{"id":1696,"date":"2024-09-15T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T21:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2024-09-15T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T21:51:12","slug":"two-poems-morning-chill-dusk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1696","title":{"rendered":"Two Poems: Morning Chill &amp; Dusk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Jill Bottom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Morning Chill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">The house is cool. <br>Overnight windows <br>were open <br>to pull in crisp air.<br>I pad into the kitchen<br>and wrap the soft wool<br>shawl close.<br>The sun is up now.<br>Windows closed, <br>shades drawn<br>to spurn the day\u2019s heat.<br>For now, I sip <br>hot coffee, <br>enjoy its warmth,<br>and that of the wool<br>before <br>I venture <br>onto the deck<br>into the heat, <br>immerse myself <br>in the delicious sun <br>and let the wool <br>slide from my shoulders.<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Dusk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Jill Bottom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I walk our trails<br>just before dusk<br>the air crisp,<br>a fresh scent of pine, <br>birds singing.<br>My terrier sniffs <br>the tall grasses ahead.<br>A spotted fawn bursts<br>from the brush<br>leaping feet from where I stand.<br>I startle, then turn my head <br>and watch <br>the graceful <br>bounding leaps <br>and wide white flag tail <br>soaring into the cover of trees.<br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I venture\/&#8230;into the heat\/immerse myself\/in the delicious sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sept-24"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1698,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696\/revisions\/1698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}