{"id":2984,"date":"2013-09-15T14:09:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T11:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2013-09-15T14:09:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T11:09:52","slug":"why-some-poems-are-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=2984","title":{"rendered":"Why some poems are sad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"horse-and-cat-pic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/horse-and-cat-pic.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2985\" alt=\"horse-and-cat-pic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/horse-and-cat-pic-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/horse-and-cat-pic-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/horse-and-cat-pic-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><blockquote class=\"sc-blockquote\">Why some poems are sad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> \u201cI like it when you write <br \/> Happy poems,\u201d she said. <br \/> \u201cWhy don\u2019t you write more? <br \/> Why are some of your poems so sad?\u201d <\/p>\n<p> I seek truth when I write, <br \/> And my poems <br \/> Are signposts that mark the way. <\/p>\n<p> Sometimes I walk <br \/> In the bright sunlight <br \/> Feeling its gentle warmth <br \/> Against my cheek, <br \/> And my spirit soars among the clouds <br \/> Of ocean blue skies, <br \/> My heart filled with joy. <\/p>\n<p> But sometimes my path <br \/> Takes me through <br \/> The darkness of <br \/> Sadness, sorrow, despair. <br \/> I have to face <br \/> The razor-sharp edge <br \/> Of loss that seems <br \/> To slash my heart <br \/> Into ribbons, <br \/> The fear that if I try again, <br \/> I\u2019ll be hurt again. <\/p>\n<p> I write about the darkness <br \/> Because it, too, is true. <\/p>\n<p> And in so doing, I discover <br \/> That hope shines more brightly <br \/> In the darkness of despair, <br \/> That courage can only be found <br \/> When we face our fears. <br \/> That we cannot know true joy <br \/> Without understanding pain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Phil Ray Jack<\/blockquote><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2987,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984\/revisions\/2987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}