'True if this cell contains only a single empty ``<w:p>`` element.'

@property
def _is_empty(self):

    block_items = list(self.iter_block_items())
    if (len(block_items) > 1):
        return False
    p = block_items[0]
    if (len(p.r_lst) == 0):
        return True
    return False
