{"id":5314,"date":"2019-03-08T14:20:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T20:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2019-03-06T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:35:43","slug":"melissa-silva-this-word-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5314","title":{"rendered":"Neil Creighton “I wake”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neil Creighton<\/h1>\n

I wake<\/span><\/h2>\n

to the flickering screen\u2019s images
\nof desperation and remorse,
\nthe bleak recounting of misdeeds,
\nlies, greed, corruption,
\nscenes of anger, partisan politics, accusation,
\nanalysis, implication, expectation, speculation,<\/p>\n

but in the blue-sky day outside
\nthe gum trees are in nectar-filled
\nexplosion of blossom
\nand the air is filled with flocks
\nof beautiful rainbow lorikeets
\ndescending to joyously feast
\nwith their excited chatter
\nand even the grey friar birds,
\ndipping their dark heads
\nto fill their curved beaks,
\nsing their strange chokk-chokk-four-o-clock
\nin unrestrained, joyous, raucous celebration.<\/p>\n

\n

Neil Creighton<\/strong><\/span> is ever the optimist.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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