Short Parlayed Poems

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


Beautiful Transaction

He parlayed his handsome, Against her soft assets. He saw her and she raised him. Both folded, spent. He, a sure bet. She, a wild gamble. Together, a beautiful transaction.


One Misstep

Dancing through
the mine field
deftness parlayed
Destruction incumbent
the future
in play
Each step risks a lifetime
if right
turns to wrong
Tomorrow uncertain
when short
—calls for long

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Autoclave

Parlayed about a twist of fate His shredded character remains All sought to burn and swiftly end Yet he persists from autoclave Turning down a meaningless debate Sarcastic tongue with wily pen Smooths the path, a wake revered So few achieve his place of Zen
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member So Little Time

A little diddle time To write loathsome rhyme Restarts your sensing fine Some dig a mine to cipher Parlayed a broken cause You stumbled on my clause Dement recusing paused Tears on your wishing wiper Another line you cry? We breathe a final sigh An aging lullaby From diapered to a diaper
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Would Have Done Better

Mama if I'd known you're gonna die
I would have done, better
Daddy if I'd known that you would have cry
I would have done better
and now I'm so sorry, sorry I've did obeyed
As my minds trappings parlayed
I would have done better
If I had known


4/24/18
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.
Copyright © 2018


It Came To Me One Day

IT CAME TO ME ONE DAY

IT came to me one day
a silent moment parlayed
with shudder-awakened
i was more than 'me'
a pure disgust
of human physicality
i screamed at the meat
which encased immortality
and bit my tongue thinking
it was infestation within me!
OH the horror of living
without Divine Presence at all

What separation that Gulf of Sin!
To sleep i fell and resumed life.

:: ~~ ::

Poets of Convenience

Poets of convenience
reality to sway
A stain that lasts forever
excuses not parlayed

“Thou Shalt Not Kill” long spoken
ancient law upon the land
Religious, secular, or more’ bound
the truth has one command

A billion screaming babies
by curettes scraped away
As smug self-righteous killers
demand to have their way

The pathway to eternity
lined with voices put to death
“Thou Shalt Not Kill” their epitaph
—damning your last breath

(St. Josephs University: September, 1972)
Form: Rhyme

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