{"id":7335,"date":"2023-06-12T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7335"},"modified":"2023-06-10T21:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T02:39:53","slug":"j-r-solonche-a-pot-without-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=7335","title":{"rendered":"J.R. Solonche &#8220;A Pot Without Flowers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>J.R. Solonche<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">A Pot Without Flowers<\/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>The dirt waits to become<br \/>\nsoil again, has waited months<br \/>\nin the potting shed\u2019s cool dark,<br \/>\nand now, in the sun for the first<br \/>\ntime since November\u2019s failing sun,<br \/>\nbegins to remember what it\u2019s for,<br \/>\nbegins to anticipate the spade\u2019s<br \/>\nplunge, begins to prepare for<br \/>\nthe nudging of the suckling roots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"endOfContent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Nominated for the National Book Award and nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize,<\/em> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>J.R. 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