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One Upmanship Poems - Poems about One Upmanship

Premium Member message for today’s youth
...build up of angst in today’s youth the cause perhaps a suppressed fear a lifestyle deemed by soul uncouth dampening vibe of their heart’s cheer the cure lies in life’s simple things no strivin......

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Categories: one upmanship, angst, spiritual, youth,
Form: Hybronnet
Premium Member Fire And Gasoline Twosome
..."Watch out for these two! A disastrous inferno" - quote by poet. Talk about the definition of trouble! Two people tainted with potent toxicity. As if either of the two isn't bad enou......

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Categories: one upmanship, encouraging, evil, metaphor, people,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Touched by Holy Spirit
...Encased in feeble form, doomed one day to die, words penned in holy books offered no solace and prayers that I muttered, quelled not heart’s sigh, so exhausted being unable to lace the truth of l......

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Categories: one upmanship, joy, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member We Walk Alone
...From birth to death, each of us walks alone, in as a narrative we wish to feel, thus as we embrace, release and atone, we rely on God’s love and light to heal. In a subject-object relationship, ......

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Categories: one upmanship, spiritual,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Judgmental Eye
...Egocentric, engaged in games of one-upmanship I developed a jaundiced and judgmental eye Over time, losing over mind-body my grip Belied expectations oft made heart sigh My reflex respo......

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Categories: one upmanship, judgement, love, spiritual,
Form: Terza Rima



Premium Member Satchitananda
...“when that that never was dies ~ consciousness flies to new highs” we walk on a lonely road alone in the midst of a crowd each soul trudges under a heavy cross fake smiles c......

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Categories: one upmanship, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Way We Are
...Our tender eyes betray the way we see Honouring God’s presence within each heart That deems all of us as one, none apart Viewed thus from soul’s eye, joyous and carefree Our innocence with blis......

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Categories: one upmanship, how i feel, i
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Buller Boys
...Beyond the imposing and the high iron gate The picturesque setting of the Oxford University Situates the hedonistic oriented Bullingdon Club Founded more than 200 years ago. The socially exclus......

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Categories: one upmanship, celebrity, student,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Believe
...So hard to really know what to believe on news presented to us every day; as if our world's divided into two opposing groups interpreting each fact- and truth lies hidden in a misty fog. In by......

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Categories: one upmanship, betrayal, how i feel,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Ashtavakra Gita Verse 20:9
...20.9 “Where is distraction, concentration, knowledge or delusion? Where is joy or sorrow? I am Stillness” Verse revisited on 29-December-2022 Let’s keep this verse simp......

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Categories: one upmanship, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Stoop To Conquer
...Spiritual practice is doomed from the start, since any ritual involves our doership and therefore unless ego’s made to depart, futile is our meditation or worship, unless ofcourse we ......

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Categories: one upmanship, prayer, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Toms Travels
...In a show of manic one-upmanship With my wife saying, “Just get a grip.” I planned an adventure to show I’m well travelled The spoiler to that is the whole thing unravelled I looked at the broc......

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Categories: one upmanship, humorous, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mind Block
...Inspirations flow no more, although we seek an encore, an urge rooted in ego, which we are loathe to forgo. Habit patterns control us, plateaus after peaks, nonplus, for our yearning’s to exp......

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Categories: one upmanship, muse, poets,
Form: Jueju
Premium Member There Is No Distance
... There is no distance, save in mind God is here now, within Exiting narrow thoughts that bind Heart beckons, go therein Exiting our doership No more one-upmanship Love becomes o......

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Categories: one upmanship, god, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ashtavakra Gita Verse 13:2
...13.2 “The body is strained by practices The tongue tires of scripture The mind numbs with meditation Detached from all this, I live as I am” The matrix of in-form body co......

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Categories: one upmanship, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

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