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\nThe woodcutter with sharpened saw
\nWent to the woods one day
\nAnd he liked the timber that others scorned
\nHe ignored what they did say
\nThat the timber was damp and burned slowly
\nAnd gave away little heat
\nJust sapped the energy of the woodcutter
\nTo cut for firewood was a fools feat.<\/p>\n
But he cut the timber from the wood
\nAnd it burned brightly
\nAnd cracked and hissed as all wood does
\nFor all wood it is damp slightly
\nThe weather was fine\u00a0 – there’s time to dry
\nBefore in the fire it burned
\nAnd he loved by that fire to sit
\nStoke the embers that then to life returned.<\/p>\n
And everyone one else had their fire as well
\nAnd from the chimneys belched smoke
\nBut few by his fire they came to sit
\nSaying on its fumes one would choke.
\nAnd sometimes the fire it made him cough
\nMoretimes it made him smile
\nBut he loved his fire, for all of its faults
\nAnd he’d sit and sleep by it awhile.<\/p>\n
But then the winter set in, was hard
\nAnd the bitter wind was cold
\nAnd the timber was hard to chop now
\nFor it was knotted and old.
\nAnd the thundering rain made it really damp
\nAnd it gave more smoke than heat
\nAnd the woodcutter by the fire shuddered
\nWith cold hands and colder feet.<\/p>\n
And in time the timber he did not burn
\nDesired from another wood instead
\nThought as the others did that it was no good
\nWas damp, smokeful, and dead.
\nAnd decided as the other villagers did
\nTimber from another wood to cut
\nBut he always desired the smell of the old timber
\nWhen lighting a fire in his little hut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The woodcutter with sharpened saw Went to the woods one day And he liked the timber that others scorned He ignored what they did say That the timber was damp and burned slowly And gave away little heat Just sapped the energy of the woodcutter To cut for firewood was …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1405,64,446],"tags":[1474,1473,1475,1472],"class_list":["post-1303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god-in-other-people-inspirational-poetry","category-inspirational-poetry","category-moral","tag-parable","tag-provers","tag-roma-activists","tag-woodcutter","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-l1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2597,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/plain-of-the-kings-of-irelands-past\/","url_meta":{"origin":1303,"position":0},"title":"Plain of the Kings of Irelands Past","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th March 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Some people wonder why I am so into supporting the turf cutters rights. 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