<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460871" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A poem, a thankyou, a surrender, a gathering tear</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You know how it is, too? <br>you write a poem, it means <br>more than anything to you<br>while you’re writing it, and when you’ve <br>just finished it; then<br>you tremble for it, for yourself; <br>and it’s a bit like – I imagine –<br>the shadow of having to give up your child<br>for adoption… you look away, <br>close your eyes, walk fast out of the door, <br>looking back without your eyes…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">then just one person, that’s<br>all it needs, says they like it…<br>and you read your poem with<br>a new warmth, as if<br>someone adopted it, <br>had it christened; <br>and it smiled.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460871" data-title="A poem, a thankyou, a surrender, a gathering tear de Michael Shepherd" data-description="You know how it is, too? you write a poem, it means more than anything to you while you’re writing it, and when you’ve just finished it; then you tremble for it, for yourself; and it’s a bit like – I imagine – the shadow of having to..."></div> </div> </div>

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