{"id":28,"date":"2023-08-09T21:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:43:07","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><em>grackles<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">return early, swing rusty cackles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">through the nip of spring, bully real-song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">swagger-guard their hedge, mafia-like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">lord it over the sparrows and finches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">gather for secret, hooded meetings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">bold as brass on the driveway, cabals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">fermenting even in courstship their wings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">cupped like black-market bootleggers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Psst &#8211; wanna buy a watch?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">beady eyes greedy in the scattered birdseed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">plotting nests and babies and god knows what<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><em>Between Equinox and Solstice<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0.1\"><em>the wind across the prairie<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0.1\"><em>hills mouths promises<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0.1\"><em>a lover wheedling forgiveness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0.1\"><em>for absence too long<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0.8\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\"><em>the short-grass hills and I wait<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\"><em>craving touch<\/em>, <em>wrapped<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\"><em>in the desires of those<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\"><em>twined here before us<\/em>, <em>seduced<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\"><em>by the wind<\/em> <em>plucking memories, scattering<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\"><em>their warmth between equinox and solstice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">An aching. bones and heart pulled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:0\">out of dull wintering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c020569f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c020569f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">yearning                                                                                                                  for wings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>grackles return early, swing rusty cackles through the nip of spring, bully real-song swagger-guard their hedge, mafia-like lord it over the sparrows and finches gather for secret, hooded meetings bold as brass on the driveway, cabals fermenting even in courstship their wings cupped like black-market bootleggers Psst &#8211; wanna buy a watch? beady eyes greedy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coteauviews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}