{"id":2613,"date":"2018-09-07T00:03:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2018-09-07T00:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:03:29","slug":"nonetheless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2018\/09\/07\/nonetheless\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonetheless"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cormorant dives to feed,
\n<\/span>then perches, its wings
\n<\/span>spread to dry.
\n<\/span>There are fish, there is
\n<\/span>a break in the clouds.<\/span><\/p>\n

A freighter embarks, laden
\n<\/span>with necessary goods,
\n<\/span>including toys,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

much as a researcher
\n<\/span>presents his findings.<\/span><\/p>\n

This world is henceforth one in which
\n<\/span>these things have taken place,<\/span><\/p>\n

and the gates that would prevail against them
\n<\/span>have so far failed.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

J.D. Smith’s fourth collection,\u00a0The Killing Tree, was published in 2016, and his individual poems have appeared in publications including\u00a0Dark Mountain, New Verse News\u00a0and\u00a0Terrain. His other books include the essay collection\u00a0Dowsing and Science\u00a0and the children’s picture book\u00a0The Best Mariachi in the World. He works as an editor in Washington, DC, where he lives with his wife Paula Van Lare, their rescue animals and no small amount of trepidation. More information and occasional updates are available at\u00a0www.jdsmithwriter.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A cormorant dives to feed, then perches, its wings spread to dry. There are fish, there is a break in the clouds. A freighter embarks, laden with necessary goods, including toys,\u00a0 much as a researcher presents his findings. This world is henceforth one in which these things have taken place, and the gates that would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-2613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-uncategorized","tag-2018september"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}