There is a fire that is ablaze in me
Although, I am a senior, I am
Still an aggressive competitor
On the fields of youth, I played
With an all-out desire to be the
Best basketball and baseball player
I could be. During my professional life
I applied my desire and studied
Hard to be the best I could be at my job
Now that I’m retired that competitive
Urge still demands to be tended
No longer am I able to perform on
Fields of my youthful endeavors
Now I seek to keep my fires ablaze
By more individual means, many
Seniors find a venue in golf, swimming
Or even long-distance running
I have chosen writing and bowling
It matters little to a true competitor which
Avenue is chosen to keep the competitive
Yearning satisfied. No matter my age,
I will yearn to compete, to fulfill my need try to
Be the best I can be, until my last day on earth.
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| Writing Prompt |
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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