{"id":3025,"date":"2012-10-16T19:50:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T23:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2012-10-16T19:50:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T23:50:28","slug":"cheap-poetry-october-4-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/2012\/10\/16\/cheap-poetry-october-4-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap poetry, October 4\u201316"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its ruby goblet dry, the summer flies<br \/>\nOn wings that beat the hastening pace of time<br \/>\nBut pauses here for one last sip. Remember<br \/>\nWell this welcome banquet. Come again.  <\/p>\n<p>You lie! My thoughts cannot be captured:<br \/>\nThey prowl the woods on padded feet<br \/>\nAnd saunter boldly down the street<br \/>\n(And sing a polyphonic suite)<br \/>\nAnd fly away in rapture. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Too much of my earthly existence lags<br \/>\nBehind me, stuffed in plastic bags<br \/>\nAnd will not be redeemed.<\/p>\n<p>White grocery bags swing in harmony round her hips<br \/>\nlike a ballet skirt \u2014 if only she knew<br \/>\nshe was a dancer, she might not look so dour. <\/p>\n<p>My words drift aimless ever skyward<br \/>\nTo become the longing breath of leaves<br \/>\nOf sweetgum and of poplar. <\/p>\n<p>My words cascade like droppings to the earth<br \/>\nAnd rot in place till spring renews them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its ruby goblet dry, the summer flies On wings that beat the hastening pace of time But pauses here for one last sip. Remember Well this welcome banquet. Come again. You lie! My thoughts cannot be captured: They prowl the woods on padded feet And saunter boldly down the street (And sing a polyphonic suite) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[18],"tags":[276],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8I1ci-MN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}