Upmanship Poems - Poems about Upmanship

...Encased in feeble form, doomed one day to die, words penned in holy books offered no solace and prayers that I muttered, quelled not heart’s sigh, so exhausted being unable to lace the truth of l......Read the rest...

...From birth to death, each of us walks alone, in as a narrative we wish to feel, thus as we embrace, release and atone, we rely on God’s love and light to heal. In a subject-object relationship, ......Read the rest...

...Egocentric, engaged in games of one-upmanship I developed a jaundiced and judgmental eye Over time, losing over mind-body my grip Belied expectations oft made heart sigh My reflex respo......Read the rest...

...“when that that never was dies ~ consciousness flies to new highs” we walk on a lonely road alone in the midst of a crowd each soul trudges under a heavy cross fake smiles c......Read the rest...

...Our tender eyes betray the way we see Honouring God’s presence within each heart That deems all of us as one, none apart Viewed thus from soul’s eye, joyous and carefree Our innocence with blis......Read the rest...

...Beyond the imposing and the high iron gate The picturesque setting of the Oxford University Situates the hedonistic oriented Bullingdon Club Founded more than 200 years ago. The socially exclus......Read the rest...

...So hard to really know what to believe on news presented to us every day; as if our world's divided into two opposing groups interpreting each fact- and truth lies hidden in a misty fog. In by......Read the rest...

...20.9 “Where is distraction, concentration, knowledge or delusion? Where is joy or sorrow? I am Stillness” Verse revisited on 29-December-2022 Let’s keep this verse simp......Read the rest...

...Spiritual practice is doomed from the start, since any ritual involves our doership and therefore unless ego’s made to depart, futile is our meditation or worship, unless ofcourse we ......Read the rest...

...In a show of manic one-upmanship With my wife saying, “Just get a grip.” I planned an adventure to show I’m well travelled The spoiler to that is the whole thing unravelled I looked at the broc......Read the rest...

...Inspirations flow no more, although we seek an encore, an urge rooted in ego, which we are loathe to forgo. Habit patterns control us, plateaus after peaks, nonplus, for our yearning’s to exp......Read the rest...

... There is no distance, save in mind God is here now, within Exiting narrow thoughts that bind Heart beckons, go therein Exiting our doership No more one-upmanship Love becomes o......Read the rest...

...13.2 “The body is strained by practices The tongue tires of scripture The mind numbs with meditation Detached from all this, I live as I am” The matrix of in-form body co......Read the rest...

... Pre-puberty years Playful innocence Warm ready embrace Quarrels, aberrations Rapidly erased An uncluttered mind Open, forgiving heart Reborn each morn anew Growing up, ego m......Read the rest...

...A gray cloud hangs ominously On the horizon, overshadowing The last golden rays of the sun. Below, Damocles waits; The sword hangs by a hair! In a great white building Men and women squabble - ......Read the rest...