{"id":13511,"date":"2024-09-15T17:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=13511"},"modified":"2024-09-15T17:23:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:23:35","slug":"poetry-my-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=13511","title":{"rendered":"Poetry, My Passion…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Western Forest by Emily Carr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…and saviour. It preserves my sanity, I swear. This is one of the poems\u00a0 from my forthcoming collection, working title, Cariboo Ashes.<\/em> I’ve been working hard on revisions and soon will send the manuscript to editor\u00a0extraordinaire Catherine Owen to help prepare it for publication.<\/p>\n

CEDAR SHADOWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whispers of us
\nlinger in the ether\u2014
\nsilence is an answer,
\nand I am listening.<\/p>\n

With all that is no more,
\nand all that waits to be,
\nleaning into your absence
\nelicits song but no reply.<\/p>\n

How present you are in the hollow
\nof my palm, in the turquoise it cradles,
\na futile talisman to bridge the chasm,
\nto resurrect the calm before our quarrels.<\/p>\n

Starved of forests, lacking in trees,
\nin branches where secrets unfold,
\nbereft of mountains,
\nwe ceased climbing, ceased soaring.<\/p>\n

We remained grounded
\nwithin the confines of four walls\u2014
\nour love gasped for light,
\nreached for expanses it never found.<\/p>\n

Through a breach
\nI glimpse the cedar\u2019s grandeur,
\nits tremendous shadow cast long,
\na tender embrace that allows
\nmy love for you, your love for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…and saviour. It preserves my sanity, I swear. This is one of the poems\u00a0 from my forthcoming collection, working title, Cariboo Ashes. I’ve been working hard on revisions and soon will send the manuscript to editor\u00a0extraordinaire Catherine Owen to help prepare it for publication. CEDAR SHADOWS Whispers of us linger in the ether\u2014 silence is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13511"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13515,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13511\/revisions\/13515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}