{"id":16999,"date":"2021-08-01T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=16999"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:41:36","slug":"wintering-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/16999","title":{"rendered":"Wintering Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We know the cold, the lack.<br \/>\nWe feel the sun crammed<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">______<\/span>into its thimble<br \/>\nin a corner of sky.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">______<\/span>Abandoned<br \/>\nas by a lover, we\u2019ve rehearsed<br \/>\nthe lake\u2019s absent color,<br \/>\nsunset and stick trees.<\/p>\n<p>When we were children<br \/>\nsent to bed without supper,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">______<\/span>our faces<br \/>\nburned from being slapped.<\/p>\n<p>If it weren\u2019t for shame,<br \/>\nour cheeks<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">______<\/span>would be pale<br \/>\nas unblanched almonds.<\/p>\n<p>Our debts piled high,<br \/>\nwe leave the house<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">______<\/span>to stake<br \/>\nwhat\u2019s left on a horse,<br \/>\na bolt of silk,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">______<\/span>a sweater<br \/>\nof loose holes, and no buttons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-4ra\">Judith Skillman<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know the cold, the lack. We feel the sun crammed ______into its thimble in a corner of sky. ______Abandoned as by a lover, we\u2019ve rehearsed the lake\u2019s absent color, sunset and stick trees. When we were children sent to bed without supper, ______our faces burned from being slapped. If it weren\u2019t for shame, our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2247,"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":[69],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-4qb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16999"}],"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\/2247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17100,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16999\/revisions\/17100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}