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Thursday, 16 June 2011

Lost Motivation

 



Motivation 
Absent with no sick note
No reason for missing this stage in life
No answer when I phone or knock on it's door
It's presence is noted as missing 
It won't help my team score

Information
Craved to discover it's place
Will it return in the near future?
Will it return when afterlife gives birth?
Has it retreated and abandoned?
Has it allocated me no worth?

Faithful
Convinced it will return
I'm sure it has become lost
I'm sure motivation is my lifelong friend
We persist; our paths amalgamate
We unite; proceed till the end 



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13 comments:

  1. Liz Rice-Sosne17 June 2011 at 13:45

    Well done way with "motivation." I am not sure that I would have been well "motivated" to write upon this subject. Sometimes I look at a prompt and just go absolutely nowhere. Your rhyming is good without being forced. Too often I find the rhyme forced.

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  2. Maggie19 June 2011 at 18:21

    Yeah, 'motivation' struck a nerve. I understand, completely. : )

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  3. Sherry Blue Sky19 June 2011 at 19:21

    "motivation absent with no sick note" - cool!

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  4. The Poet19 June 2011 at 21:37

    Hello Andy.
    I liked the flow of this poem.
    My favorite were the opening lines.

    Nicely done!

    Thanks for visiting me today.

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  5. Marian19 June 2011 at 23:28

    yes, the opening lines are killer. motivation? what's that? wah.

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  6. Isabel Doyle20 June 2011 at 06:50

    great opening lines and a clever response to the perennial question/demon - well done

    tiny grammatical point (sorry, it distracts me) when 'it' is possessive, eg 'its place', there is no apostrophe; when 'it's' is a contraction of 'it is' there is an apostrophe. I know this is tedious and counter-intuitive, but in this case the contraction takes precedence over the possessive. (lesson over!) I think that anything which interferes with the transmission of a poem is a shame.

    Best wishes
    Isabel

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  7. Anonymous20 June 2011 at 08:14

    I love the sense of optimism you hold. I have very low motivation except when it comes to writing

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  8. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall20 June 2011 at 11:08

    motivation is important.

    stay upbeat, be unbeatable.
    Glad to see you in potluck!

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  9. Ginny Brannan20 June 2011 at 15:53

    I know this place "without motivation." A very well written piece on the subject.

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  10. Unknown20 June 2011 at 18:08

    Proceed to the end...
    commitment.

    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/06/20/blue-melancholy/

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  11. Kerry O'Connor20 June 2011 at 18:15

    Lack of motivation is a killer! You ask pertinent questions here... a pause for thought required.

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  12. Eileen T O'Neill .....21 June 2011 at 00:56

    Andy,

    I liked reading this poem very much.
    It describes a common ailment amongst many writers.
    Nicely related.

    Eileen

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  13. laurie kolp23 June 2011 at 12:51

    Andy- Lovely piece...I especially like:

    "I'm sure motivation is my lifelong friend"

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