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Chess A Checkmate of Love
Chess. A Checkmate of Love. (A regal female voice whispers to eager faces) “Try love” Said the Queen to her Pawns As she looked out over Her black and white lawns “Before the Sun fades Or goes away Open up your souls and see where it goes Just try love once Even if it fails” Said the Queen to her Pawns As she looked out over Her...

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Categories: checkmate, life,
Form: Rhyme
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but to seize the gold of your splintered sun, must I m o v e dreams across tables of trickery placed with forks of forgery and chalices of deceit c r a ...

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Categories: checkmate, angst, farewell,
Form: Free verse



Checkmate You Lose
Do you tremble, as the monstrous cadence, of the rhinoceros' stride reverberates, like the buffalo's onslaught? Vipers at the water's edge, darting hither and thither, not above but beneath the surface, their sinuous silhouettes fabric of nightmares, tearing sinew from skeleton, swifter than their colossal marine brethren. It carries weight, this significance, but how burdensome, must it be to crane necks heavenward, rather than cast them into the...

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Categories: checkmate, adventure, animal, change, dark,
Form: Rhyme
A Challenging Reflection
Mind enticed to rhyme- poetry had challenged me, " Checkmate. " Said Haiku. ...

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Categories: checkmate, humorous, imagery, inspiration, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Checkmate
wherever there be fear or subterfuge our heart dies a little so the problem is huge anticipating outcomes attempting to steer fate living not authentically is essentially checkmate...

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Categories: checkmate, fate, fear,
Form: Rhyme



Heel To Foot
i always walked a sidewalk on my way back from the park, and i always approached heel to foot, because that’s what my dad taught me that tuesday night i count my steps, and inhale the smell of weed, but most importantly, leap over the crack in the cement but i’d callus my feet because we couldn't afford shoes. the jumps...

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Categories: checkmate, absence, age, analogy, boy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Petty Coat Checkmate
"The Petty Coat Checkmate" out out damn spot (LadyLabyrinth / 2023) ...

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Categories: checkmate, muse, poets, repetition,
Form: Narrative
Checkmate
Concentrating on board Hiding the feelings you hoard Expecting your next move Consciousness you can't remove Keeping a distance and defend Minding a stance, not offend A move of surviving, not losing To conquer is not just winning End of the game... in Chess!...

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Categories: checkmate, fun,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member - Checkmate Ho Ho Ho -
Rudolf is retired the elves have left ...

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Categories: checkmate, goodbye, humor,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Checkmate
why will men fight and suffer to advance the interests of their masters, who fling them aside when they have no further use for them? Arthur Findlay The black king and the white king, well they didn't see eye to eye A war was looming, but not them; it was the pawns that would die They placed them up...

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Categories: checkmate, death, metaphor, war,
Form: Rhyme
Checkmate
Reason dies without faith men but a pawn to move in set patterns not seeing beyond Logic and cogence delude and mislead with vision and instinct left wounded to bleed Reason dies without faith enslaved to the line paper to crumble One voice to remind Years add together with hope on the run belief when left wanting all thoughts zero-sum (The New Room: December, 2021)...

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Categories: checkmate, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Checkmate
At last the game has ended Checkmate, I fell for you A pawn in your game of decit Mercilessly sacraficed for your future queen Falling back to reality I embrace the final blow Loving is my sin Heartbreak was my death sentence Pain, my final resting place...

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Categories: checkmate, heartbreak, love,
Form: Free verse
Checkmate
the list is a thing that broke my heart it tore me and my friends apart ranking us was so demeaning you didn’t even have a reason you didn’t even think about it the classroom i just walked right out of it here i was giving you a second chance now we’re locked in a death dance the tangos not one that i...

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Categories: checkmate, hate, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Checkmate
It's getting awfully late I have a lot on my plate I'm in a blase state I long for a clean slate I've done things I hate Were my choices fate? It was a horrible date. I took the cunning bait I walked in evils gate I did it, and I can't debate Nor even commiserate Darkness said checkmate Alexis Y. 05/21/2021...

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Categories: checkmate, fate,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Checkmate
New State clean slate Blind Date, he's late Can't Wait, I ate Through Plate, checkmate Alexis Y. 9-21-19...

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Categories: checkmate, fun, how i feel,
Form: Footle

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