{"id":3297,"date":"2021-04-22T09:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2021-04-22T09:19:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T13:19:52","slug":"a-poem-for-a-thursday-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/a-poem-for-a-thursday-127\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poem for a Thursday #127"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/martin-wettstein-Za4EiDAdo6I-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3298\"\/><figcaption>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ncx1701d?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Martin Wettstein<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/albatross?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, here we are. Another week, another poem, and no other posts. Moving is a lot of work. Hopefully, once we are settled in our new location I will have the mental energy to do more than share poems. In the meantime, enjoy today&#8217;s selection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Begin by setting the instructions aside.\nInstead tune the mind to flight.\nAttach the huge, clunking wings (treat like hangar doors)\n- do this by lantern light; now heave them wide.\nNext, place the heart inside - adjust to beating;\nYou may witness a sudden upwards surge\nas the chest swells - this will be fleeting -\nresist the urge to release;\nnow, embed the eyes (still asleep - this matters)\nand fasten the beak; carry the slumbering bird\nto someplace steep, repeating the word wake,\nand - this is key - just as the heart (yours) begins to break\nand the slow whales blow - \nlet go\n\nLouise Greig\nHow To Construct An Albatross<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brona has shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/bronasbooks.com\/2021\/04\/22\/sea-poppies-h-d-poetry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poem<\/a> this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here we are. Another week, another poem, and no other posts. Moving is a lot of work. Hopefully, once we are settled in our new location I will have the mental energy to do more than share poems. In the meantime, enjoy today&#8217;s selection. Begin by setting the instructions aside. Instead tune the mind to flight. Attach the huge, clunking wings (treat like hangar doors) &#8211; do this by lantern light; now heave them wide. Next, place the heart inside &#8211; adjust to beating; You may witness a sudden upwards surge as the chest swells &#8211; this will be fleeting &#8211; resist the urge to release; now, embed the eyes (still asleep &#8211; this matters) and fasten the beak; carry the slumbering bird to someplace steep, repeating the word wake, and &#8211; this is key &#8211; just as the heart (yours) begins to break and the slow whales blow &#8211; let go Louise Greig How To Construct An Albatross Brona has shared a poem this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem-for-a-thursday"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}