Short Bet Poems

Short Bet Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Bet by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Bet by length and keyword.


Premium Member Bet the Farm on It

  As sure as scientists ask why 
    and winged creatures fly

  Politicians will lie ~
             and soldiers will die
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Not a Wolf I Bet

something is howling
more than one wolf and his mate
yipping coyotes

excited yipping
coyotes cornered something
not a wolf I bet
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Bet You Didn'T Know

BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW

bet you didn’t know
santa has a companion
he’s wooly and fat
nestled by the jolly elf
warming the world – santa’s cat
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Out On A Limb

A tall tree I did climb, on a bet of a dime. Baby Bear said it was funny, it was not for the big money. The limb broke what a crime.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Dupe

poker face
covering a bluff
the all-in bet

intensity
building
under breath

random hit of
chance and skill
cuts her losses
from her wins



AP: Honorable Mention 2020


Premium Member A Bet On Naivete

Thinking 'twould endear him to the fairer sex
     He'd ever worn his heart upon his sleeve

     By the time he found he'd been naive
       ~ The girl he'd married called him 'ex'
Form: Rhyme

Upset and Trump Won Bet

Upset and Trump Won Bet

Again, as usual, Trump will win the bet;
Has caused everyone  to become upset;
Will swager;
Also badger;
Get his own way only himself does let.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Bet Your Sweet Bippy

Sunshine's predicted for a whole year to come Bet your sweet bippy! My big bopper succumbed From out of the blue Before this lad knew Was knocked back on his skinny old bum
fun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Valentine Bet

I gave the dice of love a toss
I betted upon a true loss
I let my heart be my cold boss
that beat with a scar.
I even went undercover
to see if I could discover
if you would be a scam lover
and yet here we are.

Bet

There once was a young booger called Bet,
Who was learning ‘bout surfing the ‘net.
As her tutor called Dougal
Introduced her to Google,
She said, ‘Surfing? I’m not even wet.’

*Booger – surfing term for body boarder
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

You Can Bet Your Life

D-on't ever lose your faith
I-n the Lord God Almighty; 
A-sk Him to give to you
N-ew hope and ecstasy.
A-llow not your trust to fade, 
J-ust win over the strife; 
O-ctober seventh will shine, 
Y-ou can bet your life
Form: Acrostic

Bet Your Life

while looking around                                                                                                    no-no all of this to chance                                                                                                I do not think so
© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Not Tired Bet

Tip toe through rough spots   
Calling on the one who counts
Knee pads worn 
Screaming out weakness
Replacing with faith dates
Growing measure intake
Grounding depth in sight
Understanding soul fight
Day to day 
Hour to hour 
House built weathering 
As a Feather

To the Track To Bet On a Horse

I just went to the track to bet on a horse,
I lost all my money, of course, of course!
Then my wife yelled, "Divorce!" " Divorce!"
They said, I shouldn't have bet on that horse, of course!
 But,  I still have no " Remorse!" "Remorse!"
        

        Copyright McCuen 2008
© Mc Mc  Create an image from this poem.

Bet You Can'T

Ask your mind, right now..what will it's next thought be...
No, do it..really 

Bet it didn't know 

Ask your mind, right now...not too think of the future or past..
No, stop and really do it 

Bet it got stuck 

When your mind didn't know and when it got stuck, you were meditating
Form:

A Bet

What is this wondrous internet
That causes reddened cheeks of wet
As people leave I have not met
The hole in space is empty yet
As words are cast  and thrown to let
another lost and sober vet
Attain aplomb enough to get
A certain satisfaction set
To face the emptiness
We can't forget
Awaiting
Form: Rhyme

B E T

bet it all
            in life to see
            if you were lucky...
            gave little,
            received nothing...
            you won it all ...
             lost everything,
            died without
            carrying nothing
            of yours... so
             you couldn't do anything...!

Premium Member I Bet You'D Rather Have a Colonoscopy

These are my people
they're not yours
or are they?

You don't want them to be
can see that
clearly...

So how come you come around?

How come your attraction is mixed with such
reticence?

Yeah, I get it that you never thought about it. And you
don't have to forever but here we are doing
this and I gotta feelin'

You wanna know what it means.

You Bet!

You bet!
My Heidie poet friend....
A winning streak, I'm on,
Hot as a $2 pistol...
Sun's rising,
It's dawn....
You join the community,
Of endless talent and love,
A charmed life I'm living,
Experiencing all this warm giving....
So thank you, dear Heide,
Trust I do love you too,
Now it's time for 'ol Tom...
To get back in that Old Lady's shoe!
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Game Isn'T Over

After election party-hopping is prohibited
Now come the complains and slanders
Gone the frog comes the toad
Bet is no more bet
Defeat is still far away to be admitted
Hustle and bustle carries on after election and sworn in 
Maybe settle scores at an opportune moment 
Maybe democracy is challenged
Where's justice
Maybe this is the new way of life

Betting On You

Whoever said 
That life is a bet?
You roll the dice hard
I shuffle the cards
With no way of knowing 
What will be showing
Some take the first hand
Others wait, pay the band
I’m betting on you
You call your hand too
Our hearts they are matching 
Other suits all are lacking 
You say “oh that’s ducky”
But I know we’re lucky

Written- 11/19/2020
Form: Rhyme

Last Bet

Waiting to die,
  he took one last card

Waiting to die,
  the dealer stared hard

Waiting to die,
  his wager was late

Waiting to die,
  which Joker abates

Waiting to die,
  the odds become clear

Waiting to die,
  last gamble with fear

Waiting to die,
  fate out of the deck

Waiting to die,
 —his soul his last bet

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)
Form: Rhyme

Mosquitoes On a Flesh Rest

Some things you at last get
And still eyes with tears wet,
Others you scramble to get
And failing Shabby Anger let …

Have we each other met,
When our eyes had to be wet
And a need to Virulent Anger let?

I would without a licensing fret 
Over a Denied Mosquito Net
And go ahead to with my life bet
That up I shall you set
For midnight mosquitoes in the forest
To on your flesh rest.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sueann Wins the Bet

I won these at the auction, SueAnn said.
They only cost me six hundred dollars!
EACH? I screeched.
“No, silly, the pair.”
“I thought they started at $38.”

“They did, but someone kept bidding them up.”
Later that day I met SueAnn's mother.
“I tried to get those mermaids for my daughter”, she said.
“But they went way too high. I had to drop out.”
I did not tell her who she was bidding against

The titillating Gretel on witch bet Hansel

The golden road of Oz, sunny beachfront dossier from the calling of the sordid mask, did the mask of Dante peer, into the crump and dough with breadcrumbs in the sunlight bog, for the death of sorrowful faces, the mask does not befog, into the intern when not Hansel, but he bet on the witch, or did Gretel from which gather, that neither pervaded but one was accursed, the morning benumbing of footfalls and sparrows.
© Ken Martin  Create an image from this poem.

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