{"id":9683,"date":"2022-01-10T18:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=9683"},"modified":"2022-01-10T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:03:34","slug":"silent-poems-fragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/10\/silent-poems-fragments\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Poems & Fragments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the Storm<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a while I walked the paths<\/p>\n

So merry during the sinful months<\/p>\n

But now they are deserted<\/p>\n

And like me await the storm<\/p>\n

Which is drawing near<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

XYZ<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cold wind<\/p>\n

Bright light<\/p>\n

The violence of this day<\/p>\n

Appals me<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fragments<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fading warmth of the November sun<\/p>\n

Scorches the white bark<\/p>\n

From the decaying trees<\/p>\n

I do not grieve for them<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fast Trains and the Alleyway as recorded by Michael<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The alleyway I use is partially hidden by a tall steel fence<\/p>\n

It leads to a mundane car park which often used by fathers<\/p>\n

Who let their children watch trains in complete safety<\/p>\n

I do not own a car but use this alleyway each day<\/p>\n

As I appreciate its safety features and the evergreen bushes<\/p>\n

That inhibit its meandering path<\/p>\n

It is late November and the days are surprisingly mild<\/p>\n

The splendid summer does not want to draw to a close<\/p>\n

I advise it to abandon the year and return when the days are longer<\/p>\n

Many trains are passing through this station<\/p>\n

They scream obscenities at me<\/p>\n

I almost weep at their exhibition<\/p>\n

A girl called Gillian greets her sister tenderly<\/p>\n

She uses the alleyway each day as she owns a car<\/p>\n

Gillian\u2019s sister is on a train that is crossing the river bridge<\/p>\n

She is asleep and dreaming of her sister Gillian<\/p>\n

Neither sister is aware that they are only yards apart<\/p>\n

As the train roars through the station<\/p>\n

Vaslav Nijinsky is performing on the far platform<\/p>\n

These are numbered one to five<\/p>\n

There is no platform six<\/p>\n

He is scared of fast trains and I note a nervousness in his performance<\/p>\n

I possess no fear of trains and watch him dance<\/p>\n

As I walk away from the railway station towards the car park<\/p>\n

This area is now empty but I feel no regret<\/p>\n

As I am the dancer Diaghilev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before the Storm For a while I walked the paths So merry during the sinful months But now they are deserted And like me await the storm Which is drawing near   XYZ Cold wind Bright light The violence of this day Appals me   Fragments The fading warmth of the November sun Scorches the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9685,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683\/revisions\/9685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}