Some things are not to be:
\nWinning the lottery
\nAnd other such things
\nMan can live without
\nFor man can live
\nAs all he needs
\nIs the air to breath
\nAnd the love of a good woman
\nThough without that
\nHe can also live
\nAs he has the air
\nTo breath
\nThough he may not desire to do so
\nDue to not having her love…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some things are not to be: Winning the lottery And other such things Man can live without For man can live As all he needs Is the air to breath And the love of a good woman Though without that He can also live As he has the air To …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[724,145,120],"tags":[201,1211,18,1212],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heartbreak-poems","category-love-poems","category-non-rhyming-poems","tag-desire","tag-heartbreak","tag-love-poem","tag-non-rhyming-poem","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-hc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3617,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/on-beauty-and-hatred\/","url_meta":{"origin":1066,"position":0},"title":"On Beauty and Hatred","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"23rd April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Words of form fashioned in beauty Often placed in ordered lines and ranks By those whose order of their desiring Is founded in hatred, oppression, has drank From the chalice of Pride as if were not poison From which sooner would they die of thirst Those of hearts of beauty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Writing"","block_context":{"text":"Writing","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tools of the writers trade are the pencil and pen and paper","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tools-of-the-writers-trade-are-the-pencil-and-pen-and-paper.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tools-of-the-writers-trade-are-the-pencil-and-pen-and-paper.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tools-of-the-writers-trade-are-the-pencil-and-pen-and-paper.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tools-of-the-writers-trade-are-the-pencil-and-pen-and-paper.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tools-of-the-writers-trade-are-the-pencil-and-pen-and-paper.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3677,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/long-walk-in-edenmore-bog\/","url_meta":{"origin":1066,"position":1},"title":"Long Walk in Edenmore Bog","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"21st April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Walking the bog in Longford brought this reflection on life to mind - a rare nonrhyming poem from me! 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