Sunday, April 28, 2013

Magpie Tales 166: Ambition(s)
























ambition(s)
there's that 
          which is driven
          and that which
we drive, 

 always but 
          never a constant
          reckoning of 
events:  that 

 arrives from 
          unsolicited fetish 
          of others 

 unqualified. 


Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker
Illustration by  Helen Ward  shared by Tess Kincaid.

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6 comments:

  1. stevenApril 28, 2013 at 4:42 PM

    my only ambition - that is work related - is to earn the privilege of being described as "good". i'm still working on it. oh and the original ambition was to hear it from others. now, it's to hear the word inside myself!!! steven

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  2. BerowneApril 29, 2013 at 3:23 AM

    Elegant and polished writing...

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  3. Doctor FTSEApril 29, 2013 at 11:42 AM

    A neat summation of Life.

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  4. JinksyApril 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    But sometimes there are folks with no ambition at all, and they're often the nicest people of all...

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  5. Tess KincaidApril 30, 2013 at 9:11 AM

    Excellent take on the prompt Rick...thought provoking as always...

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  6. Tess KincaidApril 30, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    (Love your header pic, by the way...)

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