Second Place
Remember the names of second and third place finishers?37 total reviews
Comment from Raul1
There is nothing better than winning first place. Our main goal is to win lots of first places as we can possible. Excellent work! No grammatical errors. Thanks for sharing!
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There is nothing better than winning first place. Our main goal is to win lots of first places as we can possible. Excellent work! No grammatical errors. Thanks for sharing!
Comment Written 11-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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Raul, roger that, first place is the goal!
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For me too, my friend! :)
Comment from robyn corum
Dear Mystery Writer,
So far this morning, I have read several entries into this Competition contest. They've all been a little bland to me -- (shhhhh...)
This one is quite different - it sums up the idea of competition really well - and I like the ending. Those second-place finishers may not be remembered as well as the winners -but there's always another day and another race. Great message!
One note:
--> the runners(') last gasps
Thanks and good luck!
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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Dear Mystery Writer,
So far this morning, I have read several entries into this Competition contest. They've all been a little bland to me -- (shhhhh...)
This one is quite different - it sums up the idea of competition really well - and I like the ending. Those second-place finishers may not be remembered as well as the winners -but there's always another day and another race. Great message!
One note:
--> the runners(') last gasps
Thanks and good luck!
Comment Written 11-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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Robyn, that is the best about competition! You get do overs.
Comment from lancellot
A good message. A poem a theme of persevering and striving to to be the best.
notes
of oxygen-rich air,
{he} two runners pull (f)
further and further away
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- remove
you're in second place{,}
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It is the only way [to] win!'
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reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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A good message. A poem a theme of persevering and striving to to be the best.
notes
of oxygen-rich air,
{he} two runners pull (f)
further and further away
- the
- remove
you're in second place{,}
- period
It is the only way [to] win!'
- add
Comment Written 11-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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Lance as always, you sir are a great set of eyes for which I am very grateful, Cheers to you!
Comment from royowen
It's like being a champion team that wins the pennant at the end of a long season, nobody remembers the runner up, only the winner, even if the game was an epic, beautifully written, I could feel every gasping step, only the will left, not the good feeling, well done, great free verse entry, blessings Roy
Typo It is the only way (to) win.
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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It's like being a champion team that wins the pennant at the end of a long season, nobody remembers the runner up, only the winner, even if the game was an epic, beautifully written, I could feel every gasping step, only the will left, not the good feeling, well done, great free verse entry, blessings Roy
Typo It is the only way (to) win.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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Hey Roy, thanks for the catch and yes those last gasps are nit very enjoyable!
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My pleasure
Comment from dragonpoet
It is so sad that the second place finisher is all but forgotten after all the work to get into the final. It should mean more to all of us that the runner worked so hard and did so well. You used some good metaphor, internal rhyme and emotion in this poem about comptetition at its highest from
Good luck in the contest.
Keep writing and stay healthy
dragonpoet
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It is so sad that the second place finisher is all but forgotten after all the work to get into the final. It should mean more to all of us that the runner worked so hard and did so well. You used some good metaphor, internal rhyme and emotion in this poem about comptetition at its highest from
Good luck in the contest.
Keep writing and stay healthy
dragonpoet
Comment Written 11-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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Joan, thank you! I agree, at some level there is bountiful rewards in a persons career who has been on a competitive team. Over the years I have seen amazing performances on the job from those who have competed. Those that led, time and again, were those that placed high in their field of sport.
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You're welcome
Comment from greyson ernst
second place is the first one to loose but still i really like this poem and as always keep writing and stay safe good luck in competition
sincerely Greyson Ernst
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second place is the first one to loose but still i really like this poem and as always keep writing and stay safe good luck in competition
sincerely Greyson Ernst
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Comment Written 11-Dec-2020
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Yep, that is a true statement! thanks for the good luck wishes.
Comment from roof35
This is an excellent entry for the Competition Contest. I think you have a little typo or muddle in the fourth stanza that you may want to fix. Anyway, this is very well done.
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This is an excellent entry for the Competition Contest. I think you have a little typo or muddle in the fourth stanza that you may want to fix. Anyway, this is very well done.
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Comment Written 11-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2020
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roof35 yes I was in the midst of editing when I caught this thanks alot!
