Best Wagering Poems

A born lioness my untamed heart? ha! 
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on...

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Good day, Sun;
so nice to see you.
At my age, despite 
what odds I give I 
can't get anyone to bet, 
all wagering off, as to...

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In equine racing they always say,
You hope to win when you make your play;
Off course as you know,it's the horses that show,
They're the only ones...

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Welcome to the year 4712, the year of the horse.
This is the most important time for Atlantic City hotels, of course.
It is tradition for good...

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I have forfeited every inch
Of your bitter blow
And you have reaped the profit.
You took my discretion for granted
And placed me inside a cage.
You withered,
Disdainfully,
In an...

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During a sultry summer’s afternoon,
when anyone can melt away and swoon,
nothing can cool us off quite as nice
as a generous helping of Italian water ice.

Slaves...

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Soft shadows, 
slowly slide suspiciously,
sustaining shivers 
shooting silently-
suggesting simultaneously, 
surreal wind-blown, 
wispy, wisteria wands
whispering wildly, 
waltzing wonderfully-
while willfully 
wagering, winged-wights wallow.
Slithering silhouettes 
secretly stun- 
surely,...

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Upon the page forever bound, the wagering of life will be found,
Where those words are gathered in paper and ink and bring a cowboys life...

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THE HUNDRED YEAR DAY
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS


In three more minutes they’ll open the gate
I’ll wait in my car going over my slate
It’s been six long years...

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em>Dangers plague this shambolic world in which we live
where many seek vengeance and are not apt to forgive.
It's a never-ending cycle of accuse, battle, and...

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NOT WHOM I ONCE WAS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS

I Put a Ring on Her Finger, She Put a Ring Thru My Nose 
My Power Continuously Ebbs, Hers...

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Violent thunderstorms sweep along the Ohio valley 
From west to east against the river’s flow 
Frequently during early April, May, and June 
Nothing better to...

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You make your own life difficult and hard
when it all depends on the turn of a card.
A point and immediate seven is not nice.
Money is...

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I want to tell you of my blue broken heart 
So listen close that you might hear 
Of hammer driven pitons of regret 
In their...

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Cricket is quite possibly of the most cherished game in Indium. Everybody here has one more degree of for cricket. Individuals in India love to...

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