{"id":47,"date":"2004-04-30T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2004-04-30T14:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bdragon.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2011-03-31T13:50:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T19:50:54","slug":"poem-on-your-blog-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/2004\/04\/poem-on-your-blog-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem On Your Blog Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Eh why not&#8230;.  Just found out about this idea for posting about a favorite poem on your blog today as the last day of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poets.org\/npm\/\" title=\"About National Poetry Month\">National Poetry Month<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\nOne of my favorites has always been &#8220;Sheep In Fog&#8221; by Sylvia Plath:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The hills step off into whiteness.<br \/>\nPeople or stars<br \/>\nRegard me sadly, I disappoint them.<br \/>\nThe train leaves a line of breath.<br \/>\nO slow<br \/>\nHorse the color of rust,<br \/>\nHooves, dolorous bells&#8212;-<br \/>\nAll morning the<br \/>\nMorning has been blackening,<br \/>\nA flower left out.<br \/>\nMy bones hold a stillness, the far<br \/>\nFields melt my heart.<br \/>\nThey threaten<br \/>\nTo let me through to a heaven<br \/>\nStarless and fatherless, a dark water.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s not very long.  This poem has always resonanted with me on a personal level, however I can see that it may not be everyone&#8217;s cup of tea \ud83d\ude42  I love the images and ideas throughout &#8211; &#8220;rust&#8221; horse, blackening morning, stars, flower, bones&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\nI&#8217;ve got a copy of this poem on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neuroticpoets.com\" title=\"Neurotic Poets - the link between creativity and madness.\">Neurotic Poets<\/a> web site, along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neuroticpoets.com\/plath\/\" title=\"Sylvia Plath's Biography\">Plath&#8217;s biography<\/a>, if you&#8217;re interested in reading more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"{ a burst of light }: Poem On Your Blog Day\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ronntaylor.com\/bulbs\/000515.html\">{ a burst of light }: Poem On Your Blog Day<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eh why not&#8230;. Just found out about this idea for posting about a favorite poem on your blog today as the last day of National Poetry Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[64,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-47","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-plath","8":"tag-sylvia-plath","9":"anons"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peSL2o-L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}