{"id":98773,"date":"2021-06-26T23:07:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T03:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=98773"},"modified":"2021-06-27T22:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T02:02:59","slug":"poem-15-a-tribute-to-emily-dickinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/poem-15-a-tribute-to-emily-dickinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem 15: A Tribute to Emily Dickinson \u00a0&#8220;Berries&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I taste a concoction<\/p>\n<p>An investment of time<\/p>\n<p>sublime. In the elegance of the heritage crystal<\/p>\n<p>Of berries so rich and royal<\/p>\n<p>Such potency!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The family room<\/p>\n<p>Takes on an air of inebriation<\/p>\n<p>Like the carpet is dewed<\/p>\n<p>with aged cherry<\/p>\n<p>a merry playful mist ensues<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are words of nectar<\/p>\n<p>Wine and fortification<\/p>\n<p>Going to fine Inns<\/p>\n<p>To carry on this rousing<\/p>\n<p>Shall there be but more?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This, the soup of hope<\/p>\n<p>In nature\u2019s bowl<\/p>\n<p>Our souls the spoon of courage<\/p>\n<p>And wonder<\/p>\n<p>Rimmed with idle curiosity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sweet and sour<\/p>\n<p>The pain of what draws me<\/p>\n<p>And the joy of dawning retreat<\/p>\n<p>The victory of my shelter<\/p>\n<p>Whether wood or a broken heart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The little miracles<\/p>\n<p>In frantic flight<\/p>\n<p>The sight of buzzing Bees<\/p>\n<p>In their visitation<\/p>\n<p>of fragrant passing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tasting<\/p>\n<p>a part of me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I taste a concoction An investment of time sublime. In the elegance of the heritage crystal Of berries so rich and royal Such potency! &nbsp; The family room Takes on an air of inebriation Like the carpet is dewed with aged cherry a merry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1447,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98773","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\/1447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103494,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98773\/revisions\/103494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}