{"id":138,"date":"2011-04-04T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/04\/kneeling-satyr"},"modified":"2011-04-04T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T12:50:00","slug":"kneeling-satyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/04\/kneeling-satyr\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKneeling Satyr\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lo, behold the satyr wild \u2013 fierce and bold and free –<\/font><\/p>\n

from Dionysos\u2019 \u00a0<\/span>revel he but stops to rest<\/font><\/p>\n

and fall upon upon a bended knee,<\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018neath twisting branches verdigris,<\/font><\/p>\n

and offer thanks for\u00a0 <\/span>life by Bacchus blessed.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Crowned he is by curling locks and grapen vine,<\/font><\/p>\n

a face cursed by beauty, yet lit by wicked grin:<\/font><\/p>\n

for his sculpted chest is brazen, bare, and fine,<\/font><\/p>\n

and \u2018twixt lean hips kitled in goat-skin,<\/font><\/p>\n

hangs Priapos\u2019 boon, not quite hidden.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

One clawed hand he rests on muscled thigh, <\/font><\/p>\n

his breath restored, and his ardor keen.<\/font><\/p>\n

The other paw he lifts toward gods and sky –<\/font><\/p>\n

his eyes fierce-bright with silver sheen –<\/font><\/p>\n

and that grin, first wicked, leers now obscene.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A poem from my Creative Writing class.\u00a0 Prior to this class, I had not written poetry since high school, and it is doubtful that I will ever do so again unless similarly forced.\u00a0 Still, I\u2019m not displeased with this piece: an ode to a statue, perhaps once a lamp, almost certainly an idol.\u00a0 The photograph is mine, taken in the Nelson-Atkins museum of Kansas City, MO.<\/font><\/p>\n

Those who know me in the real world, of course, have already seen this poem posted elsewhere, but not the picture.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lo, behold the satyr wild \u2013 fierce and bold and free – from Dionysos\u2019 \u00a0revel he but stops to rest and fall upon upon a bended knee, \u2018neath twisting branches verdigris, and offer thanks for\u00a0 life by Bacchus blessed. \u00a0 Crowned he is by curling locks and grapen vine, a face cursed by beauty, yet … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kUcm-2e","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}