{"id":7272,"date":"2023-04-14T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7272"},"modified":"2023-04-09T12:27:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T17:27:31","slug":"chad-howland-two-lights-along-the-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7272","title":{"rendered":"Chad Howland &#8220;Two Lights Along the Shore&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chad Howland<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Two Lights Along the Shore<\/span><\/h2>\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\">\n<p>We have always<br \/>\nbeen hesitant<br \/>\nto say \u201cThank you,\u201d<br \/>\neaten too much or<br \/>\ntoo little,<br \/>\nread people with our own<br \/>\nwords written on their faces,<br \/>\nlistened for the<br \/>\nfirst morning trumpets,<br \/>\nmarveled at mountains and<br \/>\nthe aurora borealis,<br \/>\nrisen with the<br \/>\nresting bread,<br \/>\nheld our babies as<br \/>\nthey died,<br \/>\nand looked for<br \/>\ntwo lights along the shore.<\/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>Chad Howland<\/strong> <\/span><em>(he\/him) eats what he cooks, plays with kids on the floor, and makes inappropriate jokes at funerals.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad Howland Two Lights Along the Shore We have always been hesitant to say \u201cThank you,\u201d eaten too much or too little, read people with our own words written on their faces, listened for the first morning trumpets, marveled at mountains and the aurora borealis, risen with the resting bread, held our babies as they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[794],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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