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Best Wager Poems

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Premium Member Poe's Untimely Demise
*Note 
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wager, horror,
Form: Rhyme



The Turning
The year has finally yawned and turned       
Upon a half-revealed shoulder.
A vibrancy, intrinsic to a reemerging 
Enforcement of the...

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Categories: wager, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Blind Man Turns
"Blind Man Turns"



Rest easy in my lull, Love

Love 
is not the gentle goodnight, Love

in the beguiling
silence of Lost Lovers' Woods

It is the war we 
all...

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Categories: wager, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry Pilgrimage
To begin, time and money we give
For our quest, our poetry pilgrimage
Here, our band of bards congregate
Here, we speak the language of language
The secret handshake...

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Categories: wager, community, journey, poets, together,
Form: Free verse
If Only
If only...I could start over again.
Took that job in Memphis and stayed away from so-called-friends. 
     If only...I could right the...

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Categories: wager, nostalgia, giggle,
Form: Free verse



Rich Or Wealthy
So what are the Rule's ?

You wish to place place this wager on ?

And how is the Jury then to Judge ?

Your Bank Account
Your Real...

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Categories: wager, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silhouette
Out walking on the beach alone, 
Waves breaking with a somber tone. 
I was only a stumble 
From cracking up and crashing down. 
Old driftwood...

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Categories: wager, allegory, women,
Form: Lyric
Untamed Heart
This is a collaboration with Susan Ashley, excerpts taken from her Amberina Ballerina poem. One of the best writes I've ever read, check it out!...

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Categories: wager, introspection, lost, metaphor, psychological,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Fat Lady Has Sung
O harlot of colored scarlet hath divided the spoils
The wealthy, well oiled, prophesy uncertainty 
Thee measures of  barley spoil not the oil or wine
heavenly...

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Categories: wager, angst, faith,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member 'why the Earth Wobbles"
Internal Rhyme

The Sonic of the earth’s plate tectonics was given birth
By the  unbalanced wobble of the earth
While the wobbling of the natural earth
By carnal...

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Categories: wager, inspirationalearth,
Form: Narrative
Tongue Twister Time
When you're wanting to bet
   On a racehorse, don't fret.
   With this tip from the stable door.
   Pair Wunwun...

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Categories: wager, horse, race,
Form: Rhyme
Harness Racing
Harness Racing ( Poem )

Horses pull a two wheeled cart
If it breaks you will depart

Place a bet before it starts
Good wager wins if played smart

Riders...

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Categories: wager, animal, character, fun, horse,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Armless Ambidextrian
I. The Love of Minds

The volume on the desk,
The one not claimed by dust or burned
By light, will follow her to bed tonight.
Its pages will...

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Categories: wager, conflict, death, depression, desire,
Form: Free verse
Warring Warriors
Warring wounded Warriors winded, 
as they stand by the blood-stained shore;
Battalions breathily bruised and bended,
 as they begin to march on for more…
Evil encounters evolve...

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Categories: wager, conflict, evil, god, war,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The Malt Shop
THE MALT SHOP

I would wager every school has a no-touch clan -
Four or five debs who really know how to play
And they share company only...

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Categories: wager, abuse,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things