{"id":515,"date":"2012-08-23T01:16:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=515"},"modified":"2012-08-23T01:16:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:16:49","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s run: \u00a01 mile brisk walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Joyce Kilmer.<\/span>\u00a01886\u20131918<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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119.<\/span>\u00a0Trees<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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I\u00a0THINK<\/span>\u00a0that I shall never see<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A poem lovely as a tree.<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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A tree whose hungry mouth is prest<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast;<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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A tree that looks at God all day,<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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A tree that may in summer wear<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A nest of robins in her hair;<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Upon whose bosom snow has lain;<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who intimately lives with rain.<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0\u00a010<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Poems are made by fools like me,<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
But only God can make a tree.<\/td>\n<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Tomorrow morning I have cataract surgery on my left eye. \u00a0I am looking forward to being able to see the beauty of the world my God has created for me to enjoy.<\/p>\n

Cataracts rob you of your ability to see in a slow, sneaky way. \u00a0The damage is done before you are able to notice it. \u00a0The world around you gets fuzzy, darker~not as pretty as you remember it being in your youth.<\/p>\n

I am very thankful for modern technology that enables Doctors to repair cataract damage and also lens replacement that corrects vision defects. \u00a0I am so very thankful for the improved vision I have enjoyed the past two weeks with just having one eye repaired. \u00a0I am really looking forward to tomorrow and cannot even fathom what it will be like to look around tomorrow with my two new eyes!<\/p>\n

While a poem is not as lovely as a tree, tomorrow I will enjoy looking at the trees around me as actually see the leaves instead of green blobs. \u00a0Thank you Chris for letting me get this surgery.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Today’s run: \u00a01 mile brisk walk Joyce Kilmer.\u00a01886\u20131918 119.\u00a0Trees I\u00a0THINK\u00a0that I shall never see \u00a0 A poem lovely as a tree. \u00a0 A tree whose hungry mouth is prest \u00a0 Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast; \u00a0 A tree that looks at God all day, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05 And lifts her leafy arms to pray; \u00a0 A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}