{"id":4130,"date":"2013-07-08T03:37:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T07:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unhewnstones.com\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2013-07-08T03:37:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T07:37:37","slug":"how-to-fail-to-write-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/2013\/07\/08\/how-to-fail-to-write-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fail to write a poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sit in the shade of a flowering tree<br \/>\nWhile wisps of cloud like puppies chase their tails.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the ribcage of a dog<br \/>\nFall into rhythm with the swaying grass.<\/p>\n<p>Study the violent dancing of a tree, the moment after<br \/>\nAn unseen squirrel leaps from its boughs.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine names for numbers of the shades<br \/>\nOf green that fill the layers of the wood.<\/p>\n<p>Overhear the whispers of the afternoon<br \/>\nTo its lover going back to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Hold your pen at equipoise<br \/>\nBetween the silence and a conversation:<\/p>\n<p>Await the inspiration of somnolence. Bask<br \/>\nIn the bright doldrums of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat as necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sit in the shade of a flowering tree While wisps of cloud like puppies chase their tails. Watch the ribcage of a dog Fall into rhythm with the swaying grass. Study the violent dancing of a tree, the moment after An unseen squirrel leaps from its boughs. Imagine names for numbers of the shades Of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8I1ci-14C","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130"}],"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=4130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davidwalbert.com\/dw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}