Short Poker Face Poems

poker face
jokers trump the one eyed jack
the clock ticks...

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making poker face
find others doing it well;
emotions fail me

10.4.2015...

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Dealt essence of hurricane
Draw into comfort of summer breeze?...

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These rice paper eyes
veneers to filter all thoughts
ignite with your touch......

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bitter words fester
through the stench of his glare
and the ugliness of his heart
she maintains her poker face



Posted on April 9, 2020...

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o deck o life
shuffled
cut 
and dealt

every second 
every day
every moment 
of eternity

iI hold  my hands
play 
my cards
and move on 

shuffle 
cut
deal 
play
and move on 

and try to keep 
a poker face...

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God Has Specified

There are certain thongs God Has Specified
Make sure all bets are covered that you tried;
Wear poker face,
Just in case,
And not be bankrupt before you going inside.

Jim Horn

Preparing for trip. Hope to leave just after
0600....

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I drew the cards
a game of chance
I should have known
the deck was stacked

your poker face strong
as you called my bluff
was it sleight of hand
or luck of the draw

either way, it 
was always your call
and I leave the table
with nothing at all...

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Listen to poem:

5 Card Stud keeper
David J Walker

All of my yesterdays have been
Shuffled back into the deck
As I draw from tomorrows cards
To play against today

Can I keep a poker face
Drawing 3 for 5 card stud
Is this hand my keeper 
Playing against the grim reaper...

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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

Submitted on April 29, 2019 for contest THE CRAP SHOOT POETRY CONTEST sponsored by JOHN LAWLESS...

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With rainbow and stout, and an Irish cold,
my vivid recollection — when to fold.
       The smirk on green lips - a whip.
       Sure knowledge of luck in grip,
as leprechaun laid down his hand of gold.

2/27/2021
Contest: LIMERICKS in honor of St. Patrick's Day
Sponsor: L. Milton Hankins...

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"Poker Face"

Oh!! Poker Face standing out in a crowd of disagreement..

"Poker Face"

Intelligent, clever, informed...

Wise in your high's and low's forever transforming but never conforming...

Look Up ...make your move using the motions and gesture's on your side...

Move "Poker Face"

Deborah Vines 3/26/2019...

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I had heard of a poker face, haven’t you?
But this was the first time, the first time true
That I heard of a joker face in blue
It happened when I visited my cousin Sue

She took out the face and said, ‘what do I do?”
This joker face has gotten me in trouble, Lou.
I had no words. The face laughed at her too.
We decided to drown it in the loo....

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I had heard of a poker face, haven’t you?
But this was the first time, the first time true
That I heard of a joker face in blue
It happened when I visited my cousin Sue

She took out the face and said, ‘what do I do?”
This joker face has gotten me in trouble, Lou.
I had no words. The face laughed at her too.
We decided to drown it in the loo....

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I amuse myself by singing some nonsensical song
utterly ridiculous, but totally satisfying in a young blood way
I know this annoys my husband
which somehow makes the song more delicious to me
My body is making loud juicy farting noises
I love my man who is totally transparent, no poker face
and the way beanie weanies will get him out of the room
faster than a song....

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Poker face attempted
pretense at being calm
Speech also pre-empted -
stuttering with aplomb.

What I should have said was...
I mean, I really meant...
You see, I didn't see...
Who'd have thought that she was

Classic diagnosis
it's foot-in-mouth disease
a verbal sclerosis
sometimes called, greenhorn-ese

There is no known antidote
no medical solution.
Bandage which has my vote -
lessons in elocution.

4...

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Cold shivers run down my

spine

at the thought of you.

It seems that your hands

were created only to break

your mouth only to deceive

your eyes only to con

your words only to persuade.

Poker face, Royal Flush

Ace of Spades

King of Spades

Queen of Spades

Jack of Spades

Ten of Spades

and somewhere,

I hang in the balance.

You played me.

Your tongue interlocked with mine

and pulled me into the depths of your

soul....

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an empty room
and I stare at the ceiling
blank eyes and a blanker slate, 
my poker face
arms spread over my head
all I can see are
whirring blades blurring into
creamy paint and
the small cracks in between
the shadows in my chest,
mahogany
branching out their needles,
ebony
one pricks my eye
red ink taints crisp alabaster
damps it slow, slow, slow
I exhale shaky, shaky, shaky
heavy lids droop to a close
and no one sees
no one can.
...

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words of anger and bitterness
fester yet do not surface
emotions boiling over
through it all
she maintains her poker face
in the stench of his glare
and ugliness of his heart

the abuse and violation 
it’s all too much to bear
it’s all he spews
his days are numbered
the reign of transgression
soon to crumble
she dreams she prays



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted for contest UNSAYABLE sponsored by NETTE ONCLAUD - November 23, 2017...

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in great detail
on and on
and on and on 
they went

blah blah
blah blah
ask me if I care
but I'm polite

I wear my best
bad ass poker face
my head wants to explode
but still they have no clue

can’t believe people can't read
that big heavy flashing billboard
the one that sits on top my shoulders 
the one that screams blurts out
CUT OUT PLEASE THIS HOLY CRAP
I JUST CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on February 23, 2020...

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