Short Competing Poems

I
Walk in others' shoes, fear of God/Universe: peace...

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Understanding is virtuous, competing is human and banal....

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I'm awakened
by two competing haiku,
fighting in my head....

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evergreen holly
competing with mistletoe
christmas time plant love...

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camels are docile
lest competing smarter than
horses friendlier


2019 September 25...

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Willpowers clashing
Equally strong hearts racing
No surrendering
We both despise free winning
To the end, we're competing...

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light up the summer sky
reflection on the water
crackling fireworks

hot arid summer day
music playing on back deck
competing crows caw...

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A gaggle of geese in the Bronx
Were confused by competing honks
With traffic so slow
There's not much on show
'cept gander at the honky tonks...

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Derelict now cold
Mossed stones in sporadic spill
Ageing arms out spread
They, competing for the light
Sadly, both succumb to time




....

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competing without terror or war - no therapy needed

NOTE: I was thinking marine life, even extreme environments: animals don't need therapists. Why?...

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When I say
I love You more,
You may
have to take my word for it

Now that you know,
Maybe you’ll stop
Competing for the show
And just let me kiss you
...

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The moon risen high, over
    the burial vault of the sun
  to the accompaniment of fireworks
    from competing constellations

  ~ All this, before suppertime...

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Remember When We Were Meeting

Remember when we  would be meeting,
And after we did had started competing;
Become best,
Than the rest;
Object was accomplishing first seating.

Jim Horn...

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Fighting my way to the top again
Competing
Evaluating
Editing
Completing
Myself
Against 
The best
Me I have been
or can ever be.
Self improvement.
Rough and ready, waiting and learning....

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Fighting my way to the top again
Competing
Evaluating
Editing
Completing
Myself
Against 
The best
Me I have been
or can ever be.
Self improvement.
Rough and ready, waiting and learning....

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haiku


perched on lily pads
competing for a lover -
a chorus of frogs





05-12-2018

Contest:     haiga - haiku - Theme Summer - 5-7-5 
Sponsor:     Mick Talbot
Placement:  3rd...

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I'm anxious to run in your race;
competing is NOT a disgrace.
So now I must choose 
a gem - to amuse
and bag for myself the First Place!

~




 

For Destroyer ~ Poet's Limerick Fun Contest....

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Can't forget the man from Malta, Paul Callus
In his poems he shows absolutely no malice
Once in a while
He turns on the smiles
Girlies are all competing to live in his palace

© Jack Ellison 2015...

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In life he struggles
To gain identity
Competing against the odds
Knows he has no chance
But yet he fights on
To make it very big
All by himself alone
He faces the road
Till he’s made it 
And found an identity...

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noise pollution
breaking night's silence...
sleepless hours

a roaring engine...
beside me
my snoring wife

a ticking clock
competing with...
the snoring sound

who will win?
let me see...
sleepless judge...

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Who would want to build a cabin in the woods
Realizing we're competing with 7 billion sharing the goods
A cabin in obscurity
Doesn't provide security
Too many could take advantage, these human wolves...

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We were sitting
on a park bench
in Center City
watching squirrels
and young lovers
putting on a show
competing for our attention

and no offense
to the young lovers
but the squirrels
were far more engaging—
and sincere....

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A blast of winter
         Another storm brings beauty
    Now brightness, sunshine and snow
              Competing with spring
            when the crocus say hello
     Beauty blooms with season’s wings

Heidi Sands

1/21/23...

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A crescendo 
  of anticipation             The thrill 
                                      of speculation
A tingle 
  of expectation

All competing for Santa's attention
  Mystical 
    Magical
      Long-ago 
        Christmas eves...

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It's a growing competition 
that I feel I need to be in 
Always competing for the top
the one with the most knowledge
I wish I didn't have to feel this way

When music combines
it creates wonders
do I really want to be the one standing alone?...

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