haiku : hiku13 : hustler
hawk watches him intent
magnetic hustler chases wild ~
bulging eyes fast fade
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Categories:
hustler, bird, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku
hustler
coconut-
man gambling his way
walks tightropes
subjugates
gravity, among the fronds
grabbing water seeds
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Categories:
hustler, appreciation, food, men, money,
Form: Shadorma
HUSTLER
Yes- hustler,
all dressed in his lies.
Slick talking,
devil tongue.
Loves ladies of all ages,
you watch out for him.
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Categories:
hustler, life, men, women, words,
Form: Shadorma
Hustler
Written: June 03, 2025 For Contest SPIN A SHADORMA
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
Checked by HMS.com, 3/5/3/3/7/5
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hustler's street
throbbing like a vein
guide chore girl
moist air clings
labyrinth shadows converge
show fragmented selves
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Categories:
hustler, analogy,
Form: Shadorma
Hustler
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
Date: June 3, 2025
Contest Title: Spin A Shadorma Poetry Contest
Burning wild,
chaos grips my bones,
grinding sharp,
breaking free—
shards of dreams ignite the dark,
I rise through the storm.
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Categories:
hustler, strength,
Form: Shadorma
Hustler
SPIN A SHADORMA Poetry Contest
Nette Onclaud-6/3/2025
A pool shark
Swims with the guppies
Half drowning
Half acting
But full of toy skills at times
He swears he's lucky
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Categories:
hustler, allusion, money,
Form: Shadorma
To A Street Hustler
Dear hustler, work your way,
Let not others' scorn dismay.
Pray for God's grace, each day,
And your reward will come your way.
But do not kill yourself for gain,
It's not worth the price of pain.
Do not steal or cause another's loss,
Let not your greed bring another's cross.
Take your time, and work your way,
It's not worth it to rush
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Categories:
hustler, encouraging,
Form: Sonnet
The end of a hustler
Russell was slim and did like to hustle, but on his arm he packed some serious muscle
Most of the time he liked to gamble, but when things got hot he was quick to scramble
Fraud and deceit is a way to survive, this easy money is what keeps him alive
He hated snitches, but he loved his
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Categories:
hustler, bullying, cool, corruption, integrity,
Form: Sonnet
THE HUSTLER
He hustled his way to the top
But in an instance, he was stop
Street cops took him down
He lost his street crown
And turn into a beat-up flop
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Categories:
hustler, humor,
Form: Limerick
I Became a Hustler
When I discovered marbles can take marbles
I became a hustler
I was a pro
I took marble after marble
Some cried
I rarely gave their marble back
It was a competition
Taken fairly
I feel no guilt
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Categories:
hustler, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
The Hustler President
The Hustler President
The Hustling nation finally got the king of Hustlers,
Yes, he was born deep inside the village Sungoi,
Born by Hustling parents, he lived a modest life,
He fed on the best natural foods, which he loves today,
A sip of Mursiki and some well-done Sanga will forever remind you where you come from Forever.
The king
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Categories:
hustler, africa, appreciation, black love,
Form: Lyric
Poems About Pool Sharks
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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Categories:
hustler, games, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Pool's Prince Charming, For Saint Louie Louie Roberts
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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Categories:
hustler, angel, celebrity, confidence, drink,
Form: Verse
3rd World Hustler
Steps his foot out of the door with granny’s anointed words
if blessings were edible, he’d have been fatter than North America
faces the day’s task with immunity to the heat of the sun
dines with the wild to keep the oil running
the quest for a better tomorrow begs for a step further
a bright mind, a weary heart,
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Categories:
hustler, adventure, africa, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
Hustler
I don't know why you feel you gotta lie
learn to be real - you ain't got to steal
just cause you say - it really ain't that way
doesn't make it so - well you outta know
you think your one up, it's just another come up
here is what you must know, you need a new hustle
cause you
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Categories:
hustler, addiction, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
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