<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[To the Poet, from His&nbsp;Cat]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>This was a Summer Arts Festival assignment, to write a poem about writing and inspiration, using the word &#8220;swipe.&#8221; It wound up as my contribution to Feathers, hence the embellishment.<a href="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="2654" data-permalink="https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/to-the-poet-from-his-cat-ian1/to-the-poet/" data-orig-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png" data-orig-size="956,1377" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="To the Poet" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png?w=208" data-large-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png?w=711" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2654" title="To the Poet" src="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png?w=640&#038;h=921" alt="" width="640" height="921" srcset="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png?w=640&amp;h=921 640w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png?w=104&amp;h=150 104w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png?w=208&amp;h=300 208w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png?w=768&amp;h=1106 768w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/to-the-poet.png 956w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a>I&#8217;ll probably have another post, later today, announcing a contest.</p>
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