Billiards Poems - Poems about Billiards

POEMS ABOUT POOL SHARKS Fair Game by Michael R. Burch At the Tennessee State Fair, the largest stuffed animals hang tilt-a-whirl over the pool tables with mocking button eyes, knowing the playing field is unlevel, that the rails slant, ever so slightly, north or south, so that gravity is always on their side, conspiring to save their plush, extravagant hides year after year. “Come hither, come...

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the ether, a billiard's table - moon the cue ball, stars scattered balls Place : Honorable Mention Stardust Poetry Contest Monoku poetry form only. Sponsored by: JCB Brul Date: 15-04-2023...

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POEMS ABOUT POOL SHARKS Shark by Michael R. Burch They are all unknowable, these rough pale men— haunting dim pool rooms like shadows, propped up on bar stools like scarecrows, nodding and sagging in the fraying light... I am not of them, as I glide among them— eliding the amorphous camaraderie they are as unlikely to spell as to feel, camouflaged in my own pale dichotomy... That there...

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It was my turn and I ran the table I was never known as incapable Last was the 8 ball I made a good call And I double banked it is the fable....

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Pool's Prince Charming by Michael R. Burch this is my tribute to the legendary pool shark "Saint Louie" Louie Roberts Louie, Louie, Prince of Pool, making all the ladies drool ... Take the “nuts”? I'd be a fool! Louie, Louie, Prince of Pool. Louie, Louie, pretty as Elvis, owner of (ahem) a similar pelvis ... Compared to you, the books will shelve us. Louie, Louie,...

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I have ADD. Having... what I have's like playing billiards*! I aim my thoughts like a cue ball at a stripe** and hit a solid** color... It wipes me out! I forfeit my next shot! My Critic-of-all-dreams does the thinking, then! And THEN, it seems my friends all make their shots, And I am left to rack up. As they feel sorry for...

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I went out to a bar one night To have myself a beer I went to a place I've never been before So I knew nobody there I watched two fellas shooting pool And they looked like they were good I asked them both, if I can play And they said, "Boy, do you think...

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Her smile shed a glow, her smirk shows her skill, cutting on the curvature, banking on the opponent, dropping like a pro, moving like a dancer sculpted of sensual stone smooth and flawless, braids cascading down emphasizing...

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