Short Competed Poems

John Singleton Copley
distinguished portraitist with vivacity
Painting in a unique style
competed wih Reynolds for a while...

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Ancient Greek Olympians competed nude
   Half-naked Narcissus admired his image by a pond
Today's narcissists take selfies
   ~ with most of their clothing on...

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We all made fun of their swimming champ.
Ate KFC beside him, fingers damp.
He won every race.
Putting us in our place.
We mailed him off to Colonel Sander’s Camp....

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Tough tears drop from heavens’ window
God gives us a sweet sign…the rainbow

Think there are the ground galaxies?
Check out the cute romantic roses

Men once competed on cold cliffs
Fresh fishes now fights on coral reefs...

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we used to love it when we reached the end of the turkey
we kids were allowed to compete in the wishbone challenge
my brother Larry Joe and I competed every Thanksgiving
what I would give to have one more wishbone challenge with him...

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Did you hear about my pet scorpion
Who was a world chess champion
If he doesn't like a chess move you're planning to do
He will put the stinger to you
So in every match he competed
He would remain undefeated
You may ask why I would keep such a pet
I haven't figured that out yet...

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Carly was born on 2nd January 1986,
And was so impressed by 2012 London, 
That upon wheelchair racing she’d fix,   
Until she made the world’s palladium. 

In 2014 she competed in Switzerland, 
An then in 2016 she flew to Grosseto, 
In Italy, where the Europeans did land,
And she won 2 silvers, then came Rio....

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Celebrating Glory Of The Ancient Olympic Games

Gifted verse from copper-clad rays of sunshine's gleaming mirth
Odes from an era, men competed measuring their worth
Olympic contests, arenas full of cheering faces
fame and glory given winners of marathon races
prowess of those Greek athletes brave, strong and so very bold
winners's adulation, worth far more than their weight in gold!

Robert J. Lindley, 4-08-2020
Rhyme,...

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Guilty

     In school one class mate had English tutor.
      Her score in English was always higher.
       I borrowed her home- work lessons and studied. 
      I got highest mark making her angry and worried.

        I felt guilty and never asked for her help further
         Onward self- help was my motto for future
         I competed following my ambition and dream.
         Not English but Mathematics was my stream

         03/16/16...

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Straight, direct meaning, 
No ambiguity or question, 
Of relationship or hearing, 
Only malicious attestation. 

Seventy-five thousand, 
Killed by the 15 kiloton bomb, 
In one there was no pasture land, 
For the innocent overthrown.

Red fluid permeated, 
Scolded the lungs of the fit, 
No reactions competed, 
With that rupture that lit. 

Never again should war, 
Take the lives of so many, 
Because lifted is the bar, 
On freedom and autonomy....

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I have sweet memories;memories of you.

Texture of your silk dress reminds me of the first
date that we had together. Scent of your favorite
perfume reminds me of the texture of your skin,
and the flame that we made on the bed. The space
in the house reminds me of how we chased each other
around the living room, and competed to make the best
pancakes in the kitchen. 

Though you are gone,
I have sweet memories; memories of you.


Date: 16/09/2014...

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Long long ago in a land far away
Was this slave girl named Gedophamee
Worked as a prostitute to earn some dough
Name was pronounced “Get-offa-me!”

At an athletic festival in Roman times
Male athletes performed in the buff
Preventing arousal while they competed
They imbibed and downed other stuff

At the opening gala ceremonial parade
One lady exclaimed “Oh! Limp Dicks!”
Ever since that momentous occasion
It has morphed into the “Olympics”...

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What comic books did you read as a kid?
   Did you thrill to Wonder Woman, the Human Torch 
    or did you watch Archie Andrews as Betty and Veronica competed for 
his love?
  Perhaps you travelled with Namor to Atlantis
      So brightly colored - they attract millions 
of youth 
    Yes, and some of us in late middle age still 
read comic books at times
  The other day 
I saw a man in his seventies 
    lost in a comic book fantasy 
on  a public bus
Nuff said!...

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Long long ago in a land far away
Was this slave girl named Gedophamee
Worked as a prostitute to earn some dough
Name was pronounced “Get-offa-me!”

At an athletic festival in Roman times
Male athletes performed in the buff
Preventing arousal while they competed
They imbibed and downed other stuff

At the opening gala ceremonial parade
One lady exclaimed “Oh! Limp Dicks!”
Ever since that momentous occasion
It has morphed into the “Olympics”

© Jack Ellison 2013...

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Long long ago in a land far away
Was this slave girl named Gedophamee
Worked as a prostitute to earn some dough
Name was pronounced “Get-offa-me!”

At an athletic festival in Roman times
Male athletes performed in the buff
Preventing arousal while they competed
They imbibed and downed other stuff

At the opening gala ceremonial parade
One lady exclaimed “Oh! Limp Dicks!”
Ever since that momentous occasion
It has morphed into the “Olympics”


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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