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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: GAMBLING Matches Found: 62 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1940 LASALLE, by GERALD STERN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Did I or didn't I write about lucky burkin? Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Gambling; Death; Wagering; Betting; Dead, The A FOOL THERE WAS, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: A fool there was, and he made his prayer, Last Line: (even as you and I!) Subject(s): Baseball; Fools; Gambling; Sports; Idiots; Wagering; Betting A PROGNOSTICATION UPON CARDS AND DICE, by WALTER RALEIGH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before the sixth day of the next new year Last Line: Whose very beard is flesh, and mouth is horn. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): On The Cards And Dice Subject(s): Bible; Gambling; Religion; Wagering; Betting; Theology BACK-GAMMON, OR THE BATTLE OF THE FRIARS, SELS., by THE ELDER DANIEL BELLAMY Poem Source First Line: Of two battalions set in rank and file Last Line: To see, and gain th' advantage of the ground Subject(s): Backgammon; Gambling BAD NEWS (MCSURLEY'S BAR), by PATRICK MACGILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Your flame is married I understand' Last Line: As we shuffled the cards and played the game. Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; Card Games; Gambling; Single People; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons; Playing Cards; Wagering; Betting; Bachelors; Unmarried People BARBER, by FENTON JOHNSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I wield the razor, sling hot towels and talk Last Line: I love life. Who doesn't? Subject(s): Gambling; Horse Racing BLACKJACK SESTINA, by DIANE WAKOSKI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twenty stories high above the desert Subject(s): Cards Games; Gambling; Wagering; Betting BURNING A HOLE IN MY POCKET, by KANDIE ST. GERMAIN Poem Source First Line: What doesn't flash lures poolside legs shoulders Last Line: I could see my own face on the floor Subject(s): Gambling CASINO, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only the hands are living; to the wheel attracted Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Variant Title(s): "only The Hands Are Living; To The Wheel Attracted""; Subject(s): Gambling; Wagering; Betting CASINO, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only the hands are living; to the wheel attracted Last Line: And what was godlike in this generation %was never to be born Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Variant Title(s): Only The Hands Are Living; To The Wheel Attracte Subject(s): Gambling COCKFIGHT IN A LOXAHATCHEE GROVE, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Trucks backed against the canal Last Line: And dragging wings, only one crawls back into our shadow. Subject(s): Chickens; Gambling; Men; Wagering; Betting DAYS OF 1908, by CONSTANTINE P. CAVAFY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He was out of work that year Last Line: From his morning nakedness at the baths and on the beach Alternate Author Name(s): Kavafis, Konstantinos; Cavafy, C. P. Subject(s): Gambling DECK OF CARDS, by HEATHER SELLERS Poem Source First Line: I can't hear you, my husband Last Line: Maybe in the middle of a clean sweep Subject(s): Depression, Mental; Gambling DIRGE, by KENNETH FEARING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: 1-2-3 was the number he played but today the number came 3-2-1; Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Death; Death; Depressions, Economic; Gambling; Modern Man; Dead, The; Dead, The; Recessions; Wagering; Betting DIRGE, by KENNETH FEARING Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: 1-2-3 was the number he played but today the number came 3-2-1 Last Line: Dipper; bop, summer rain; %bong. Mr., bong, mr., bong, mr., bong Subject(s): Death; Depressions, Economic; Gambling; Modern Man DISCRETIONARY INCOME, by BRIAN HENRY Poem Source First Line: Trying to find the center of it all Last Line: But the stakes, until there are no takers left %to wager against him Subject(s): Gambling; Money DOWN ON THE DEAD END, by PATRICK MACGILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've toiled at the end of creation, stripped to the trousers and shirt Last Line: And perhaps in the ultimate scramble I'll corner a shakedown above. