{"id":3348,"date":"2018-04-01T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2018-04-03T06:37:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T12:37:00","slug":"bright-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/04\/01\/bright-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol class=\"poem\">\n<li>When I look upon her face, I see divinity.<\/li>\n<li>When I am alone with her, I feel affinity.<\/li>\n<li>Silver beams caress my face, and blue rays soothen me.<\/li>\n<li>As she passes sleeping earth, she nods approvingly,<\/li>\n<li>Gently guiding owl and wolf and \u2019possum, hare to see.<\/li>\n<li>Strength and pow\u2019r alone she wields to pull and bear the sea.<\/li>\n<li>Vacillate &#8216;tween life and blood in lunar harmony.<\/li>\n<li>As a mother to the stars, yet watching over me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/424134027&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I look upon her face, I see divinity. When I am alone with her, I feel affinity. Silver beams caress my face, and blue rays soothen me. As she passes sleeping earth, she nods approvingly, Gently guiding owl and wolf and \u2019possum, hare to see. Strength and pow\u2019r alone she wields to pull and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3350,"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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heavenly-mother"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/img_5816.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-S0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3390,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/05\/07\/mother-to-the-stars\/","url_meta":{"origin":3348,"position":0},"title":"Mother to the Stars","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"With silver arms and midnight hands, she pulled in outstretched reach The lapping waves and hushed surf to bare the hidden beach. 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