{"id":34336,"date":"2017-08-05T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T17:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=34336"},"modified":"2017-08-05T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T17:35:46","slug":"poem-5-that-was-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/poem-5-that-was-then\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem #5 ~ that was then"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>That was then<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Between the banyan\u2019s ropy limbs<br \/>\nThe monk offered incense to the faithful<br \/>\nAnd to the round-eyed child who only then<br \/>\nRealised where god lived: within this smoky cave<\/p>\n<p>Where saffron robes flickered like leaflight<br \/>\nLike the dreams where she bargained with god<br \/>\nTo make for her a home. Here, where sandalwood<br \/>\nWas in each breath. Here, where she would never<\/p>\n<p>Belong. Her very skin argued with the monsoon<br \/>\nShining through its silver curtain, her pale legs<br \/>\nCrossed in front Buddha style. She is not<br \/>\nInvisible, despite the magic she is certain<\/p>\n<p>Infuses the air. She is <i>ng\u01b0\u1eddi T\u00e2y<\/i>, foreigner<br \/>\nSuspended between then \u2013 that longlost then \u2013<br \/>\nAnd now, some essential part of her<br \/>\nMissing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was then Between the banyan\u2019s ropy limbs The monk offered incense to the faithful And to the round-eyed child who only then Realised where god lived: within this smoky cave Where saffron robes flickered like leaflight Like the dreams where she bargained with god&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34354,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34336\/revisions\/34354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}