{"id":3000,"date":"2017-05-15T16:54:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2018-02-27T14:52:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:52:04","slug":"lifeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/05\/15\/lifeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifeless"},"content":{"rendered":"
    \n
  1. Once was filled with life; now lifeless.<\/li>\n
  2. Pearl of great price became priceless.<\/li>\n
  3. Saved by Christ, but now just Christless.<\/li>\n
  4. Tepid now, but once was righteous.<\/li>\n
  5. Shadows dwell, replacing brightness.<\/li>\n
  6. Blind, then saw; again am sightless.<\/li>\n
  7. Freedom reigned, deposed by tightness.<\/li>\n
  8. Spirit soared; today is flightless.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Once was filled with life; now lifeless. Pearl of great price became priceless. Saved by Christ, but now just Christless. Tepid now, but once was righteous. Shadows dwell, replacing brightness. Blind, then saw; again am sightless. Freedom reigned, deposed by tightness. Spirit soared; today is flightless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-crisis-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/05\/skull_death_raccoon_dry_cone_skeleton_dead_aged-828109.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4NkW7-lifeless","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3191,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/10\/29\/clean-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":3000,"position":0},"title":"Clean again","author":"Kim Siever","date":"29 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Standing in my grave, grey clouds all around. Life of signs and keys, with me in the ground. Shiver in the cold, blinded by the dark; Silenced voice and soul; empty, lifeless heart. Then I feel a drop fall upon my brow, Second, and a third\u2014downpour on me now. Rain\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Faith crisis poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Faith crisis poetry","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/faith-crisis-poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/bath-465577_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/bath-465577_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/bath-465577_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/bath-465577_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/bath-465577_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2988,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2016\/10\/12\/fall-of-the-mountain\/","url_meta":{"origin":3000,"position":1},"title":"Fall of the Mountain","author":"Kim Siever","date":"12 October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Climbed the mountain one more time, a desert found instead. Drawing deep from in the well, its water long since dead. Wand\u2019ring to and running\u00a0fro, for water and for bread, Starving, thirsty, seeking with a mouth all cracked and bled. Compass pointing to the north, and south, and east, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Faith crisis poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Faith crisis poetry","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/faith-crisis-poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/rock-crash-273703_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/rock-crash-273703_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/rock-crash-273703_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/rock-crash-273703_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/rock-crash-273703_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":225,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2008\/01\/31\/workout-day-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":3000,"position":2},"title":"Workout, Day 4","author":"Kim Siever","date":"31 January 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I added 100 metres to my time this morning: 1. Front crawl : 200 metres 2. Breast stroke: 200 metres I am going to try for 500 metres next week. My longer-term goal is to try for 1 kilometre. Once that's done, I'll try for 1 kilometre without resting. Once\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Workout"","block_context":{"text":"Workout","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/workout\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2991,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2016\/10\/07\/familiar-dance\/","url_meta":{"origin":3000,"position":3},"title":"Familiar Dance","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Comfort in the shadows dark, but longing for the sun. Try\u2014again\u2014to find some rest, yet itching for a run. Wallowing in soothing mud, but desperate for a bath. Labouring for\u00a0footsteps pure while on the dusty path. Scrubbing hard these\u00a0crimson clothes to make them snowy white, Yet in the brightness of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Faith crisis poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Faith crisis poetry","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/faith-crisis-poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAehAAAAJDlhYmIwMjU4LWNhMjYtNGVlZC1iMjZkLWJmYTM2N2VjNzFiNA.jpg?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAehAAAAJDlhYmIwMjU4LWNhMjYtNGVlZC1iMjZkLWJmYTM2N2VjNzFiNA.jpg?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAehAAAAJDlhYmIwMjU4LWNhMjYtNGVlZC1iMjZkLWJmYTM2N2VjNzFiNA.jpg?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAehAAAAJDlhYmIwMjU4LWNhMjYtNGVlZC1iMjZkLWJmYTM2N2VjNzFiNA.jpg?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAehAAAAJDlhYmIwMjU4LWNhMjYtNGVlZC1iMjZkLWJmYTM2N2VjNzFiNA.jpg?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3140,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/08\/22\/the-beast\/","url_meta":{"origin":3000,"position":4},"title":"The Beast","author":"Kim Siever","date":"22 August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Corralled inside a pen, all lured by change and hope. Shuffled through gate and chute, each coaxed by rod and rope. Scanned for tattoo and tag, then pushed inside the booth. And once the curtains part, each learns the grisly truth. Before their very eyes, they see the ugly beast,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Poetry","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/monster-1637646.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/monster-1637646.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/monster-1637646.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/monster-1637646.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/monster-1637646.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3227,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/01\/24\/four-trees\/","url_meta":{"origin":3000,"position":5},"title":"Four Trees","author":"Kim Siever","date":"24 January 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Once there was an orchard small of four trees in a row. Planted by a gardener, from seedlings she did grow. Nurtured, pruned, and shepherded, a sight now to behold, Underneath their branches wide, four stories did unfold. Fruit upon the first was dark and light and soursweet. Life bestowed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Heavenly Mother"","block_context":{"text":"Heavenly Mother","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/poetry\/heavenly-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/forest-2984960_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C731&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/forest-2984960_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C731&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/forest-2984960_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C731&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/forest-2984960_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C731&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/forest-2984960_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C731&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3002,"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions\/3002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}