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[aid] => mick
[title] => Olympics
[time] => 2004-08-26 11:07:56
[hometext] => This poem has to do with winning in life. I was inspired by the Olympics and wrote it while watching the different events. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I would sure welcome your feedback
[bodytext] => It really is an awesome sight to see Just what these athletes can achieve The amount of training it takes To compete and risk such high stakes The tremendous drive and motivation The commitment to resist distracting temptation A single-minded purpose they serve And a sense of fair play they observe With quality mentors such as these Did you ever wonder what we might achieve If we were to live our lives through thick and thin With values such as these in an attempt to win And the risk and bravery in order to gain A positive reputation and a good name To such a high standard do they aspire That they will risk losing in spite of their desire For qualities such as these look no further then the D's Discipline Dedication Determination Dependability Desire So maybe we need to be athletes so to speak And when we are down and out we need to seek A five D approach to deal with the situation And remember we do represent our own summation [comments] => 2 [counter] => 173 [topic] => 21 [informant] => Willofree [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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