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Another Chess Poem!
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Lady-Knight wrote:
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Chess IS a game, but it's much, MUCH more
than that, like outright mental war!
It's OLD, and begs the mind to think,
then forces it right over the brink.
A teacher, as much as a game!
The power of subtlety, thinking ahead,
strategizing to avoid the shame
of watching the King lose his head
and knowing you are to blame!
It teaches the art of sacrifice,
nuance, humility, and
reminds us all that sometimes life
just ain't gonna' go as we've planned.
It's more than a game, or a geekish vice!
It's infinite shades of Ka-Blam!
What is chess, without people, though?
Less than memory?
Chess likely loves us back, you know?
Wouldn't you agree?
Ten thousand years from now when machines
and aliens and stars and planets can speak
with one another while no war intervenes
they'll be playing chess all week
and they will look back into our old games
the way we sift through yesteryear's names;
loved Grandmasters who no longer play
where spirits sway
and ghosts convey,
or where their bodies decay,
and go back through their moves to understand
why some masters should be known as "Grand",
and so it goes that chess will stick its nose
in every generation following,
In the name of the King!
Chess is breathing.
Chess is listening.
Chess is beauty, bleeding.
Chess is watching.
Chess is botching.
Chess is what we're needing!
Chess is a beast!
Chess is a feast!
Chess is the grease
on the pathway to peace
and madness, and chess
is waiting as you progress
through this poem, that is, unless
you're playing somehow, right now?!
(I'd be impressed!)
Oops! Pardon my pawn.
I don't know what's gotten into him as of late,
but I must be pressing on,
for that's mate,
and I've got a date with my dinner plate
at eight ;)
If I kept writing what chess entails
I'd sooner turn into a whale
than ever even begin to unveil
the breadth I'd have to sail,
for chess to every aspect of life relates,
and everyone faces checkmate
sooner or later, or so they say,
whoever 'they' is, anyway.
thoughful poem.. very good
Great poems!
Beautiful poem,great job.
Great!!!! Awesome.... :-)
Nice poem good read
Chess IS a game, but it's much, MUCH more
than that, like outright mental war!
It's OLD, and begs the mind to think,
then forces it right over the brink.
A teacher, as much as a game!
The power of subtlety, thinking ahead,
strategizing to avoid the shame
of watching the King lose his head
and knowing you are to blame!
It teaches the art of sacrifice,
nuance, humility, and
reminds us all that sometimes life
just ain't gonna' go as we've planned.
It's more than a game, or a geekish vice!
It's infinite shades of Ka-Blam!
What is chess, without people, though?
Less than memory?
Chess likely loves us back, you know?
Wouldn't you agree?
Ten thousand years from now when machines
and aliens and stars and planets can speak
with one another while no war intervenes
they'll be playing chess all week
and they will look back into our old games
the way we sift through yesteryear's names;
loved Grandmasters who no longer play
where spirits sway and ghosts convey,
or where their bodies now decay,
and explicate their moves to understand
why some masters should be known as "Grand",
and so it goes
that chess will stick its nose
in every generation following,
In the name of the King!
Chess is breathing.
Chess is listening.
Chess is beauty, bleeding.
Chess is watching.
Chess is botching.
Chess is what we're needing!
Chess is a beast!
Chess is a feast!
Chess is the grease
on the pathway to peace
and madness, and chess
is waiting as you progress
through this poem, that is, unless
you're playing somehow,
right now?!
(I'd be impressed!)
Oops! Pardon my pawn.
I don't know what's gotten into him as of late,
but I must be pressing on,
for that's mate,
and I've got a date with my dinner plate
at eight ;)
If I kept writing what chess entails
I'd sooner turn into a whale
than ever even begin to unveil
the breadth I'd have to sail,
for chess to every aspect of life relates,
and everyone faces checkmate
sooner or later, or so they say,
whoever 'they' is, anyway.