{"id":228,"date":"2018-01-11T22:56:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T22:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/?p=228"},"modified":"2018-02-12T01:19:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T01:19:36","slug":"poems-for-discussion-this-evening-no-need-to-read-in-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/2018\/01\/11\/poems-for-discussion-this-evening-no-need-to-read-in-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Robert Creeley poems for discussion this evening (no need to read in advance)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>The Language<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Locate\u00a0<em>I<br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>love you<\/em>\u00a0some-<\/div>\n<div>where in<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>teeth and<\/div>\n<div>eyes, bite<\/div>\n<div>it but<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>take care not<\/div>\n<div>to hurt, you<\/div>\n<div>want so<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>much so<\/div>\n<div>little. Words<\/div>\n<div>say everything.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>I<br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>love you<\/em><\/div>\n<div>again,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>then what<\/div>\n<div>is emptiness<\/div>\n<div>for. To<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>fill, fill.<\/div>\n<div>I heard words<\/div>\n<div>and words full<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>of holes<\/div>\n<div>aching. Speech<\/div>\n<div>is a mouth.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are always<br \/>\nwith me,<br \/>\nthere is never<br \/>\na separate<\/p>\n<p>place. But if<br \/>\nin the twisted<br \/>\nplace I<br \/>\ncannot speak,<\/p>\n<p>not indulgence<br \/>\nor fear only,<br \/>\nbut a tongue<br \/>\nrotten with what<\/p>\n<p>it tastes&#8212;There is<br \/>\na memory<br \/>\nof water, of<br \/>\nfood, when hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Some day<br \/>\nwill not be<br \/>\nthis one, then<br \/>\nto say<\/p>\n<p>words like a<br \/>\nclear, fine<br \/>\nash sifts,<br \/>\nlike dust,<\/p>\n<p>from nowhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Language Locate\u00a0I love you\u00a0some- where in teeth and eyes, bite it but take care not to hurt, you want so much so little. Words say everything. I love you again, then what is emptiness for. To fill, fill. I heard words and words full of holes aching. Speech is a mouth. &nbsp; &nbsp; Words &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/2018\/01\/11\/poems-for-discussion-this-evening-no-need-to-read-in-advance\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8605,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/texttech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}