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Death; Gambling; Dead, The; Wagering; Betting EPIGRAM, by SAMUEL BISHOP Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: A veteran gambler, in a tempest caught Subject(s): Gambling; Time; Wagering; Betting GAMBLER, by FENTON JOHNSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am a gambler. Golden are my teeth. My head is shining like a cabaret Last Line: Good friend, throw the dice! I live by chance and chance rewards %me well Subject(s): Gambling; Luck GAMBLER, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: She's gambling with the darkness now Last Line: When she shakes her hair like feisty rain %she'll win. Subject(s): Gambling; Hair; Victory GAMBLER, by OPINYA H. W. OKOTH-OGENDO Poem Source First Line: A cockerel crows Last Line: From the grip of the gambler Subject(s): Gambling GAMBLER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My father was a gambler, he learnt me how to play Subject(s): Gambling GAMBLER, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Full of a cold excitement, he betrays Last Line: Doting, divine, and cold to all but him Subject(s): Gambling GAMBLING, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thoughts of you spatter my thought Last Line: That smell of marzipan Subject(s): Card Games; Gambling; Loss; Relationships; Playing Cards; Wagering; Betting GAMBLING, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thoughts of you spatter my thought Last Line: That smell of marzipan Subject(s): Card Games; Gambling; Loss; Relationships GAMBLING, by ROYALL TYLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of every vice pursued by those Last Line: But sorrow and repentance. Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Gambling; Wagering; Betting HIT MAN, THE RHINESTONE, by LAURIE ANN BLAUNER Poem Source First Line: We wink at each other, the dead woman's ring and I Last Line: We share a secret and they are inconsolable Subject(s): Gambling; Jewelry And Jewelers HOME YEARNINGS, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: We're writing to-night to the old, old home Last Line: And we're wiring for carfare home! Subject(s): Gambling; Homesickness; Horse Racing; Wagering; Betting HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? OH, QUITE LONG, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some people think that they can beat three two's with a pair of aces Last Line: I only say that they are only safe to go to as long as you fail to begin to win Subject(s): Gambling HUGHIE AT THE INN OR, ADVICE FROM A TAPSTER, by ELINOR WYLIE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is it not fine to fling against loaded dice Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Gambling; Wagering; Betting HUGHIE AT THE INN OR, ADVICE FROM A TAPSTER, by ELINOR WYLIE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is it not fine to fling against loaded dice Last Line: Be provident, and pray for cowardice %and the loaded pair of dice Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Gambling IF YOU PLAY A GAME OF CHANCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you play a game of chance, know before you begin Last Line: If you are benevolent you will never win Subject(s): Bible; Gambling; Mythology; Wagering; Betting IMPRESSION AT RENO, by C. R. HOLMES Poem Source First Line: Old faces in a gambling hall Subject(s): Gambling IN DIVES' DIVE, by ROBERT FROST Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is late at night and still I am losing Last Line: Let's have another look at another five Subject(s): Card Games; Gambling JANGLING JINGLES, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: We bet on a champion boxer-- Last Line: And hyrant—oh, he's running yet! Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers; Gambling; Horse Racing; Wrestling And Wrestlers; Wagering; Betting JANUARY 15 AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, by CARTER REVARD Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The sixties, I think, were not a total loss Last Line: We hit one slot, in las vagas, for fifty cents Alternate Author Name(s): Nompewathe Subject(s): Gambling; Nevada LAS VAGAS, by EDWIN MORGAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They crouch at handles day and night Last Line: What you do is by fate. %and light burns hard, inveterate Subject(s): Gambling; Las Vegas, Nevada LONGSHOT BLUES, by KENNETH FEARING Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is all the money is bet on the odd Subject(s): Gambling; Wagering; Betting LORD HIPPO, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord hippo suffered fearful loss Last Line: To say that he backed the winner! Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Gambling; Horse Racing; Wagering; Betting LOVE SONNET OF A TRACK FIEND, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: Baby, I know you think that I Last Line: I'll make the rest look just like also-rans! Subject(s): Gambling; Horse Racing; Track Athletics; Wagering; Betting; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles MALTHUSIAN THEORY, by W. R. RODRIGUEZ Poem Source First Line: Like every longshot it seemed like a sureshot and his legs were so long Last Line: Amusement Subject(s): Entertainers; Gambling; Games ODDS, by ROBERT RICHMAN Poem Source First Line: This is for those who walk down Last Line: Ah, but what are the odds of that? Subject(s): Gambling PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Which I wish to remark Last Line: Which the same I am free to maintain. Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Variant Title(s): The Heathen Chinee;plain Talk From Truthful James Subject(s): Asian Americans - Chinese; Gambling; Chinese In The United States; Wagering; Betting POKER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to draw, or not to draw, that is the question" Last Line: And lose the right to open Subject(s): Gambling;games; Wagering;betting;recreation;pastimes;amusements PRAYER, OR NOSTALGIA FOR HEAVEN, by DENISE DUHAMEL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Please, just give me a map, and I'll follow it. Last Line: On all of us, on each earth-bound beauty's sleeping cheek Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Death; Death; Depressions, Economic; Gambling; Modern Man ROULETTE US BE GAY, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The trouble with games of chance is that they don't do much to stimulate Last Line: As long as there is nothing so delightful in the world as money you haven't earned Subject(s): Gambling; Roulette SONG FOR THE SQUEEZE BOX, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Gambling; Money; Loss; Unemployment; Wine; Wagering; Betting TEN MILLS: IN DIVES' DIVE, by ROBERT FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is late at night and still I am losing Last Line: Let's have a look at another five Subject(s): Card Games; Gambling; Playing Cards; Wagering; Betting THE CASE OF ALBERT IRVING WILLIAMSON, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now, albert irving williamson was innocent / and young Last Line: Our hero did not win a single solitary pot. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Fools; Gambling; Innocence; Youth; Idiots; Wagering; Betting THE GAMESTER, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Said a lady to a gambler, 'such ill-luck attends your dice Last Line: "incorrigible gamester! You a ruin'd man will be." Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Gambling; Love; Wagering; Betting THE GRAY INN, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And at the last he came to a gray inn Last Line: He knew his hand would do an evil thing. Subject(s): Dreams; Gambling; Greed; Nightmares; Wagering; Betting; Avarice; Cupidity THE IDLER'S CALENDAR: OCTOBER. GAMBLING AT MONACO, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A jewelled kingdom set impregnable Subject(s): Monaco; Gambling; Wagering; Betting THE PIKER'S RUBAIYAT, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The piker's rubaiyat Last Line: Who never won a single bet. Alas! Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Gambling; Wagering; Betting THE TIP, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: The eager tout, while prowling for the news Last Line: That wretched animal is running yet! Subject(s): Gambling; Horse Racing; Wagering; Betting THE TOUT, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: There are a hundred ways in which he strives to Last Line: And you can trust him—sure you can—just one time out of fifty! Subject(s): Duplicity; Gambling; Horse Racing; Deceit; Wagering; Betting THE WAGER, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Five years ago in this same garden space Last Line: Claire. Why not a woman's love? Subject(s): Gambling; Kisses; Love - Complaints; Love - Nature Of; Wagering; Betting TRIP TO LAS VEGAS, by KELLY CHERRY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Blackjack, roulette. %I play the casino coquette Last Line: I had finally hit the jackpot -- %love. But no such luck Subject(s): Gambling; Las Vegas, Nevada TURNS IN A WORM'S LANE, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've never bet on a so-called horse Last Line: And I'll say, 'phooie!' or something of the sort Subject(s): Gambling UNCLE KRISJAN, by EDDY L. PINAS Poem Source First Line: Beside the horse Last Line: Only sadness %and I crept away Subject(s): Gambling; Uncles UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Often I think that this shoddy world would be more nifty Last Line: Never give a sucker an even break Subject(s): Gambling VEGAS, by JOANNA KLINK Poem Source First Line: I'm not saying wrongheaded I'm not saying fantastic Last Line: Lovers fumble with buttons. Drowsy hum of money Subject(s): Gambling; Las Vegas, Nevada VERSES LOST UPON A WAGER, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As soon hereafter will I wagers lay Last Line: Till she has paid her customs first to thee. Subject(s): Gambling; Wagering; Betting |
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