The Card Game of Life
Intrinsically dull
he tried to raise hell...
In the card game of life
invariably shelled
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Categories:
card, giggle, life, loss,
Form: Rubai
Title Card
He is one of if not the most beautiful man, yet so brutal.
In the presence of his variants, all resistance is futile.
He's heroic in one, yet tragic in multiversal...
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Categories:
card, character, hero, power,
Form: Sijo
The Traveler Card
It could have been a jester
wrapped in shrink wrap
or a prince who danced
who spoke to me.
To go or stay
I didn’t know.
I didn’t know
as I drove to see a friend—
we’d just worked together
at a store but she left.
I followed the signs
to a new place.
I couldn’t get her
out of my mind.
Trees and parks
and rows of houses
rolled past
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Categories:
card, extended metaphor, leaving, lost
Form: Free verse
The Trump Card
The Trump Card
Our world, it burns in fits and starts
Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Israel are parts
That burn aflame and tether on a brink
What do we need? A solution? A drink?
Truth be told it’s a matter of fate
Told in the stars at heaven’s gate.
A pack of cards in all the suits
Yeah we need good pairs of boots
Clubs,
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Categories:
card, abuse, adventure, africa, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Inappropriate Advertiser's Greeting Card Image
This advertisement by ETSY is inappropriate. It depicts a greeting card of a man getting excited down there. And it crosses the line in the sand of what's decent and what's not. This picture is definitely distasteful and sexually suggestive, especially on a site that promotes its self as being family friendly.
It's like I'm visiting
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Categories:
card, perspective,
Form: Free verse
MOTHERS DAY CARD
Poetry Soup Premiere Contest winner
MOTHER'S DAY poetry contest sponsored by Benjamin Bartley, April 2025
Morning starts early, before it gets light
Opening cupboards, to see what’s in store
Teachable moments, with wrong versus right
Hope grabs the car keys, then heads through the door
Early bird children, are making their way
Ready to take on, another school week
So many hurdles, to
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Categories:
card, 10th grade, children, morning,
Form: Sonnet
World Card Elements
From the Earth's deep slumber, ancient Gaia woke in pain, Whispering a plea to futures, a celestial rain, A trillion hearts of teenagers, called by name, Five champions arising, their destinies the same, For Gaia's love, they answered, to cleanse the Earth again.
From the Earth's rich bounty, one with grounded might, Fire's burning passion, shining
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Categories:
card, appreciation, beautiful, culture, earth,
Form: Epic
Valentine of Mine
In the mailbox sat
This valentine of mine,
With no return address
No name did they sign
Like my mind at the time
The little card was blank,
Who left it for me to find
… Just who do I thank?
Maybe it is best this way
Not knowing who it was,
Just another kind heart
Who put it there because
It was February 14th,
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Categories:
card, february, heart, holiday, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Only Card To Play
The sun has already gone down and there are no more places to roam
The kitchen is closed and the deal is on the road, take it or leave it even if you don’t believe it but this is the final card to play and destiny will have its way.
I gave you my word far
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Categories:
card, america, community, confidence, death,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
card, animal,
Form: Free verse
Credit Card
Credit Card
Put it on the credit card but pay it off quick
nothing hurts more than high interest that sticks
If you don't need it but buy it anyway
remember to enjoy it cause brother you will pay.
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Categories:
card, poems,
Form: Rhyme
A Valentine Card
Style and grace
I thought I knew
Until I spent
my life with you
The joy you shower
my luck to claim
The love you flower
— my hearts refrain
(Dreamsleep: January, 2025)
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Categories:
card, love, valentines day,
Form: Rhyme
A trick with a trump card
America’s next president,
Trump goes by the past precedent
And makes it not just great,
The greatest real estate,
Makes it almost a continent.
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Happenings|10.01.2025| USA, humour
Poet’s note: And why not? Trump first wanted the US-built Panama Canal back to it, and then the whole of Greenland apart from eyeing Canada as the 51st State. Sure, he comes from real
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Categories:
card, humor, usa,
Form: Limerick
Bank Card
Bank Card
My bank card, whose Dutch, has
some inkling of
alien happenings.
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Categories:
card, humor,
Form: Free verse
Playing Card
Playing Card
On a playing card is a
group of
my cells whom have no
bitter temper. They’re being gradually approached by
the centre suit wearing
trash symbol.
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Categories:
card, humor,
Form: Free verse
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