Games Poems | Examples of Games Poetry

The arena is built lie by lie, sobs by sobs. Names don't matter. A game is still a game, called by any other name. Children with ribs like shattered shields do not volunteer; they are raised for slaughter. They don't fight hungry lions, only eyes, trained to devour without guilt. The crowd appears with open mouths— not for speech, but for swallowing. They neither cheer...

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The table’s set, the cards are stacked,? Coffee is ready, out come the snacks.? Allana grins, that knowing look—? She’s got Phase 1 like it’s a book. We start out slow, just laying sets,? But soon the room is full of bets: ?“Will she skip me?” “Who's on Phase 3?”? The drama builds deliciously. A run of four, a colour sweep,? Wild cards hoarded,...

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Tell me your secrets, I’ll tell you mine. Don’t tell me lies, We’ll get along fine. The past is behind us, The present is now. That we can be friends Is amusing somehow. So tell her your secret And tell her your lie. What she doesn’t know Is the road to goodbye. ...

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~Down in the "Big Easy" playing cards in a house of chance, she’ll lay you down a losing hand, with her bluffed romance. Her cards have many faces, but few can win her hand, and a hard hand bet can break a heart; you'd better understand... When you play the cards...

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Let’s get this show on the road, The car's still empty and we can't seem to load Susie's applying makeup, Jake’s playing video games, Mary’s scrolling her socials, where friends call her names. I want to get to the airport, I want to be clambering into an Impressionist painting of the sea Ride the chestnut ponies, get back to something real, My...

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life's so E A SY ~ When you are ...

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I stepped up to the plate, with my old, familiar stance, thinking my set routine, would parry the pitcher’s prance. The first was a curved ball, curiously spun with such intrigue. I watched it drift in, then away, off the plate. A ball! The next was a fast-ball, right on line. I swung too early, too locked up in dreams, Convinced I...

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For useful words, the word wheel I will spin. I anxiously wait for which words I’ll win. How many sentences will they complete? Rhyming the end words will be quite a feat. A noun or a verb, I commonly win, While over and over I’ll spin and spin. Adjectives, articles, pronouns for sure, And other types to add to the allure. Prepositions,...

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We'd played each other on the song guessing app for six years, ever since we were matched up when I visited Iceland in 2016; we both liked Classic Rock and stuck to 70s playlists For a few weeks one year (2022) I was "out of sorts" and didn't log in; when I next opened the app I saw Haraldur had terminated our six-year rivalry I mean,...

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wannabe king smiles bluffing bold with empty hand yet in one last move, he plays the lone trump he holds ~ mighty king of spades, pyrite...

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The shuttlecock's not got a feather my balls have lost their tether yo-yo and hula hoop have gone for a loop chasing rainbow's become a boring chore in any kind of weather and me I fling and fly frisbees no more as now there's come the day when games and music I can't play the fiddle has a broken bow out of wind such...

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Playing mind games everyday What does that get us hurts only you The one who runs the mouth It ain't all about you it's all about them What games you play when you are heading for the end You be the only one that loses out We go through our day Like zombies at night Praying on the weak It's a game we...

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Fleetings are too faint, too few, and so far between. Fleeting is a butterfly alighted with folded wings. The glimpse of love a flimsy kiss on cheek brings. Dewdrops left on leaves by early morning mist. Echoes faint and feeble ...

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Loves, kick out all the bad in your brain, don’t let other take up space in your brain. Tell them you have no place, for their games. They pretend to care, but only want to cause you fear. They play mind games, to try to control you, and make you have fear. Life is like...

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