Short Poker Poems

Once
Upon
A handshake
I bet it all
Liars poker, a Faustian gamble...

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Poker table blues.
Hand after hand, a looser.
Ace up dealer's sleeve....

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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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just kids
staring each other down
poker faced



posted on July 23, 2018...

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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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Poker-faced
played his cards
close to the vest
'til the day
he forgot
to get dressed...

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Don't 
Wait in 
The bedroom 
Show your papers 
I will win the stories of your love life...

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poker in the fire,
though fire not yet in poker…    
fire up! “proof is in the pudding” 
...

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the key to poker
when you have the
thought take it
and go.  Get up
and fast get out of
there try a slot...

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Why do politicians so often look like cats trying to cover up s..t on a marble floor?

John G. Lawless
©11/3/2022...

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The dealer dealt the hand with deft finesse
Black aces and black eights
Felt the muzzle on my neck.

Written March 22, 2022...

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broker, poker;
righty, tighty;
washer, dryer;
dirty, duty;
filthy, lecher

10/26/18

written words by James Edward Lee Sr....

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poker faces of those closest
are the last ones you will notice
but once you do
the friendship's through
lying dead and rootless...

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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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There once was a fellow like me
Designed to make love happily
But there was a vicar
Who said, "You can't liquor
Until you can grow a goatee!"...

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There was a lady stock broker
who used clients' funds for poker.
One customer got wise
and to the lady's surprise.
Saw fit to up and croaker....

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my alligator loves to play poker,
he's a lot of fun and quite a joker,
because of that sly grin,
he always wins,
and my card play is just mediocre....

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your hand not tipped
playing your cards close to your chest
stoic, no twitches or tremors
never betraying
what you hold
I lay down the queen of hearts...

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She didn’t play poker so well.
Her bluff was as clear as a bell.
   Her insides would quaver
   So much that they gave her
A hell of a smell of a tell....

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They say I have covid,
Well, isn't that special.
So, they gave me Paxlovid,
And an oxygen checker.
Yet, I'm told it's better,
Than the pox or a poker!...

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The midnight warning of Paul Revere:
"Liquor up front, poker in the rear!
The British are coming
To do their own plumbing
So ensure you leave a souvenir!"...

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I shuffle the cards
a five card deal
I parlay true love
you ante sex appeal

my poker hand good
a queen high straight
I win your heart
a twist of fate...

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Drove his Jag through town with a fuss
He came to play poker with us
We took his treasure
And for good measure
Sent him home in a Greyhound bus

10/14/2016...

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