"tryout" poems
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Application. Audition. Tryout.
Interview. Callback. 2nd Round Tryout
Interview. Callback. 3rd Round Tryout.
Interview. Callback. 4th Round Tryout.
Interview. Callback. 5th Round Tryout.
Interview. Callback. 6th Round Tryout.
REJECTED. REJECTED. REJECTED.
No matter how hard I try to put myself out there
to get my foot in the door,
I always end up on the outside looking in.
I can’t seem to get out of this cycle.
I can’t take this anymore.
When will I get my big break?
Not anytime soon.
With all of this rejection that I am getting,
it’s tough to put myself out there.
Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014 at 4:52 PM UTC
The game is played on a pitch,
or a field if you will.
With eleven players to each side;
some with extra special skill.
There is kicking and passing,
and sliding and tackling.
Three officials call the game
and some players tryout acting.
Shots saved by the goalkeeper
or blocked by a defender.
A corner kick sails in;
leading to a game winning header.
The crowd, so excited,
they shout out and chant.
*Losing is a myth,
we know our club can't*
A glory some know as soccer;
it's football around the globe.
Who will win the world cup,
and head home with the precious gold?
Jul 2, 2013
Jul 2, 2013 at 7:16 PM UTC
"Shes useless." My dad whispers to my mom
Talking about another mistake
"Shut the **** up!" My dad yells at my face
Stopping me from contradicting his hurtful words
"Why can't she do anything right?" My dad mutters to himself
Staring at my below average report card
If you ask me why I never tryout for anything
I'll say, "I'm useless."
If you ask me why I've stopped talking
I'll say, "I need to shut the **** up."
If you ask me why I sit and do nothing
I'll say, "I can't do anything right."
All he ever does is tell me how I have messed up 107 ways in life, and then wonders why we never talk.
Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 at 9:14 AM UTC
will the pathways that you take be a maze that you make for me
can the days that you take also be my days to take for free
will your own home safe place feel like a home base for me
will your fast and hateful race leave the hate to face for me
are the bad places you create the only way to relate for you
i may have a date to tryout my own fate so i must wait for you
is your dying day just a replay of another day's date for you
if thought was heaven's gate would that be another gate for you
will truth have any use or lies beget what lies bring to us
will the dove that dies leave a love that flies to sing to us
will the eagle's mangled wing even look like a wing to us
will the bees that are leaving at least leave a sting to us
will the faces change and the names always stay the same to us
will the things that you save seem like just a shame to us
can the game that you play leave the rules of the game to us
will you win your game by saving time and passing blame to us
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021 at 3:43 PM UTC
I will never be in Annie again
I will never tryout for Oliver
I will never be perfect
But I will always keep trying to get on Broadway
May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM UTC
Finally, we all settled down.
And things make sense only now.
(May God **** me if I ever settle down
the way they do!)
Jobs and kids
We've got lives, at least
There's nothing I'd rather wish!
Miraculous, and so ****** it is
We became "adults" - but some of us
are caged still like kids
like birds
who sing
Finally, we got a path
We sowed what we reaped,
but life hasn't been a ***** - to us
We all got over those ugly years
Where you sold yourself and I drowned in fears
If we meet, what will be of me?
If you look at me,
you will see a freak,
(in all senses of it)
It's no surprise - we got only who we are
I'd **** to know what's on your minds
On the sad place, where our dreams got crushed
I see it floating like debris on the water
Did we really got over? Are we still indebted to the past?
Was it true what we did then - was it a mistake we should pass?
Like an old skin that, oh, snakes shed
Are we the same snake at all? I am, and I am not
This mystery of the self
Finally, we grew up
Who are we? Was it a tryout?
An existential tryout for us
Finally, we are out.
I do not wish to be back.
But I can't help to look back
And I have a weird feeling in my heart,
when I see who we are now,
this was a winning hand!
that things only get better
if you learn to wait in time
Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 5:42 PM UTC
I won’t hesitate no more
It has become a certainty
A reality that takes long to describe
Definitely this is more than illusion.
I never looked up to you
But when I hold your hand
I felt a sudden collision
An unexplained form of feelings.
It kept me wondering;
Why did you leave me hanging?
I kept asking for more
But nothing seems to be fulfilled
When musing casts its curse on me.
Needlessly my ship is sinking
It’s plainly obvious
That your eyes can see
I have to **** my emotions;
‘Cause this is unreal
It’s only misery and nothing more.
I don’t want to call this love
‘Cause you’re not mine to call
I need to stop pretending;
And **** all these false hopes.
But you know I want you
You give such undefined hints
To constantly deceive me;
And make this an endless tryout
To stray my heart from you.
Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 2012 at 7:59 AM UTC
I've never tried to make ten words have a meaning!
Aug 29, 2014
Aug 29, 2014 at 11:20 PM UTC
Oh, they speak.
We listen.
Still, we offer our very own opinions.
As smart as some are and will continue to be.
Their looks got them ahead.
When you look at the beauty upon the sports shows?
Men, if honest notice their looks.
Whether upon the national news or the local news.
So who are we fooling?
Truly who?
They can give that infamous speech about being noticed for their talent and brains.
And it sounds good.
Again, who are we fooling?
Cheerleaders are a choice, not a requirement for sports.
But mention tryout and see those trying.
Looks attract and you can be dumber than a bat.
Then they not that dumb.
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 at 8:23 AM UTC