{"id":2097,"date":"2013-12-26T23:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T23:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2017-07-11T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T22:57:00","slug":"knife-give-joseph-j-nagarya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/knife-give-joseph-j-nagarya\/","title":{"rendered":"This Knife I Give You by Joseph J. Nagarya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Knife I Give You<\/h1>\n

by Joseph J. Nagarya<\/p>\n

In Zen,
\nall that’s left to you
\nis to laugh.<\/p>\n

In this life,
\nall that’s left to do
\nis kindness.<\/p>\n

This knife I give you
\nis to cut the meanness
\nout of our hearts.<\/p>\n

In this life,
\nall that’s left to do
\nis kindness.<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Joseph J. Nagarya is an artist who chose writing, over visual art and music,
\nbeginning circa March, 1965; and writing–song lyrics (experimental) prose, poetry,
\nlaw–has remained central and paramount through various careers, primarily in
\ncommunity work. Poetry is an ever-increasing, necessary passion. His ambition is
\nto be recognized, at long last, not as a rock star, but as the famous, and famously
\nelusive, “Anonymous,” the most prolific author the world has ever known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Knife I Give You by Joseph J. Nagarya In Zen, all that’s left to you is to laugh. In this life, all that’s left to do is kindness. This knife I give you is to cut the meanness out of our hearts. In this life, all that’s left to do is kindness. ### Joseph…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t