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Ante Up Poems - Poems about Ante Up

Ante Up Poems - Examples of all types of poems about ante up to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for ante up.
Prejudice
...Slime is a subtle stage for blame I can’t stay stuck to your ways/ I’m a little vague so your game I’ll ante up to plague/ While a tirade goes for their bane they played and waged/ I’ll abrogate w......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, abuse, anger, art, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Talking Canary
...Three manic morons: Moe, Curly, Larry Ante up for a talking canary ~ It attracts boobirds They cry, 'How absurd' ~ Clever jokers rename her 'Miss Carrie'......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, bird, humor, spoken word,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member The Playoffs Claim October
...Christmas season's in December Thanksgiving weekend's in November The Playoffs claim October, Halloween aside True-blue baseball fans all aboard for the ride Combatants' senses sharp, nerve......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, baseball, emotions, memory, october,
Form: Couplet


Premium Member The Gambler
...The steely-eyed hombre stepped down from the stage that sultry afternoon. He looked about with disdain, then swaggered to the Cripple Creek Saloon. His hat lay low upon his brow and swung low was a......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Married Life
... Married Life Written: By Tom Wright 9/29/99 Too many marriages, are void of understanding and goals, and often resemble recess on a playground. Just one big tug of war, between egos......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, marriage, relationship,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ante Up Urrrp
...young people taught to believe that once they learn repetition they're ready for the out-world s..t happens: just the universe it matters not whether a god is a peculiar determinism matters ......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, allegory, analogy,
Form: Verse
Ante Up For Love
...Ante Up For Love Love is a gamble, the players facing unfavourable odds. Still you risk that which you can't afford to lose. Never able to explain or recover the loss. The cards have been shu......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, love,
Form: Free verse
Gaping Open Wounds
...Gaping open wounds that never heal Is this what is for each of us is the real deal Sometimes it’s the pain That in the end remains You may think your heart will break For what in the end will......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, life,
Form: Ballad
Where Are the Bones
......He said: "I believe there is a God. Something ingenious was most definitely at play. But, I've asked some other reverends, pastors, and ministers, where are Jesus' bones? Not one convinced......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, atheist,
Form: Free verse
The Reader of Tea-Cups
...A friend of my mother's read tea cups And when I came home from school we would ante up She would be in the lounge room awaiting us We would drink our tea and go in without fuss So we would si......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, angel, death,
Form: Ballad
Midlife Crisis
...As youth flows out with middle age, I find it hard to turn the page. Life deals the cards and calls our name. We ante up, or leave the game. Working, saving, spending, craving If success is ......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, age, life, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
The Balance Is Moving
..."THE BALANCE IS MOVING" when you lose Princess Leia, George Michael, Carol Brady, R2-D2, Buddy Ryan, Muhammed Ali, Prince and many others in the same year, reflection is forced. when......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, death, health, new year,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pony Express, Almost
...I sang a song over the olive branch today, And nobody listened. So I remarked how cruel death is When life is dead And dreaming is only violent. Still, I was not heard against the night. Then......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Game Playing
...Game Playing by Odin Roark There was this time… When his drunken ambition Made him take a seat at the table, Ante up his meager self, Bet with stakes he didn’t have, And hold......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, philosophy,
Form: Prose Poetry
Why Are There Others
...Why are there others, When there's only ourselves, Primary, Secondary, Who goes first, Who leaves last, Who gets more, Who drives fast, Interconnected? To that guy? Why, he will never, Eve......Read the rest...
Categories: ante up, community, how i feel,
Form: Free verse

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