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    The Romance Game Played and Lost: A Collection of Poems
    The Romance Game Played and Lost: A Collection of Poems
    The Romance Game Played and Lost: A Collection of Poems
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    The Romance Game Played and Lost: A Collection of Poems

    By James A. Carter

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    The Romance Game: Played And Lost is an adult-themed collection
    of poems. In an age of social networks and relationship websites, love
    can happen across vast distances. One never knows who one meets
    and falls for. The Romance Game: Played And Lost deals with one
    such relationship. In the beginning (Hiding Beauty and Trophy Girl)
    the attraction is mutual, and the pursuit relentless (Flowers for the
    Lady and Conquest In The Midwest). Next come the excitement and
    euphoria of new love (Youre I My Head), followed by the excesses of
    limitless gratification (O, Gena Porny, How I Know You).
    Eventually, as the two individuals discovered the limits of their ability
    to meet each others non-sexual needs (limited by his religiosity) things
    begin to fall apart; and when the end becomes apparent (Love, In
    Desperation) she decides to take what she could (Nightmare). All this
    stated in rhyme, and with rhythm.
    The Romance Game: Played And Lost is an entertaining yet moving
    anthology of the pains and gains of romance. The collection of poems
    fascinatingly captures the many emotions (from a male perspective)
    of falling in and out of love. From the empathetic A Helping Hand, to
    the harsh Nightmare, the collection covers the full range of emotions
    possible in a tumultuous affair. In an age of social networks and
    relationship websites, love can
    happen across vast distances.
    One never knows who one meets
    and falls for. The collection of
    poems in The Romance Game:
    Played And Lost tells the story
    one such relationship. Beginning
    with mutual attraction, the story
    progresses thru the pursuit, to
    the excitement and euphoria
    of new love, to the excesses of
    limitless gratification, only to
    end in heart break. All this told in
    rhyme, and with rhythm.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 14, 2010
    ISBN9781456821777
    The Romance Game Played and Lost: A Collection of Poems
    Author

    James A. Carter

    James A. Carter is an author, a motivational public speaker, and an entrepreneur. His mission is to help people realize their inner potentials and greatness and to make them see that they can do anything in life that they set their minds to do and achieve greatness.

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      The Romance Game Played and Lost - James A. Carter

      Copyright © 2011 by James A. Carter.

      Library of Congress Control Number:       2010917436

      ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4568-2176-0

                         Softcover                                 978-1-4568-2175-3

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4568-2177-7

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This book was printed in the United States of America.

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      Contents

      The Romance Game I Play

      Personal Ad

      You Invite Me To Know You

      Hiding Beauty

      Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine

      A Helping Hand

      Trophy Girl

      You’re In My Head

      I’m Your Destiny

      I Want To Be Your Sugar Daddy

      Flowers for the Lady

      Conquest In The Midwest

      Tomorrow

      Oh, Gena Porny, How Well Do I Know You

      Be Good, Lady, Be Good

      Country Girl

      Love, In Desperation

      The Nightmare

      Footnotes

      The Romance Game I Play

      Mine is a life that goes up and down,

      With twists and turns, as if Hollywood bound.

      I’m a man of ‘righteous birth’, and so I’m inclined

      But, it seems, I’m destined to not continue that line

      Now, I have discerned,

      That isolation, loneliness or solitude I’ve earned

      Because of a religious vow that was broken

      But with needs, for which still not spoken.

      Because of the broken vow, I fell

      And may be bound straight for hell

      But before I answer hell’s bell

      I’ll have my fill from the ‘carnal pleasure’ well.

      Yes, since because of broken vow, marriage is out of the question for me

      May be,

      Because of something wrong I might have done,

      Or because I labor under bad karma (of lives past) which I’ve earned

      And, because I vowed,

      Intoxicants, I’m not allowed.

      So, romantic encounters are my only recourse

      As a source,

      Through which to escape the reality

      Of life’s frustration, and the occasional drudgery.

      Therefore, emotional fulfillment I pursue.

      Thru every dating avenue.

      However, without lament,

      Let me make this comment:

      I’m never the one to choose,

      For some strange reason,

      But always, by my lovers,

      The one chosen.

      Or, more accurately, I’m always the looser

      When, of the woman, I am the chooser

      This time was no exception

      And this which follows, is documentation.

      Personal Ad

      I’m a writer wannabe

      Who writes mostly poetry.

      I like to watch sports on TV, mostly football,

      Or perhaps a movie; I enjoy them all.

      Sometimes I’ll grab a mic,

      But routinely, I’ll ride my bike.

      Tennis I would like to play,

      So be my partner and make my day.

      I like to dress up or down,

      To attend high society events or to hit the town,

      To go to dinner or to take a stroll;

      It doesn’t matter ’cause that’s how I roll.

      I love to meet new folks,

      Make new friends, and tell a few jokes.

      So let us, you and me,

      (Why not? If you’re hot)

      Keep each other’s company.

      We can have dinner at an out-door café

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