{"id":7207,"date":"2023-02-13T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:19:14","slug":"wendell-smith-fractal-caveat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7207","title":{"rendered":"Wendell Smith &#8220;Fractal Caveat&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wendell Smith<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Fractal Caveat<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">for Donald Lawder<\/span><\/em><br role=\"presentation\" \/><em><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and our siblings in obscurity<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"vfgef6M6oSaddM6pChR2\">\n<div class=\"gIgFccyVflVKEh5Hk0ZR\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"figure\">\n<div class=\"CoYTWXXKdjSwW5ACD3Os\" lang=\"en-US\" data-notranslate=\"true\">\n<div class=\"page\" role=\"region\" data-page-number=\"1\" aria-label=\"Page 1\" data-loaded=\"true\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The best poems<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">are sung and lost,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">form and vanish<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">like fingers of frost,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">which come to craze<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the edges of ponds<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on early mornings<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of late autumn days.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"endOfContent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Wendell Smith<\/strong><\/span> <em>is a retired physician who thinks we would all be healthier if we would read Ramon Guthrie&#8217;s masterpiece, &#8220;Maximum Security Ward.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendell Smith Fractal Caveat for Donald Lawderand our siblings in obscurity The best poemsare sung and lost,form and vanishlike fingers of frost,which come to crazethe edges of pondson early morningsof late autumn days. 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