Short Gambled Poems

Was blind to see
The path and cost of love
Soul regrets gambled time
I’m gone…...

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Humpty-Dumpty sat on the wall and gambled,

   That if he fell his yolk would not be scrambled.

      Yet when he fell,

         He cracked his shell.

            Alas, no way he could be reassembled!...

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I have gambled love,
and lost.
I have gambled my money,
and lost.
I have gambled life,
and lost.
I have gambled away time,
and lost.
Is is not about time,
I have gambled on me,
and won?...

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 Miracle dinner

Benny had gambled away his last buck
Hungry and couldn't believe his ill luck
He fell down and prayed
His neighbour's bird strayed
For dinner, he had a dish of roast duck!

July 2, 2017

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Ba Da Bing     Ba Da Bing     Ba Da Boom     The crowd is up on it`s feet     You hit the jackpot     Hear this from everyone I meet     Never gambled a day      In my life     Was my jackpot       The day      I married my wife...

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Luck


lady luck's rabbit foot,
lies dormant, giving no
lighthouse beacon for this
loon that has gambled his
life's wages away. Please
lady luck show me the 
light one time I beg, please
let me get even ... fudge.

4/14/17...

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Beast retrieved
who vowed never
 strive...
Couldn't abide by words
gambled floods 
Livid lethal lava 
parched essence dwells
furnace no sedimentary
tar loiters. 

Optimistically optimises 
For future further
Luminous loop of life 
Clear inscribed circle 
Promises which to amend-
Shrunken....

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History deals with wounds and pain
Young Nick gambled in Vicky’s reign,
Fell amongst sin in Freo jail
Guilty of theft hung without bail.
Alas not the old oak nor beech
Trees with limbs stout and true in reach,
Chose not the sycamore in leaf
But the stump at Ningaloo reef.

© Harry J Horsman  2018...

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Facing the unknown.
Only to feel alone.
Future incognito.
Gambled tomorrow.
Things planned.
Permanent trip in hand.
Constant Worriment.
Lost merriment.
Past presents...
Recent judgments.
Uncountable days…
Endless dismays.
Agitation of mind.
Sign of the times.
An unintentional write.
Of an internal fight....

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Have you heard about Paulette?
Poor girl's in a dreadful plight!
Got herself into such debt.
Have you heard about Paulette?
Seems her home is under threat-
Gambled in the dead of night.
Have you heard about Paulette?
Poor girl's in a dreadful plight!

11.01.22

Paulette - 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor -Julia Ward...

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The day was killed 
diving in the books.
A lamb was dyed to
please the race.

You gambled for water
huddled in eyes.
I wanted to scatter the pearls
on cheeks.

Drenched in gasoline you
tried to send the message.
A flame was ready to
light the dark.

Margarine had the lustre
but was not a gold.
A red hot iron will
tell you the same.


Satish Verma...

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Beaten beyond recognition,
No compassion for humanity;
Nailed onto a wooden cross,
For one and all to see

They gambled for His lowly robe,
With a spear, they pierced His side;
"It is finished!"... He cried out,
Then hung His head and died

Would you sacrifice your child?,
Take time to think it through;
God sacrificed His (only) child,
For the sins of me and you...

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Swayed I am by your sound taste

Amongst a sea of recluses

Against the hands of time we race

To stifle ignorance with nooses


Oh, how you stroke my rib cage

Laughter shaping countless voids

Revamping happiness for the age

Before they gambled ertswhile ploys



A heap of debris I'd be

Swept by carcinogenic draughts

Without you assured I'd seethe

A damn not given be it daft...

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confronts in the wee day,
street urchins stole my green paper,
spent the night in the pricky hay,
seeping dew on the near tree-pepper.

broken pieces of a poor heart,
swollen feet tasted enough miles,
and when the day is yet to break apart,
you distort all that make me smile.

a bet, bet for the best,
i gambled, only to gain the grave,
used all the power for all the rest,
and now am left with no coin to save....

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I don't know how to tell you 
 somehow i think you know
 that what you really mean to me
 is more than i can show
 at times I'd like to hold you and show that i care
 but the thought that stops me is finding you not there
 I guess i had to tell you so my heart would let me be
 so if you never make a move
 i have gambled and i have lost
 but just the thought we are still friends
 is worth more than it would cost......

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He stood on the corner.
A vision long past.
The hard part of town
By Division on Mack.
What goes around,
Will always come back.
In the hard part of town,
they carry guns with cash.

Stan, Bobby, and Lee
Three who gambled late.
They pushed it all in
Big game, High stakes.
Bobby knew Stan was a cheater.
Saw him make the exchange.
Bobby drew his heater.
Placed stan in a grave.
In the hard part of town
No need to explain....

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Tonight my friends and I wore green, 
In mock accents recited limericks seen,
Listened to Celtic music serene,
And polished our Irish dinner plates clean.

Then gambled and chatted away the night,
Finding high betting penny ante Tripoley a delight.
Amiable banter and teasing the highlight,
A relaxing evening as we reunite.

Hope your holiday did satisfy,
That good company did drop by.
With much merriment before their goodbye.

MRT
3-17-18...

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A Million

If I played the lotto, 
Perhaps then I would win. 
You can not play, 
if you do not win?
Wait, that is … all wrong… 
Maybe!.

Money gambled, 
Thrown away…
On dreams that often sink.
Dollars lost, 
on games that sway,
and none that make you think. 

Hard work it costs,
labor is the deal.
Work tough for what you need, 

And…
work more for what you wish for…

Then…

You will find the door…
That leads you to the shore,
of…
your “true” heaven....

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Some con men blew smoke
Trusting it was adequate 
Vulnerable and uncertain
We gambled from the same stack
For the beauty of your game  

Men with no tells flat line their hearts
For a better chance in spades
Calling our bluffs, upping the ante 
Some will fold, others will match 
We have seen each others faces

Our cards presented on the table 
Laden with truth, sobering
Round tables offered many suitors 
I complement it, a ring of surprise 
For your hand, your love, I am all in...

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He spent his nights drinking
Instead of 
Helping his children with their homework
Attending their sporting events
Driving them to school
And to their friend's houses
He spent his nights drinking
Staying out all night at a poker game
Where he gambled away all of the money in his pockets
He took money from his daughter's piggy bank
Leaving an I owe you note that he wouldn't pay back
Leaving all of the responsibility to 
The mother of his children
Because
He spent his nights drinking...

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