{"id":644,"date":"2012-10-08T11:27:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T18:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2012-10-04T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T18:35:03","slug":"mermaid-by-colleen-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"Mermaid by Colleen Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>MERMAID <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(<em>villanelle<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She slips beyond the reach of man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>in torpid heat he kneels to pray<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>bright-eyed, fevered upon the sand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He casts hook and line with firm hand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>in frothing water day by day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>she slips beyond the reach of man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He feels the curse as if a brand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>the distant gods regard his face<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>bright-eyed, fevered upon the sand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sleek siren heeds no human plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>from ships, or sailors&#8217; longing gaze<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>she slips beyond the reach of man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bright silver lures her near the strand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>the man has hardened in his ways<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>bright-eyed, fevered upon the sand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The man must feed his hungry clan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>pulls food not myth from raging waves<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She slips beyond the reach of man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>bright-eyed, fevered upon the sand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MERMAID (villanelle) &nbsp; She slips beyond the reach of man in torpid heat he kneels to pray bright-eyed, fevered upon the sand &nbsp; He casts hook and line with firm hand in frothing water day by day she slips beyond the reach of man &nbsp; He feels the curse as if a brand the distant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}