On Winning




        It begins with a belief.
        Despite all odds, that it's a fait accompli.
        The nabobs of negativity
        Hang like ominous bats from a ceiling.
        They screech nothing but loss.
        Their lives lived as a game of ring-toss!
        It's quite comical for winners,
        To watch competitors become their own social dinners.
        Eating crow, is made for haters.
        Winners sump on champagne, steak and sour creamed 'taters! 


             11-2-2020

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Date: 11/3/2020 9:01:00 AM
Life is not about winning, nor losing, it is about living and learning...
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Silent One
Date: 11/3/2020 1:33:00 PM
Also, poetry is subject and abstract. Personally, I think everyone is a poet and we all have a poem in our hearts, but people express them differently, but there are some who never express them at all..
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Silent One
Date: 11/3/2020 1:31:00 PM
I understand about sportsmen, because that is what they train so hard...I would disagree with this site being competitive... I do run contests, but I've not noticed competitiveness, but then again I don't pay attention to such things, just concentrate on being positive and supportive... This is an amateur site with amateur poets.. I'm sorry you feel that way. I think many people enter contests, because they are inspired by the theme, but of course some will want to finish top, because it's a reflection to how the judge views their poem. If you have been here when I was here between 2015 and 2017, trust me you would not have liked this place
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 11/3/2020 1:01:00 PM
LOl..tell that to any Major Sports team, Lille Leaguer, OLYMPIAN, one running for office, OR ANYONE who wants an award in music.. Since the Romans and Greeks?..competition is a game. This site is very competitive. You run contests right? People don't enter them to live but to be top dog. Look at the 100 charts. Who's on top? ))) people grouse over POTD Winners. They fight to win those? All kinds of competion here. In reality, who cares? They are games. But IMHO have nothing to do with having the soul of a poet. Following a form, putting in esoteric words is not poetry. I know when I write a poem and when it is gibberish. I don't know why we think words on a Paper make us poets. Any kid can do that. I am harshest on my own works.not others. Pangie xxx
Date: 11/2/2020 2:29:00 PM
Ooh, I love 'nabobs of negativity'! Stay far away from those. Better to eat steak than crow. I'm inspired by your attitude of confidence ~ John
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 11/2/2020 6:42:00 PM
John...go eat steak.))) winning is wafting through house. Why? Simple. I chose it. We both stand confident in a whirlwind of victory right now. Yahoozie! Hugs, Panagiota Xx
Date: 11/2/2020 11:33:00 AM
Hello Panagiota, I rather have steaks and potatoes. Hugs Darlene xxxx-oooo.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 11/3/2020 3:23:00 PM
Hello Panagiota, I always enjoy a steak. Hugs Darlene Hugs Darlene. xxxx-oooo.
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 11/2/2020 11:57:00 AM
Hi Darlene, Me, Too. Mmmm Hugs, Pangiie xx
Date: 11/2/2020 10:50:00 AM
Go your own way always, never follow the crowd, and I know you do, so hats off to you. Tom
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 11/2/2020 11:06:00 AM
Right! You know me well. Once I learned, it was OK to be myself fully, my life transformed. The days of being a victim lessened. I am unhappy when I think I am a victim. Take action but no sniveling allowed. ))) hugs Pangie xxx
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