{"id":263,"date":"2013-04-17T14:50:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/linda.lindacandy.com\/wp\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2024-07-15T15:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:08:49","slug":"poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/writing\/poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From Poems of Place and Time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1706\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_7751-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599\" style=\"width:79px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_7751-1-scaled.jpg 1706w, http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_7751-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_7751-1-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winter Venice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3917-scaled-e1721056084642.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"628\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-628\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December arrival and the vaporetto is waiting<br>Crisp cold air seers the choppy lagoon with fronds of steel coloured mist<br>Pale sun filters through a pink grey sky at dusk<br>Palazzo walls slap against darkening watery margins<br>As empty gondolas creep stealthily through the incoming gloom.<br>The city echoes free from armies of occupation<br>Delivered temporarily from its fair-weather friends.<br>In winter the glories of elegant palaces sprung from unbounded wealth<br>Fade under relentless exposure their decaying facades unmasked.<br>Bells ring the remaining few to evening prayers<br>Roof tops cascade and tumble onto the bare flagstones<br>The squares are abandoned to empty tables, white cloths waving forlornly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An eerie hush resounds along narrow alleyways<br>Broken only by the listless slapping of vessels bedded down<br>While boatmen take cover from the cold in nearby coffee stalls.<br>Suddenly the silence is rudely broken<br>As flurries of children burst through, shrill voices raised high<br>\u2018See here! San Marco! San Marco!\u2019 they cry<br>And out of the mist La Serenissima rises up<br>Springing into new life once more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Poems of Place and Time: Winter Venice December arrival and the vaporetto is waitingCrisp cold air seers the choppy lagoon with fronds of steel coloured mistPale sun filters through a pink grey sky at duskPalazzo walls slap against darkening watery marginsAs empty gondolas creep stealthily through the incoming gloom.The city echoes free from armies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/front-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions\/629"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindacandy.com\/about-me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}