{"id":208,"date":"2002-11-17T19:36:30","date_gmt":"2002-11-17T23:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=208"},"modified":"2014-07-11T10:13:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T14:13:16","slug":"poetry-corner-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"booktitle\">Exhortation<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Give over seeking bastard joy<br \/>\nNor cast for fortune&#8217;s side-long look.<br \/>\nIndifference can be your toy;<br \/>\nThe bitter heart can be your book.<br \/>\n(Its lesson torment never shook.)<\/p>\n<p>In the cold heart, as on a page,<br \/>\nSpell out the gentle syllable<br \/>\nThat puts short limit to your rage<br \/>\nAnd curdles the straight fire of hell,<br \/>\nCompassing all, so all is well.<\/p>\n<p>Read how, though passion sets in storm<br \/>\nAnd grief&#8217;s a comfort, and the young<br \/>\nTouch at the flint when it is warm,<br \/>\nIt is the dead we live among,<br \/>\nThe dead given motion, and a tongue.<\/p>\n<p>The dead, long trained to cruel sport<br \/>\nAnd the crude gossip of the grave;<br \/>\nThe dead, who pass in motley sort,<br \/>\nWhom sun nor sufferance can save.<br \/>\nFace them. They sneer. Do not be brave.<\/p>\n<p>Know once for all: their snare is set<br \/>\nEven now; be sure their trap is laid;<br \/>\nAnd you will see your lifetime yet<br \/>\nCome to their terms, your plans unmade,<br \/>\nAnd be belied, and be betrayed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Louise Bogan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhortation Give over seeking bastard joy Nor cast for fortune&#8217;s side-long look. Indifference can be your toy; The bitter heart can be your book. (Its lesson torment never shook.) In the cold heart, as on a page, Spell out the gentle syllable That puts short limit to your rage And curdles the straight fire of <a href='https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/?p=208' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-2-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godofthemachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}