A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Thursday, January 20, 2022

change of coins

Coins became diamonds,
Swords became spades,
Hearts came from cups,
and clubs were staves.
Our suits disarrayed
in fortune’s spell -
it’s out of our hands
and fate’s as well,
since we’ve gone all in.
All or nothing, or both!
Our bluffs always tell.
Just lucky, almost.

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