{"id":1008,"date":"2011-05-13T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenix-em.com\/mariyakoleva\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2011-05-13T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T08:52:26","slug":"two-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenix-em.com\/mariyakoleva\/two-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Two lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two lines come from <a href=\"http:\/\/somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">annell <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigtentpoetry.org\/2011\/05\/monday-prompt-may-9\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Tent Poetry<\/a> is taking leave. Its farewell prompt was to use two lines by another poet and make our own poem. Here is what I wrote:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>The difficulty<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> Of squeezing an elephant<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> Through the eye of a needle<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>is comparable to<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> the difficulty <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> of making your child<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> go this way, instead of any other.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>As parents know.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Which one is more practicable?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> I wish I knew for sure.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2011 Mariya Koleva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two lines come from annell The Big Tent Poetry is taking leave. 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