet under, body bed

Dig, dig, dig, create new life
Born of earth, Feed appetites 

Dig, dig,...

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Diamonds steer clear, they know they are at the bottom of the heap.
Clubs do not fare better, but their secrets they know how to keep.
Hearts are a bit puffed up, they feel superior to the suits  below.
But the one who could truly brag and...

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The woman was a water bearer:
Alluring as the refrain of midnight,
Alluring like the skin of an atheist.

The woman had been a prisoner:
Mandela urged me to furbish his door steps.
I waxed the knees of California.

The woman had been a singer:
All the way from Vancouver to Abbotsford
She...

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Red beams of neon outlining us
Red and black intertwining
Intervening
The red thread is still tied to
Our little fingers
Questions were never asked
Nor was anything mentioned
Where can we sell our souls
For a student affordable price
They know where
The shrill of the guitar
The bass of the drum
The black curtains are...

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You say I’m made to be a spade but that just curls my wings
I sit here ready to scoop up the widest range of things
Scooping apples off the ground and thrusting them all forward
To where the wheelbarrow awaits as I denude the orchard

They say to...

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Buttercup catfish, marmalade in spades 
Math scores come in scribbles called student grades 
Mutter sup fly fish, warlocks are outraged, 
Path doors run in nibbles, unholy paged. 
Silly verses delight in unannounced way, 
Top hats and top coats, swinging in the sway 
Dilly purses inspect...

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A friendship like ours, is one to be kept
A treasure in the sands of our lives
Buried deep, under cover, until we first met
and the spades to uncover it arrived

Spades made of laughter 
Spades made of tears
that sought out this treasure 
that we've held for years
But...

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You come along to disrupt my life, after many silent years
Plunge in with your manipulation and lies, playing on fears
What gives you the right, to turn my life upside-down?
While keeping truth from me, as always, wearing your crown
    --- Like a Queen...

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The silver king{1} banded with the dark queen{2},
United under the all-powerful one{3}.
Off to war, of armies of four{4},
together with the warrior son{5}.

Battle was fierce, many were slain;
The wounded wound-up in the history books{6}.
The militant{7} family crusaded on,
Striking fear and bringing heavy-hearted looks.

Victory was assured, no...

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