Many great entries here. Tough decision...
also forgot to enter this round, so those of you who did get to play on easy mode
It's always easy mode with me around

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I guess no one like (or plays?) card games.
Mine was (literally) about the card game
Euchre.
It was designed to
hopefully draw parallels to this (or any) competition/ game
In knowing I was not likely to win,
(I'm an all or nothing/ go big or go home -- type person typically) I wrote mine to myself -- to convince myself to enter something.
In the end I liked what I did, and...
Sometimes even though you do well, it isn't good enough.
Congratulations
@Ketamania! Well deserved. Great work!
To anyone that (may) feel as if they didn't do as well as they would have liked...
I invite you to tap into the energy of my poem and ... pick yourself up, and try again next time.
Where there is a winner, there must be a loser.. it's only a "game."
(You did better than me, and I am happy with my entry)
Good job everyone!
I got Euchred! ... All well, I'll be back again next time anyway.