Best Wager Poems
Below are the all-time best Wager poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of wager poems written by PoetrySoup members
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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Categories:
wager, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
The TurningThe 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
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
Poetry PilgrimageTo 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 OnlyIf 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 WealthySo 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
SilhouetteOut 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 HeartThis 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
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
'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 TimeWhen 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 RacingHarness 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
The Armless AmbidextrianI. 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 WarriorsWarring 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
The Malt ShopTHE 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