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\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eI  think it can be pretty demanding to read poetry because some poems I can  just let wash over me but others I have to decipher.\u0026nbsp; \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eI think poetry really is a lost art form.\u0026nbsp; It's so great to write because you can harness all your thoughts and compact them into an intricate bomb that once ignited can explode in peoples' hearts.\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eI am most prolific in my poetry when a) I have time to actually write and b) I have strong emotions or visions that I can't shake.\u0026nbsp; It's been years since I've written something remotely poetic, other than lyrics for a song, until last Saturday when I was at a prayer meeting and felt moved to write some things down.\u0026nbsp; And here is a portion of that:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eI swallowed this seed\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eand it's growing, growing,\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eever knowing and more than me.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eLike a kingdom tree.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eMy branches sprawl across the cities;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eshade for the weary,\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003ewind songs full of melodies.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eA forest surrounds me.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eAll our roots cradling\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eand leaves dangling\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003ebut no one sees.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eHardly anyone sees.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eWe hear the river,\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eand its rushing waters\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eis like a voice that rallies,\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003esustaining the fibers\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eof these sons and daughters.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eThese former seeds. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eTil we meet the jagged clouds and\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003efulfill our reveries.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family: verdana;\"\u003eThat's all I got.\u0026nbsp; For now.\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/feeds/334411887376210255/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/2012/03/who-reads-poems-these-days.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2992458009156144390/posts/default/334411887376210255"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2992458009156144390/posts/default/334411887376210255"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.megancordell.com/2012/03/who-reads-poems-these-days.html","title":"Who reads poems these days?!?!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"meg"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09546619783461331433"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"29","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQL7twZTeVtE2hJkjT88LZPQZSB1wEGnttPaiLX5oQi6DHVW6PZqsK_RqoE5he6wtRnoJ2sOFfSSvWC0JvjaPm7nZ_t83cfPF5OkdtPC8Q5BLSgPfSTDQJDAMTZrXcQ/s220/IMG_5218.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});