Mah Jongg Poems - Poems about Mah Jongg

...My mother didn’t cook too well And neither did she bake. If you’d assume she loved to clean, That would be a mistake. She didn’t drive, she didn’t work But she was always there. If comfort wa......

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...If you have bridge chairs, playing bridge Is not their only use. Try mah jongg or canasta - Any game needs no excuse. Or set them up for extra guests So everyone can sit, Especially if there’......

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...I used to mark the days by what I’d scheduled to do, Like Fridays with the grandkids For our weekly rendezvous. On Thursdays there was quilting And on Wednesdays, never fear, I’d be at the mu......

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...My Aunt Sydelle turned 91; To find a gift was hard, But then I had a great idea – A years-old Mah Jongg card. She’d mentioned wishing that she had A card from ’55, The year when she first bou......

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...Some people play* for money. My friends and I do not, But every time we play, we toss Five dollars in the pot. Our games are only once a month But still, the pile does grow So there’s enough ......

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...We catch up on our travels And our families and homes. (Not everyone’s on Facebook Or reveals such stuff in poems.) The lives we live are parallel Though sometimes they converge; So when they......

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...The thunder booms; the rain, it pours. We're half inside and half outdoors. A screened-in porch brings Nature close But not enough to overdose. And so we sit and mix our tiles* As Nature ratch......

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...The women far outnumber All the ticket-holding men And they’re decked out in their jewels They haven’t worn since who-knows-when. Their outfits are forgiving, Hiding several extra pounds And ......

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...My aunt is turning 88 And this is how we’ll celebrate – She’ll join me at my mah jongg game; (Her playing will put mine to shame). We’ll have some lunch – there’ll be a cake With candles, so ......

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...I didn’t win at Mah Jongg, Losing every single game, But nonetheless I’d say That I enjoyed it all the same. To sit around with friends and schmooze And then to break some bread – There aren......

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...There aren't many games I play For most of them require Some patience and some strategy Or, at the least, desire. I quite enjoy my "Words with Friends" But usually I lose. The very first word......

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...My mah jongg buddies came today (We’re 5 if all are able) And thus it was my turn, as host, To prep the folding table. It mostly lives behind my bed, Its metal legs tucked in, Where it just s......

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...Mah Jongg in the afternoon Always ends a bit too soon. We laugh, we chat, then play begins And 'fore you know it, someone wins. There's so much left we must discuss, So four more walls are bui......

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...Mah Jongg is a game that’s strange ‘Cause every year the cards will change, So you may try to play a hand That once was there at your command But now that pattern isn’t there, Which feels a litt......

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