I. Poetry

Schacchia Ludus by Marcus Hieronymus Vida, Bishop of Alba

If I Were a Chess Master - by Michael Frey (Thanks for the poem Michael!)

If I Were King - song lyrics from the Wizard of Oz

A Lady of the Game
by Richard Badham Coxe Jr (2006)

Out da box
Printed with permission from Waterlotus (2006)

Chess
Printed with permission from Elizabeth L. Scott (2006) Submitted by our friend, Brian Wall.

Famous Once
By NM Dennis Fritzinger (2005)

To the Lady that Scorned her Lover
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517 - 1547)

Address to the Automaton Chess Player
by Hannah Flagg Gould, circa 1836

Caissa
by Sir William Jones, 1763

There Shall Be More Joy
by Ford Madox Hueffer (date unknown)

My Mother's Chess
by David Solway, from The Atlantic Monthly, January, 1981

Chess
by Daniel Stanfield, September 21, 1999, from "Daniel's Homepage"

Biological Clock
by Robin Jackson, 1995, from "U.S. Chess", Chess Buzz for August 22, 1997

My Daughter at Chess
by David Solway,from The Atlantic Monthly, May, 1997

The Waste Land
by T. S. Eliot, 1922

Jabberwocky
by Lewis Carroll (from Alice Though the Looking Glass)

At My Simul One Evening
by Brian Wall (Dedicated to Ann Davies - Christmas, 2000)

The Move before Checkmate
by Don McLean

The Chesse Playe
by Nicholas Breton (1542-1626)

Untitled
by "Hafiz" (14th Centrury)

Howlll!
an original poem submitted to Goddesschess by Maria Thomas (2003)

Checkmate
original work submitted to Goddeschess by Blanche MacLanahan (2003)

 

 

 

Birth of the Chess Queen by Marilyn Yalom Review by Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times Liesl Schillinger is an arts editor at The New Yorker.

Silver Queen - The Glamour and Shadow of Success by Maria Ivanka - Review for Chess Cafe by Janet Newton (March 1, 2004)

The Immortal Game, A History of Chess (or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science, and the Human Brain)," by David Shenk

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POETRY?
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