Short Stakes Poems

Trippy hippie likes risky frisky.
Doing gambles of one's living....

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A high stakes gambler who lives in Marquette
is in Nevada alone and in debt
Now homeless in Reno
behind a casino
he craves just one more game of roulette

2/8/22...

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pale people
paling comparisons
heads on takes
lives at stake


*paling- a fence made from pointed wooden or metal stakes
             a stake used in paling


6/21/2020...

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blow a whistle —
in a pig’s eye*

stakes are high
the bright-eyed wrestler
will go scot-free**

9/27/2020

*denial or disbelief that something will be true
**unpunished...

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just for fun
fun to make
make a castle
castles at stake
stakes are high
high waters rise
rise above this
this dark sky
sky turns blue
blue birds fly
fly me away
away this time...

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Mellow moments make
Sensuous swirling stakes


Lovely lasting looks
Brightly booming books


Sizzle simple stance
Dazzle dreamy dance




Leon Enriquez
19 April 2019
Singapore...

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 With three aces
in my hand,
I raise the stakes
looking dumb under bloody lights--
packing a Hold- Em win!



Something With Impact Contest
Franco Gonza---12.20.2015
20 words...

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I pity you Simon,
You don't know what it takes,
But dropping yourself,
You are raising the stakes,

Your choices are careless,
Your mind has resigned,
You left without Violet,
You left her behind...

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A downy clay near
fingertips. I ascend light
to meet darkness.

An ambush memory.
Remember your name ?
No, I don’t know me.

Gambler raises
the stakes to win his dirt
from golden nails.


Satish Verma...

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The Worlds human snakes have raised the stakes,
From table scraps to pies and cakes.

                                        ~Princefreakasso
                                         (Artist and Poet)...

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Wonder wakes
Succinct stakes


Mellow mind
Fruitful finds


Secret spice
Nimble nice


Precious pace
Sacred space


Distinct daze
Clever craze




Leon Enriquez
28 March 2018
Singapore...

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will you anti your stake
when I bring this all up
or will you be surprised
that it isn't enough
will you chuck these past months
thinking I gave what I had
or will you work harder
and take one more stab...

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In this life there are mistakes
I've changed a lot and raised the stakes

I wouldn't turn my back and run
despite the others poking fun

All my friends have held the key
To redeemed intentions we are free...

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Transforms the heart to a bigger size,
Raises the stakes in a relationship,
Unseals a new world for someone shunned,
Spurs confidence in the integrity of another,  and
Takes effort for someone hurt in the past....

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The young plant complained 
of what it’s keeper supplied
dried stakes to surround it
old stick by its side 

but there are things that young plants don’t know
so you must keep them upright
and from company low...

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The close family was all called in
Four days since hubby to home had been
The snooker hustler  played
High stakes for which he stayed
In the door he came, our shock begins  

Written: May 13, 2014...

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I can’t cry anymore,
or mention your name

I can’t sleep through the night
with fury and shame

I can’t give anymore,
stakes gone from my claim

I can’t cry anymore
—tears salting the blame


(Dreamsleep: May, 2020)...

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Prosperity, vagabond,
Pickpocket of poor and old
Predator of oil and gold
Jewels, cash, land, or blondes.

When Prosperity pulls stakes,
Abandonment marks its wake 
Jobs and places disappeared
Prosperity robbed and sneered....

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Their stakes in my health are empty. 

They are willing to wait to see what’s wrong. 

While I am trapped in a cycle of creating theories-

Until I find the most vivid one. 

Until that theory falls apart from implausibility....

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It's all or nothing, now or never
Take a gamble, there's no one I'd rather roll with on life's endeavor
Stakes are high, let's go all in and pull the lever
Life is short unlike loves eternal flame, maybe together we can outlast forever...

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the worse it gets, it gets “worser”
a better death is a misnomer
those greedy fingers
and trespassing eyes
the passing of a plate of lies
the only thing that’s shared —
a shovel that heaps dirt
over the “loved one’s” hurt

7/26/2018...

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Swamp Bird (Pleiades)

Swamp lands are home of the
Stake-drivers, Bitterns, whose
spring songs sound like striking
stakes with hammers.  Bitterns
swallow air-gulps causing
swelling throats. Expelled air
sounds like loud pumps pumping....

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Quatrain #277:
LIVE


Live finesse here with happy lot,
Ink words of cheer that moves sweet spot;
Voice truth most clear as purpose stakes,
End sense of fear with profound thought.

~~~~~~~~~




Leon Enriquez
04 March 2016
Singapore...

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There was a craftsman named Handy
Who used to a craftsman dandy
everyday day he'd make
a craved wooden stakes
and boxes shaped like hearts to hold candies


7/11/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©...

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A DELICATE MAN

insidiously she claims
her ‘right’ of passage
stepping on stones of
thin ice she aims and
stakes sharp daggers
of spiteful hate that
permeate stabbing
a dark hearted
delicate man



© Kim van Breda—17 October 2015...

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