{"id":3760,"date":"2022-03-10T09:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2022-03-10T09:54:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:54:41","slug":"a-poem-for-a-thursday-170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/10\/a-poem-for-a-thursday-170\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poem for a Thursday #170"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-fewings-q0MSEVq7JMo-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3761\"\/><figcaption>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jannerboy62?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Nick Fewings<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/poetry?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer. You might know him as the poet who wrote &#8220;Do not go gentle into that good night.&#8221; He is &#8220;noted for his original, rhythmic, and ingenious use of words and imagery.&#8221; Thomas also did radio recordings for the BBC and was used by them as &#8220;an accessible voice of the literary scene.&#8221; He was very popular during his short lifetime and remains so today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I could never have dreamt that there were such goings on\nin the world between the covers of books,\nsuch sandstorms and ice blasts of words, \nsuch staggering peace, such enormous laughter,\nsuch and so many blinding bright lights,\nsplashing all over the pages\nin a million bits and pieces\nall of which were words, words, words,\nand each of which were alive forever\nin its own delight and glory and oddity and light.\n\nNotes on the Art of Poetry\nDylan Thomas\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer. You might know him as the poet who wrote &#8220;Do not go gentle into that good night.&#8221; He is &#8220;noted for his original, rhythmic, and ingenious use of words and imagery.&#8221; Thomas also did radio recordings for the BBC and was used by them as &#8220;an accessible voice of the literary scene.&#8221; He was very popular during his short lifetime and remains so today. I could never have dreamt that there were such goings on in the world between the covers of books, such sandstorms and ice blasts of words, such staggering peace, such enormous laughter, such and so many blinding bright lights, splashing all over the pages in a million bits and pieces all of which were words, words, words, and each of which were alive forever in its own delight and glory and oddity and light. 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