Short Chess Poems
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Ah, the lovely game of chess
To make the enemies plans a mess
Then I can capture the king
About enough to make me sing!
Cat and mouse play games.
Run and chase till dawn is done.
Checkmate ~ you're my daily catch.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
Realization dawns;
it's all a game.
He is king--
playing it safe,
he moves one step at a time.
He walks alone.
Gambit.
Skill kisses the sand,
a game with the ocean floor;
Each move confident;
The sea tumbles with shells,
High tide reveals a check mate.
The Queen bade us not to despair
When a knight leapt into the air
Sly as a crook
He took our Rook
Check-mating our King fair and square!
its a dance
and a prance
make the right move
and you grove
life is cool
just have the tools
to win right blend
it drive you insane
LIFES A CHESS GAME
On our first date
Sitting at home
By the pool
She suggested a game of strip chess
I told her
I didn’t know how to play
She replied… perfect!
Each gamepiece knows its role
Back and forth and so it goes
~ eventually the board goes stale
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
When chess pieces are bent on offensive moves, and no piece remains to sacrifice themselves for the King, a losing side can CHECKMATE an isolated King.
CHESS
Chess may be a game
However hard it may be
Each move critical
Similar to a real life
Seeking a mate in the end
Sometimes decisions
Are like a chess board game play
Thinking well next step
Before proceding to act
Without hurting nobody
1-11-2016
its old but gold
a pass time thing
thats hadn't change
been around from
town they put checker down
and get set to you can bet
better yet
its a
GAME OF CHESS
Shogi
me?
I can barely play Go Fish
Old Maid is well over my head
Shogi?
I think not
Shogi: Japanese chess
where you get to use your
opponent’s captured army
An uncommon sport is chess
So different from the rest
You think more and move less...
And really, is chess a sport at all?
~ No clock, no field; no ref, no ball
On a cold metal riser
Sixty feet above the dark strangeness of a city
Two good friends wearing overalls and hard hats
Played chess
On an eagerly anticipated lunch break
It's sobering as Don gets madder and madder
While functioning under duress
That while we created "Shoots And Ladders"
The Persians created Chess
*Persia renamed Iran in 1939
I battled with
my chess machine
It defeated me
Man vs. Machine
Just like John Henry
I feel like I
may
die
with a hammer
in my hand
or perhaps a pawn, rook or knight
The game of chess
Some say it is a pastime
I know who said "It's no a whit inferior to the violin"
I used to play regularly
But now I have dumped chess for poetry
Mistake - maybe.....
grief joy grief joy
black white squares of life
who is the chess player
20.10.2019
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Syllables Per Line: 4 5 6
Nightly online chess
Brought the curiosity
From a dashing man
Messages in chat
Inviting to Whattsapp text
Sending phone number
Precaution prevails
Rejected invitations to
Skype and Tango
The heart knows to move
when it's time to play
When the move's for another
in a heart who'll slay
That the game's for another
in a love we'll say
When the chess for another
is a heart who'll stay
G-randmasters in chess
E-arnestly use the great mind,
R-aring to win games;
R-ealizing the next move,
Y-es, they devise strategies.
Topic: Birthday of Gerry Yap (April 4)
Form: Acrostic Tanka
Used to be a whiz at chess way back when
Not a world class player but enjoyed myself, no end
Losing wasn't an option
That proved a problem
Had to be restrained, d'ya know what I'm sayin'?
Used to be a whiz at chess way back when
Not a world class player but enjoyed myself, no end
Losing wasn't an option
That proved a problem
Had to be restrained, d'ya know what I'm sayin'?
Ever wished the ability to fly you possessed
Spy in chickies windows in various stages of undress
Whatta dirty old man
Disgusting I am
But oh so much fun, at eighty-three, still beats chess