Board Games Poems

The checkered board, a universe contained, 
Sixty-four squares where destinies are feigned. 
A quiet battlefield, of ebony and bone, 
Where intellect ascends its lonely throne.

The...

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I love chess
This is my favorite game
Whenever I play it, I am bless
Make friends on the game is my aim.

I learn chess
When I was fourteen
Since...

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I returned home after forty years to my home island of Hawaii. Its preferred nickname is the Big Island, lovingly a.k.a., the Orchid Isle, and...

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“Moves are slower, concentration intense, as style and wits are pitted.
Finally, the remaining white knight makes a brilliant challenge admitted.
The black king weak from the...

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I'm infactuated by the way you say my name
Captivated by this game you said we're playing
I don't know the rules, they seem to change everyday
But...

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wicked woven words
	scattered on a Ouija board ~
		game of cagey crones...

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An uneven start,
the same potential;
Hustle creates moves,
you are owed nothing;
Keep your strike silent;

Secret to fire? 
Control the flames;
The board is yours,
stepping ahead;

Opponents 
in the lead
always...

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Monopoly
by M. Griswold
10312020

Have you rolled the dice and played the game?
You know, that one that's in the hall of fame.
Where one travels the board at...

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Chess pieces
By Michelle Morris
14/08/2021

We are like chess pieces, 
Being moved around the board;
Forever in play for political payoffs
For control of the world. 

Boundaries invisible, yet
Stark...

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Marbles of different colors
Wobble on a board
Striped or solid colors
Numbers all aboard

Carpals, long or short
With a stick, prong or jolt
Balls babble on the spot
Squabble on...

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My son looked through the board games
And he chose the Game of Life,
Where people-pegs must navigate 
Through times of joy and strife.

My grandkids bought insurance,
Found...

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Chess 
On board
Stars ponder
Making good moves
Until one of the two will surrender.
Exciting as it is to play so cool.
Win or lose, mime.
Star players
Concede.
Check!...

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I strolled into the room, real casual you see
I took a look around, one of them was guilty
*Bang* an authoritative door slam sounds in my...

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hop on board my carousel of thoughts
  where wild ideas bob up and down
theories hang on tight for dear life
  some die on...

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Morning breeze of air filled the room
Everyone else are sleeping, snoring in their dreams
Neighbors are outside, picking flowers that blooms
Birds singing merrily as they fly...

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