{"id":13015,"date":"2026-10-07T23:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=13015"},"modified":"2026-10-07T23:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:51:45","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=13015","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0831-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0831-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0831.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s October and time to bring in our stores for winter. I did this today. I bought yet another poetry book. Well this one is slightly different in that it has 366 poems &#8211; one for each day of the year plus one for leap years. I love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spent most of the day reading the poems assigned to significant days &#8211; birthdays, personal days, Christmas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also flipped through to find some of my favourite poems &#8211; yes Jabberwocky is in there, as is He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will now never be at a loss for a poem to live on any given day. In fact for my birthday the poem \u201cThey are not long\u201d by Ernest Dowson contains the line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are not long, the days of wine and roses\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0851-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0851-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0851-768x850.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0851.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wine roses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And today I struggled first to find and then to send pictures of my lace work to a friend. Finally I was able to enjoy again Red Roses shawl in wine red, which I will email to that friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So happy to live again certain days, certain creations and certain life cherishing forces. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s October and time to bring in our stores for winter. I did this today. I bought yet another poetry book. Well this one is slightly different in that it has 366 poems &#8211; one for each day of the year plus one for leap years. I love it. 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