Pack of Cards

Digging a hole with a Spade 

Are a Club of holy morons 

To find the elixir of life wrapped around a Diamond

Their Hearts are looking for something that they may find

Kings and Queens of pretence 

They are Ace with their prides..

But I know what makes the Joker Laugh

He thinks they are playing Blackjack!  

Reviews

[quinfinn]

this is a very engaging and well thought out piece, full of fire and verve. excellent write, wonderfully penned!

[PP]

Thank you Quin, I am flattered :)

[quinfinn]

welcome!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

That was quite creatively sharp... love the metaphoric uses of the deck of cards... that part about the joker makes me think of the old saying, "ignorance is bliss."

[PP]

hahaha...funny how we were reviewing each other's write simultaneously ! Ignorance is bliss at times indeed..totally agree with you Dale :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Yeah I was gonna say the same thing bout reviewing at the same time. Wicked =ly cool.
My pleasure.

[PP]

haha..we are crossing time within different time zones! LOL

Pleasure is mine too :)

[Rahul]

Unfortunately i really don't know how to play cards but, by this write shows that you know very well how to play it. It's really a nice piece, your coloring is much better and perfection of words with ink's awesome to read.

[zainul]

I failed to learn the nomenclature of cards when I tried hard in 1971.
My friends wanted to help me to get another member of the Club of holy morons(!).
Their efforts went in vain as I got hungry as soon as teaching on cards started.
I had no alternative but leave the formative club for some snacks in my home.
Later in education life,the studies in calculus and statistics were not very comfortable
without the perfect knowledge of cards.
Even today, cards have not spared me,it has come to bite me in poems.Besides,cards with different names and usage are being added very quickly.Some of them are mobile phone card,ATM card,ID card and so on!
Thank you Prathama for choosing a wonderful subject to write a lovely piece and share among us. :)
It seems cards

[PP]

Awesomely said Zainul, higher level mathematics such as probability does not spare even slightest example of relating examples to cards! Plus all other cards that we use these days with a chip and pin service...makes me feel we are heading towards a 'bar-coded' society where humans are none but a number or combination of numbers...thank you for your enlightening review Zainul..always a revelation are your words of wisdom :)

[zainul]

Thanks for adding probability which was left inadvertently.
Yes,you are very correct to say that l we are heading towards a 'bar-coded' society where humans are none but a number or combination of numbers.What we face in opening our computers or locks of
briefcases!The same number,chip,bar code or passwords are the answers.
But,we don't have any way out.These are the answers to the complexities being generated everyday as population is increasing and fraudulent activities are also growing to keep pace with them.
Thank you once again,cards allowed us to chat for a while.
Thanks to the "Pack of Cards" ! :)

[PP]

hahaha...thanks to 'Pack of Cards' indeed!

Crazy it may sound..but wherever we look our lives are dominated by numbers..looks like they are a giant force and they are rapidly taking over! Plus needless to say that money is a die-hard number game in itself! We judge people by number of 'zeros' after after a natural number in their bank balance, we judge them by number of cars, etc etc...what we fail to do is prioritize those numbers..:)

[zainul]

Yes,numbers are howling at us like 'Pack of Wolves'!

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[KeeD]

Hahaha wow this is so cleaver.. Creative mind and the presentation was awesome too, I do get jacobs point but I go all out too even if its not necessary. Great write.

[PP]

thank you Kee...hahaha I just thought of making it a bit more colorful after I uploaded the picture it wasn't in the initial plan..:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i think this is really clever, but i do think the different colors and fonts are unnecessary...all the same regular font...and the reader will still get the clever word play...the font and colors draw too much attention away from the actual word usage, which could stand on its own.

[PP]

Thank you Jacob..I totally understand your view on the colours, guess you are right! I guess I am slightly a visual person to some extent and I like making things appear different..probably that drove me into the fonts and colors..LOL but again I appreciate your opinion like always..:)

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Always brilliant with words.:) Bravo!

[PP]

Thank you so much Brandon :)

[Jack...]

Wow, this is really cool. What a great idea and you wrote it so very well.

[PP]

Thank you ever so much Jack..:)

[Frieda P]

Ha a 'Club of holy morons' made me laugh, well, this is one of yours you don't have to read between the lines, it's all there in black, white and & red!

[PP]

hahaha Frieda..how can I not agree with you? You read my mind lady through and through !! x

[Frieda P]

I know you too well sista Lol ;-P x

[PP]

LOL big time.. xx I am glad to have this virtual association :)

[Frieda P]

How goes it that real cold cruel world? ;-)

[PP]

It is It! You hear the twang? The cruel-IT-y is stringing my heart and brain chords hard and very fast indeed! LOL

[Frieda P]

Put on your big girl pants my love...it's gonna be a hard ride. ;-P

[PP]

I'll have to buy one soon from the jumble sale methinks? How's the world further West, still cold and shivering is it?

[Frieda P]

No hot as a matter of fact, but status quo on anything that matters.

[PP]

true I see you loud and clear..Its a hazy field and a thick fog! Don't think it ever clears..

[Frieda P]

Especially not under the influence, no...!

[PP]

Absolutely not... x

[Sami Khalil]

I think this is a very unique poem for I have not seen any written on cards and their relationships to aspects of our lives...Brilliant...:)

[PP]

Thank you Sami, I am so glad you liked it :)

[Sami Khalil]

I really did. This is an original...:)

[PP]

Thank you again..something that just crossed my mind :)

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. That was good...:)

[PP]

Cards have always intrigued me..why do they have to be in the order they are, in the fashion they are and mainly why they are called what they are called! Need to find a reason..

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. That led to this...:)

[PP]

kind of..guess so! Need to research may be LOL :)

[Sami Khalil]

^^~^^ :)