{"id":1260,"date":"2014-08-24T01:34:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T05:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2014-08-24T01:34:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T05:34:51","slug":"the-knockers-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/the-knockers-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knockers Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh yes! We all have a knockers club<\/p>\n<p>Some knockers are real and others<\/p>\n<p>Found in our minds called the<\/p>\n<p>Voice of self-doubt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Life is a sequence of choices<\/p>\n<p>Do we listen to their negativity and put downs?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or do we rise above them?<\/p>\n<p>Do we let fear take control?<\/p>\n<p>Or do we take the first step?<\/p>\n<p>A tiny little one at first<\/p>\n<p>Then a wobbly first walk<\/p>\n<p>Until it turns into<\/p>\n<p>A running stride of confidence<\/p>\n<p>Where no Knocker<\/p>\n<p>Can catch you!<\/p>\n<p>As you strive towards your chosen goal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be disheartened by the Knockers Club<\/p>\n<p>For they do indeed<\/p>\n<p>Serve their purpose<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The voice of self-doubt<\/p>\n<p>Both real and imagined<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the fuel, the steam<\/p>\n<p>You use to reach your hearts desire<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to my Knockers Club<\/p>\n<p>If it wasn\u2019t for you<\/p>\n<p>I possibly wouldn\u2019t achieved<\/p>\n<p>What I have today<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You bring a smile to my face<\/p>\n<p>And a sense of achievement<\/p>\n<p>Each time I have the opportunity and<\/p>\n<p>The reason to prove you all wrong<\/p>\n<p>Both real and imagined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh yes! We all have a knockers club Some knockers are real and others Found in our minds called the Voice of self-doubt &nbsp; Life is a sequence of choices Do we listen to their negativity and put downs? &nbsp; Or do we rise above&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}