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When The Chips Are Down Poems - Poems about When The Chips Are Down


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Don't stop now, you're on a roll, Trust your luck and seize the goal. Make your play, climb each mountain, Sip wine from a golden fountain. Things look bright, when you're winning, Helps create a new beginning. Count your chips, when you're done, Rest now under setting sun. You're up again, at morning light, It won't shine like it did last night. Stoke that fire,...

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Categories: when the chips are down, confidence, depression, desire,
Form: Rhyme
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When the chips are down Men are separated from boys Quitters fall by the way side While perennial winners Seize the day and be counted For that is the essence of life Life is a live show It is for a short season It is time to show the stuff One is made of And bow...

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Categories: when the chips are down, allusion, change, death, dedication,
Form: Free verse



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first spin of the wheel she goes straight into the red lucky numbers failed! 8/19/18...

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Categories: when the chips are down, loss, money,
Form: Senryu
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A model enjoyed eating french fries they began adding bulk to her thighs As each chip passed her lips Weight soon piled on her hips Once skinny, she became a plus size (In the UK fries are also known as chips) 8/5/18...

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Categories: when the chips are down, body, food, humorous,
Form: Limerick
You Held My Hand When Chips Were Down
Muse, you didn’t offer excuses to hold my hand To walk and talk to the flagging courage Weeping and seeping into the stamina gland Where years of interaction on the educational stage Yielded fields of unexpected benefits I accrued from the investment you made in my person Learning, teaching, editing the list of tweets I dared and cared to ensnare in every...

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Categories: when the chips are down, poems,
Form: Free verse



When the Chips Are Down
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN I’m no hero but when the Chips are down I know what to do - You gotta step up to the plate. Lived once in a part of town where There were only our two houses built ...

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Categories: when the chips are down, peopleme,
Form: Narrative

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