Long When the chips are down Poems

Bartender Oh Bartender
(a stout rendition of O Captain! My Captain!
Perfect rhythmic rhyme with tonic 
when the doth ale).

Mine eyes espy the glory per the ending 
of another work day beckon Baileys Irish Creme
with Absolut certainty...

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Reality Checks In Woman Squash

True to expectations, dreams come true for squash talent Nour El Sherbini...
She came to Kuala Lumpur, she saw and she conquered all to claim the trophy...
Since last year's end 2015, she...

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Number 22 in 1963


The prior season and many seasons past had been great for our school. However, the ‘62-’63 season was to prove disastrous for our school. I had been looking forward to the 63-64...

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Written on 21st April 2012
By: Sashi. Prabhu (zeauoxian)
(This Ode is dedicated to the Administrative professional / Executive Administrative Assistants/Secretaries.  I dedicate this  to all the unsung champions who have worked selflessly in the...

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2016 Motor City Open Champion

It has to happened, this day has to come...
When a low ranking player defied the odds as they come..

In a place called the Motor City, showcasing a world squash tournament...
All the...

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I knew what I should’ve done, 
What most men would do, 
Ride the donkey and insist, 
That Mary walk, lower than me. 

But I knew right from wrong, 
And as she was pregnant, 
I considered...

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(Dedication: For Tiaua M Ioane)
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Here on this earth each soul must walk
From time of birth until death stalks.


Each day hurls forth with stress and strain
As we go north and face each pain.


No matter how or...

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Two of Eight

My back’s against the wall
Cold granite above me
Mountain stream to the right 
On the left a big ol’ spruce tree

Almost three hours back
I was holed by a shot
Given to me from a Ute...

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when it's the best that I can be... 
when the truth reveals to me, 
when good things happen easily... 

my heart knows... 

when some others' 
really don't wan't to be... 
it's all an act internally......

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Muse, you didn’t offer excuses to hold my hand
To walk and talk to the flagging courage
Weeping and seeping into the stamina gland
Where years of interaction on the educational stage

Yielded fields of unexpected benefits
I accrued from...

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2015 British Open for Woman Squash will be best remembered for its semifinals...
As one where a qualifier player had a blistering run  into the semifinals....

Unannounced, after 2 rounds of tough qualifying matches, came the...

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The busted fire hydrant on the corner sprays water down like rain.
Water gushes down the dirty gutter, relieving this humid pain.

Sipping iced tea in their air-conditioned houses on the hill or in high-rise,
They don’t know...

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Loneliness is a dagger to the heart.
It makes you scream with lustful intensity.
And when the chips are down, it kicks you in the face.

Hatred bleeds like an ulcer.
Living inside you until it kills you or...

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Why do we think that no one can hear?
They keep their distance when we need them near
Friends don't call in or ring on the phone
That's when you find yourself really alone
We discover true friendship when...

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All Bark, No Bite
Written: by Miracle Man
August 2, 2021

In my younger years I was like a pit bull,
I used to think I could bring some scorch.
But now that my years are nearing full,
I feel like...

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She floats like a spirit on a journey wild
She has been through many a trial
She's never lost hope when the chips were down
Always looking for the golden crown
Evolving soul in a world so dark
She finds...

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(Now we hear from the murderess.  She explains 
that she killed Calmette because he published
love letters which she had written to her husband,
a minister in the government.  It is true that she
made her...

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Have you known a courageous man
The intrepid,a damsel brave at heart
Have you encountered a fearless woman
The valiant,a lad who would dare the stars
It is not a matter of strength
B'cos giants have fallen before little men
It...

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Those days of faithful sidekicks have all but passed us by,
We’d rather watch car crashes or someone blown sky-high.
Playing the second fiddle was Gabby’s first jackpot:
For Tom Tyler, Hoppy, Roy and even Randolph Scott.
But in...

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WOULD YOU STILL? 

You call me beautiful 
Would you still?
If I unveil my decaying cracks and rotten scars
Would my messy acrid baggages be pleasant to your sight? 

You desire to board my sailing Friend-Ship
Would you...

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(The husband of Henriette is in a casino, playing
roulette, and not especially concerned about her
plight.  The Hotel Dieux is a hospital alongside
Notre Dame Cathedral, in downtown Paris.)


5. Joseph Caillaux

When? The chips are down. This...

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She wouldn’t stand no nonsense, she wouldn’t take no bull
She wouldn’t pull no punches, she would tell me – warts and all
She really was a true, true friend in every sense of the word
Always there...

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A streak of white in the big blue sea,
a motor boat racing past to flee,
a streak of white in the clear blue sky,
a pilot captains his craft to fly,
a hum of sound, swish of bifid...

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I often hear discussions
about diversity…
Very seldom do I hear people
 talk about adversity. 

I’m talking about what to do when
 “the chips are down.”
When someone’s lonely…  
And, “there’s not a friend to be found.

I’m...

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frigile mind handle with care
yet your words stay kind
and your will and game are fare

its a liquid breath you speek with
and fire thoughts you think with
its a gamblers game you play
and you play it night...

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