Start with a March window,
\nsun ablaze to melt snow,
\na birdseed scattered porch.<\/p>\n
Cardinals, chickadees, titmice,
\nwhite crowned sparrows,
\njuncos and towhees, cracking<\/p>\n
black oil to live another day.
\nNecessity fills the world with altars.
\nMockingbird fusses at any beaks<\/p>\n
that near the suet. For me
\nred buds forming on maples
\nspeak of roots awakening<\/p>\n
in their earthy fungus bed,
\nwilling to risk a hard frost
\nto open spring. Pretend<\/p>\n
is human\u2014disappointment
\na selfish form of prayer. So
\nI\u2019ll take the shovel to the drive\u2014<\/p>\n
Earn your hope,<\/em> father speaks starts with the eyes. One\u2019s misfortune Winter\u2019s shadows on the wall can\u2019t Start with a March window, sun ablaze to melt snow, a birdseed scattered porch. Cardinals, chickadees, titmice, white crowned sparrows, juncos and towhees, cracking black oil to live another day. Necessity fills the world with altars. Mockingbird fusses at any beaks that near the suet. For me red buds forming on maples speak of roots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":647,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[52],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6Jypy-altars","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13712,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711\/revisions\/13712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nfrom the grave. In the road
\ncrow has found a dead squirrel,<\/p>\n
\nmakes another\u2019s breakfast. Today
\nsunshine is the door of Plato\u2019s Cave.<\/p>\n
\nentice me to read. Crocus shoots
\nbreak sod beneath soft snow.<\/p>\nBill Brown<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"