A TEXAS HOLD'EM MAN

This is a selection from my short poetry collection Sophomore Slump: Poems Of Love and Life. If you like it then please review rate, and friend me. To read my full collection visit

A TEXAS HOLD'EM MAN

Life is like a game of poker
we all are delt cards, some better than others
but that doesn’t really matter now does it
because no matter what cards you have, you take the pot on the river
why waste your life checking and folding, this is your only chance at the table 
you either win or you lose 

there is no in between
there is no purgatory in the game of poker
like any good player in the game you will have to go all in
they will try to call your bluff but you wear no poker face 
that is the stare of confidence in the face of adversity 
he will look you strait in the eyes, and this is when we find the true nature of a man
is he confident, cocky, greedy, or just plain dumb to take you on
it will come; The river, the turn, and the flop, like a well told epic 
You may not win the pot but you would have left the table with something much greater...

Respect
more than that of the other players that just folded
life is like a well played game of poker 
it is you versus me, and the world’s the dealer
the house will always win 
So why not go all in?

-Skylar Lykes

Reviews

[Dane Osborne]

I like poems like this. The whole poem in and of itself is well written and structured well. People respond to incentives and they'll think the incentives are limitless when they're on a winning streak. The house woulden't always win, in life or the casino, if people weren't greedy or didn't always let their emotions get the better of their logic. But in the end most people do as they do. Well done, good sir.

[soulsucker44]

wow its good stufff

[Coyote Poetry]

Your words are true. Poker and life are the same. Take no chances. Win no victories. Thank you for the outstanding poem.
Coyote