What is that Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is framed copy of a poem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did you write it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No it is not mine <\/p>\n\n\n\n
May I look <\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Keegan I cannot say that I have heard of him<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a Irish ballard-writer <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was he famous <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He came from a very poor background <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet he started writing verses at a young age although he lived as peasant <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But in later life weakened by harshness of the Great Famine he sadly died in poverty<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did he die young <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He never made forty <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How sad <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was he published <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What a waste <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time of his death John was preparing a collected edition of his poems<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which of course never appeared <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was that the reason Josie popped around yesterday <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes she asked me to arrange this <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was sweet of you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a gift for Elena as she flies in on Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both Cora and Josie wanted something poetical <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I thought that this would be fun <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I look forward to meeting her <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is very like Cora <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I am in for a treat <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe would you frame this for me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are they <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just some notes I made about a Chinese proverb <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it to me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was so poor that I could not afford shoes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This made me unhappy as I was desperate for love <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I found a beggar who had lost his legs in an accident <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You never cease to amaze me Sephine <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Really <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will you frame these pathetic pieces of paper <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will be my pleasure <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will hang it in my office <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you ever frame your poems <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have not really thought about it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Occasionally I will paint a poem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paint a poem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is a new one on me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am no artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they make nice gifts <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sell them Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No that would spoil the enjoyment <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is something organic about painting poems <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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