for her lack of showing face
Abandonment, no diamond rises
club or heart a darned disgrace
Lady Luck lets out no whisper
leaving you a suit no less
Notes like stakes, a whole lot crisper -
poker face to acquiesce
Lady Luck sits at your table
giving you the widest berth
Returning to you when she's able -
winning streaks for all she's worth.
Lady Luck, now that's she's spoken
likes this table set for one
Absence is her strongest token -
Queen of Hearts orbits the sun.
Lady sits while Luck is dealing
Patience rules the gambled soul
Matters not what you're concealing -
just one victor to extol
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17 comments:
Lady Luck never seems to sit at my table! So... I don't go visit her anymore! Great poem!
interesting that luck is a 'lady'. capricious and moody. what's the bet it wasn't a woman who coined this phrase?
I love this! I could use a little bit of Lady Luck's magic these days :)
Fine response to the prompt...
Great last line!
Your last stanza wraps it up beautifully. :-)
No point in asking her for a dance then!! She sounds a very hard nut to crack!
Love the way you build this up throughot and great ending I think ~ Eddie
Clouds and Silvery Linings
Lady Luck can be quite fickle in her dealings! I loved the wordplay and card imagery in this. Nicely done!
Lady Luck can be quite fickle in her dealings! I loved the wordplay and card imagery in this. Nicely done!
reminds me of my mumme ...
She seems to have things well in hand !
Ah yes, the old lady luck- magic to the soul.
well done! Good ol' Lady Luck.
I want Lady Luck to come my way, but you aren’t letting go of her, are you?
Got her well and truly shackled with your verses.
(Thanks for being savvy enough to get the subtext on my Magpie effort; Americans do not do irony or innuendo. It amuses and annoys me endlessly, in equal measure.)
Lady luck sure is elusive! One can never win with luck! Nicely Helena!
Hank
fartface @facebook......JC you've painted bits o the original! How...? C'mon. Spill....lol
Thank you, Dana. She a right git at times that's for sure!
Belinda....20 - 1!
Keith - me too...!
Berowne - thank you, kind sir! I'll try this Sunday's quiz, miss it for a while...!
Theresa - I do try to round thing up that way!
Jinksy - that's so much. I always appreciate your feedback.
Eddie - that's kind of you say so. I'm not much of a dancer these days either!
Ginny - thank you. She couldn't get a proper deal in with those apples there!
^^ - that makes your comment all the more appreciated!
Kutamun - no pun intended of course...lol...!
Karen - Lady Luck stay there to long at times...lol
Kathe - She returns in her own time, mind you!
Friko - I'm more savvy than I let on and look! Thank for the comment!
Hank - I'm fed up of her dodging around!
FF - F off!
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