{"id":4141,"date":"2022-11-24T08:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2022-11-24T08:21:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T13:21:13","slug":"a-poem-for-a-thursday-204","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/24\/a-poem-for-a-thursday-204\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poem for a Thursday #204"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/evenezer-marak-g0kKewF7eGs-unsplash-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4142\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@blissed_shots?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Evenezer Marak<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/globe?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a lot of things I wanted to write about this week and yet, somehow the week has gotten away from me and here we are on a Thursday again. Some weeks are like that. It seemed to be a good week for a Billy Collins poem. But then, most weeks are good weeks for Billy Collins. His poetry always speaks the words I didn&#8217;t know I wanted to say. Maybe that is the thing about most poetry. It puts into words the emotions that are universal. <\/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\">You are turning me\nlike someone turning a globe in her\nhand,\nand yes, I have another side\nlike a China no one,\nnot even me, has ever seen.\nSo describe to me what's there,\nsay what you are looking at\nand I will close my eyes\nso I can see it too,\nthe oxcarts and all the lively flags.\nI love the sound of your voice\nlike a little saxophone\ntelling me what I could never know\nunless I dug a hole all the way down\nthrough the core of myself. \n\nOrient \nBilly Collins<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a lot of things I wanted to write about this week and yet, somehow the week has gotten away from me and here we are on a Thursday again. Some weeks are like that. It seemed to be a good week for a Billy Collins poem. But then, most weeks are good weeks for Billy Collins. His poetry always speaks the words I didn&#8217;t know I wanted to say. Maybe that is the thing about most poetry. It puts into words the emotions that are universal. You are turning me like someone turning a globe in her hand, and yes, I have another side like a China no one, not even me, has ever seen. So describe to me what&#8217;s there, say what you are looking at and I will close my eyes so I can see it too, the oxcarts and all the lively flags. I love the sound of your voice like a little saxophone telling me what I could never know unless I dug a hole all the way down through the core of myself. 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