{"id":1306,"date":"2009-04-10T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T00:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/2009\/04\/10\/tornado-child-a-kwame-dawes-poem\/"},"modified":"2009-04-13T20:10:39","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T03:10:39","slug":"tornado-child-a-kwame-dawes-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2009\/04\/10\/tornado-child-a-kwame-dawes-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado Child: A Kwame Dawes Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-video\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dfrLtovlvis\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dfrLtovlvis\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another animated poem.  This one is by Kwame Dawes who grew up in Jamaica and now lives in South Carolina.  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