General Poetry posted May 12, 2024

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A free form verse on competition

I Could Go On

by Bryce 1

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I used to think competition was negative

Bad

Egoic

Childish

Silly

Pointless

To be pitted against someone else to see who is better

Worthy

Superior

Faster

Smarter

Stronger

All the commotion that leaves another feeling smaller

Sadder

Bitter

Fearful

Lonely

Defeated

But one day I was given a new point of view

A new angle

A different assesment

I might have been wrong

It might be a good thing

A great thing

A very powerful tool

Competition is not finding out who is better and who is worse

Good and bad

Winner and loser

Worthy or not

Competition occurs between two people who want to become better

There does not have to be anything sad about loss

Loss is an arrow pointing forward

Not a stop sign with bad news

They want to get better and competiton makes them better

It is a positive thing

Competition evolves the good into the great into the legend

All great legends preach that loss is the key to gain

They embrace competition and take loss not as a signal of defeat

Unworthiness

Proof of deficiency

They take it as a win in their effort to become who they want to be

Competition

Inspires

Evolution

I risk each word in this writing contest I place myself in now

I risk my whole self image as a writer

If I lose, am I still a writer?

The answer is yes

Only if

I continue writing

And striving

And never accept

Defeat

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Write a free verse poem on competition. Tell what it means to be competitive and why you love competition or not. Free verse is a form of poetry that does not necessarily follow to any specific meter patterns, rhyme, or any other pattern. Free verse, despite its freedom, often still has some elements of form. Most free verse does observe a convention of lines and structure. No rhyming patterns.

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A free form verse on competition

I Could Go On

by Bryce 1

Competition Contest Winner

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