Short Chess Piece Poems

There is no more powerful chess piece than the queen.
She can travel any number of squares up, down, or across. 
If you have a wife or girlfriend, you will know what I mean. 
Just like any woman of the household, she is the boss....

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The Elephant is big and strong
It’s history runs deep and long
But lots of Elephant’s are starting to die
These friendly creatures and I’ll tell you why,

They’re being killed by humans all around
Tusks being sawn off is a harrowing sound
Just for those tusks, they destroy the whole thing
For the sake of an ornament, chess piece or ring

So although you can’t hear it
The elephant cries
Don’t buy the ivory
Because one of us dies....

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Roses are black, cutting is blue
Maelstrom and hack, precise strike true

Napalm burst fire, hollow chess piece 
Tragic this pyre, reaper scythe cease

Plead cry beg scream, dying fashion
Guillotine gleam, bang cranium 

Click back hammer, finger trigger
Silver shimmer, flash and flicker

Dying quicker, so cold, shiver
Sever beats torn by asunder

Clown car’s lachrymose red ribbons
Town bars fountain vain, shark fin





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PRINCESS SUE
A Sedoka

                                      Princess Sue smiles pink
                                   Eyes give off bubbles of love
                                  A chess piece gets a move on
                                         The prince of Inda
                                    Comes up smiling dimple
                                Princess Sue sings voice wobbles









             Princess Sue:  Sedoka: 5-7-7-5-7-7© Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty...

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