{"id":134,"date":"2015-02-22T04:16:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T04:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2016-05-17T00:16:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T00:16:32","slug":"exploring-poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/exploring-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poets see things in a special way. The describe ordinary, every-day situations in a curious manner. For example, in the poem &#8220;The Paratroopers&#8221;, the poet compares the droplets from a leaky gutter to paratroopers who jump from an airplane.<\/p>\n<p>Poems evoke beautiful moods and sensations within the mind of the reader and poets employ strong, powerful words to express their ideas. Whereas a novelist may have a vast playground of words to tell a story, a poet needs to drive home the point in just a few brief lines. 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