Lessons From Chess
If I could sum up
all of what chess has taught me about life,
it would be this:
The threat is stronger than the execution.
By creating threats,
nudge your opponent in the wrong direction.
Watch him or her
scramble to deal with threats,
weakening their position.
Chess is 99% tactics.
Immediate dangers are often most radical.
They will change the game.
A weakness is not a weakness unless it can be attacked,
what you perceive as a weakness,
may sometimes be irrelevant.
Sacrifices are necessary.
the sacrifice of a piece may be essential
for greater good in the end.
It’s fun throwing your pieces at your opponent.
Metaphorically of course.
But if you do sacrifice,
it’d better be sound.
Playing down a queen is not fun.
I speak from experience.
And have fun.
In the end,
it really is just a game.
it really is just a game.
Nice extended metaphor–it really brings a piece of your personality into the poem.
ReplyDeleteI like your last 3 lines because they bring out that everything is not about wining
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. I liked how you described chess as life.
ReplyDeleteI like how you relate chess to the real world. It is actually true what you are saying about in this poem. You really are able to relate this to real life.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is very nice Shirley, I like how you connect a simple game's tactics, to something that can help us in the real world.
ReplyDeleteI like how chess is related to the world, and how it shows that you have to sometimes cool down and remind yourself that not everything is super serious. It is okay to have fun every now and then. =)
ReplyDeleteYou say at the beginning about how you will summarize what chess has taught you about life, but then at the end you state that it really is just a game, which signifies that you believe that life is just a game. Was this your intended message?
ReplyDeleteMy message is what samuel said--that not everything is super serious.
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