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		<title>Sunday Poetry &#8211; Emma Lazarus</title>
		<link>http://www.bibliochic.com/2010/10/17/sunday-poetry-emma-lazarus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunday poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn sadness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emma lazarus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My mom recently found a bunch of papers and crafts I created while in elementary school. One of the things she found was a &#8220;report&#8221; I wrote on poet Emma Lazarus. I remember being fascinated with her when I was a kid. I loved that this woman wrote words that were bold and strong enough [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My mom recently found a bunch of papers and crafts I created while in elementary school. One of the things she found was a &#8220;report&#8221; I wrote on poet Emma Lazarus. I remember being fascinated with her when I was a kid. I loved that this woman wrote words that were bold and strong enough to appear on something as awesome as the Statue of Liberty. I enjoy her writing&#8211;her poems are descriptive. She&#8217;s not afraid of big words and metaphors. I feel like she has been a quiet inspiration in my own writing, ever since that paper I wrote a long time ago.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a great one by her, called &#8220;Autumn Sadness.&#8221;</p>
<p>Air and sky are swathed in gold<br />
Fold on fold,<br />
Light glows through the trees like wine.<br />
Earth, sun-quickened, swoons for bliss<br />
&#8216;Neath his kiss,<br />
Breathless in a trance divine.</p>
<p>Nature pauses from her task,<br />
Just to bask<br />
In these lull&#8217;d transfigured hours.<br />
The green leaf nor stays nor goes,<br />
But it grows<br />
Royaler than mid-June&#8217;s flowers.</p>
<p>Such impassioned silence fills<br />
All the hills<br />
Burning with unflickering fire-<br />
Such a blood-red splendor stains<br />
The leaves&#8217; veins,<br />
Life seems one fulfilled desire.</p>
<p>While earth, sea, and heavens shine,<br />
Heart of mine,<br />
Say, what art thou waiting for?<br />
Shall the cup ne&#8217;er reach the lip,<br />
But still slip<br />
Till the life-long thirst give o&#8217;er?</p>
<p>Shall my soul, no frosts may tame,<br />
Catch new flame<br />
From the incandescent air?<br />
In this nuptial joy apart,<br />
Oh my heart,<br />
Whither shall we lonely fare?</p>
<p>Seek some dusky, twilight spot,<br />
Quite forgot<br />
Of the Autumn&#8217;s Bacchic fire.<br />
Where soft mists and shadows sleep,<br />
There outweep<br />
Barren longing&#8217;s vain desire.</p>
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		<title>Not For Me</title>
		<link>http://www.bibliochic.com/2009/05/04/not-for-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(I&#8217;ll be posting my own poetry here occasionally&#8211;it&#8217;s my favorite form of expression and I enjoy sharing my thoughts. I encourage others to do the same!) Not For Me Walking steadily along this path &#160;&#160;&#160;chosen for me by better people Sometimes I pause and take a &#160;&#160;&#160;breath, wonder where it is I&#8217;m &#160;&#160;&#160;going, exactly But they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(<em>I&#8217;ll be posting my own poetry here occasionally&#8211;it&#8217;s my favorite form of expression and I enjoy sharing my thoughts. I encourage others to do the same!</em>)</p>
<p><strong>Not For Me</strong></p>
<p>Walking steadily along this path<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chosen for me by better people<br />
Sometimes I pause and take a<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;breath, wonder where it is I&#8217;m<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;going, exactly<br />
But they don&#8217;t like questions, so I<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keep my thoughts tucked inside<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and I pad along slowly<br />
Moving purposefully toward the<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;end I don&#8217;t know, but that I&#8217;ve<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prepared for my whole life</p>
<p>Sometimes, I live my life for everyone but me.</p>
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