{"id":260,"date":"2012-09-22T22:02:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T22:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2019-03-14T14:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:51:39","slug":"george-elliott-clarke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/writings\/poetry\/george-elliott-clarke\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings \/ Poetry: George Elliott Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wisdom<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 30px\">We pass\u2014as we like. Unsurpassed graveyards<\/span><br \/>\nExpect us\u2014just like our mothers once did.<br \/>\nWithout respect, we tire, retire; our breaths<br \/>\nSoon date, expire. We staff our epitaphs.<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 30px\">As scripted, we find the stars cool to ash,<\/span><br \/>\nThe sun drops, blood red, into black sackcloth,<br \/>\nAnd all the wind can do is cry. Pity<br \/>\nHow without <em>Solace<\/em> is soulless flesh\u2026.<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Grief<\/em> wells up, washes out our hearts, but tears<\/span><br \/>\nPass away\u2014just as shallow as shadows.<br \/>\nEventually, we all crave lilies.<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 30px\">All <em>Hope<\/em> is privately cruel. <em>Suffering<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nDemands a facile enthusiasm.<br \/>\nSomething renders our desires fraudulent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisdom &nbsp; We pass\u2014as we like. Unsurpassed graveyards Expect us\u2014just like our mothers once did. Without respect, we tire, retire; our breaths Soon date, expire. We staff our epitaphs. As scripted, we find the stars cool to ash, The sun drops, blood red, into black sackcloth, And all the wind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":798,"parent":229,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-260","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/696"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}