What I See In Poker

What I See In Poker


Women and men can praise their set or pair
While playing in his or her underwear.

Those family pots amongst learned misfits;
The whole world sitting across from where I sit.

You can get hit with the deck and drawing dead,
Then get sucked out by the big blind in the red.

Sklanmuthian filleted mathematics;
Poker brats with their third grade theatrics.

Not flushing can really stink
And occurs more than we think.

Buttons and chips and five limpers and stakes;
Reading tells and checks and rivers and rakes.

Flopping a rainbow may make one charged and gay.
Dropping not two/three or dos/tres, but deuce/trey.

2+2 can equal positive EV,
While most will imitate WPT.

Teenage trust fund kids blowing dad’s dough online;
Vital old hands going through the perfect line.


aura



... there are more on the tip/s of my brain/fingers. This was my first attempt at poker poetry. I couldn't help myself. I hope you enjoy it.

Good first effort; work on your meter and you'll wind up the poker poet laureate.

Thanks. I vary meter slightly as you can tell. I'm actually surprised you caught it. It's sort of subtle except for the middle. I suppose it's trying to defy the restriction of a rigid structure.

I will try to create one with structurally perfect meter in the future. It is very difficult to make it "work" with meter exactly on time throughout a whole poem.

I am glad this forum can teach, inspire, and motivate it's readers/posters to excel away from the tables.

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This made me blush. Thanks, peth

enjoyed it very much,and being somewhat uncouth, I thought the not flushing can stink line pretty clever.
Here is one of mine. It's a Haiku.

Today I was burned
The game demands I breathe fire
I mustn't fear heat

I liked the poem. It defintely reminds me of low stakes online poker. And the ryhming isn't bad. The meter, I didn't even notice.

Thanks, jk. The Haiku is pretty good, and I usually don't enjoy them very much.

Thanks. I realized today that I didn't mention "the bubble" or "the nuts" (slaps forehead). Damn. Could easily be in the same line. Responses or any questions are welcome. Maybe a line or two of a new poem contributed by others to create a new multiauthored poem? Just an idea. I will write more of my own soon.

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Vital old hands going through the perfect line.

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I'm not sure what this meant. Hands like hands or hands like "hands"? Don't know what perfect line means in relation.

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Women and men can praise their set or pair

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Not sure why someone would praise a Pair. But I guess I use to think a pair of 3s was good.

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Then get sucked out by the big blind in the red.

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In the red?

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Flopping a rainbow may make one charged and gay.

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Funny, but doesn't make much sense. Seems like you were trying to fit in a rhyme here.

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You can get hit with the deck and drawing dead,

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Not sure what "hit with the deck means". Is it literal? I don't think so. But can't think of any meanings.

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Anyways I still liked it. I liked the tone, very whimsical. I think that's becuase of the rhyme and meter. Surprisinly the rhyme didn't bother me. I normally hate rhyming.

[wtfsvi]

Are you a girl? If so, I looved it so much. If not, it was ok I guess. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I think you could get more out of the "flopping a rainbow"-phrase.

Editet to remove "haha". I use it too much [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (I'll edit to remove some smileys too soon, I use them too much too [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img])

[amoeba]

this isn't SR in disguise is it?