{"id":110,"date":"2007-10-24T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T18:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2007-10-24T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2007-10-24T18:28:13","slug":"a-few-poems-to-read-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"A few poems to read today&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some that just struck me as some I&#8217;d like to share today&#8230; I hope you like them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beautiful Creature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Someone I know,<br \/>\nIs God&#8217;s most beautiful creature,<br \/>\nSomeone I know,<br \/>\nHas everything, every feature&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Like the sunrise,<br \/>\nGraces the morning sky,<br \/>\nLike the sunrise,<br \/>\nBeauty to live by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Like the day,<br \/>\nWarm&#8230;sunny&#8230;bright,<br \/>\nLike the day,<br \/>\nRadiant like the sunlight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Like the night,<br \/>\nThe stars come out to play,<br \/>\nLike the night,<br \/>\nBeauty even at end of the day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There is one I know,<br \/>\nThat is God&#8217;s most beautiful creature,<br \/>\nThere is one I know,<br \/>\nWith whom I don&#8217;t have a future&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beauty II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beauty doesn&#8217;t always mean<br \/>\nThe prettiest face,<br \/>\nBeauty doesn&#8217;t always mean<br \/>\nThe longest legs.<\/p>\n<p>Beauty doesn&#8217;t always mean<br \/>\nThe slimmest hips,<br \/>\nBeauty doesn&#8217;t always mean<br \/>\nThe biggest chest.<\/p>\n<p>Beauty to me is in the heart,<br \/>\nBeauty to me is in the soul,<br \/>\nBeauty to me is in the mind,<br \/>\nBeauty to me isn&#8217;t always the body.<\/p>\n<p>The most beautiful girl in the world,<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t have to have the best body,<br \/>\nAs long as she has a beautiful soul,<br \/>\nand a heart of gold, that&#8217;s true beauty.<\/p>\n<p>I know someone like that,<br \/>\nThe true meaning of the word beauty,<br \/>\nNot just of the mind, soul, and heart,<br \/>\nbut also of the face and body, as well.<\/p>\n<p>One day, I hope she realizes it<br \/>\nThe way that I have,<br \/>\nOne day, I hope that she finds<br \/>\nHer true beauty, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To look into your eyes,<br \/>\nIs to look into the eyes of beauty,<br \/>\nTo be in your presence,<br \/>\nIs like being in the presence of angels.<\/p>\n<p>To see you smile,<br \/>\nIs to feel warmth in one\u2019s heart,<br \/>\nTo hear you speak,<br \/>\nIs to hear words of meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures might be worth<br \/>\nA thousand words, but<br \/>\nWords cannot describe,<br \/>\nWhat it means to see you<\/p>\n<p>Pictures in one\u2019s mind,<br \/>\nOf what beauty is,<br \/>\nAnd how hard it is to find,<br \/>\nFound it in you, I have.<\/p>\n<p>I am not sure what I\u2019d do,<br \/>\nIf I saw you in harm\u2019s way,<br \/>\nBut I am sure, I believe,<br \/>\nI could die for you.<\/p>\n<p>(c) 2000 &#8211; 2007 Michael P. Molenda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some that just struck me as some I&#8217;d like to share today&#8230; I hope you like them&#8230; Beautiful Creature Someone I know, Is God&#8217;s most beautiful creature, Someone I know, Has everything, every feature&#8230; Like the sunrise, Graces the morning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=110\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writingpoetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}