{"id":3309,"date":"2013-10-31T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2013-10-31T16:11:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:11:50","slug":"speckled-thrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3309","title":{"rendered":"Speckled Thrush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Little_Speckled_Thrush_by_pearlunicorn_katara\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Little_Speckled_Thrush_by_pearlunicorn_katara.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3313\" alt=\"Little_Speckled_Thrush_by_pearlunicorn_katara\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Little_Speckled_Thrush_by_pearlunicorn_katara.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><blockquote class=\"sc-blockquote\">Speckled Thrush<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O speckled thrush<br \/> so cold, so stiff, so <i>dead!<\/i><br \/> Your flame extinguished<br \/> a faded silhouette<br \/> a flyblown curiosity<br \/> no glimmer of light<br \/> from your half- moon eye.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stark contrast<br \/> to those sparkling beads of lace<br \/> a delicate throw<br \/> on Nature\u2019s grand bed<br \/> a sticky, intricate snare<br \/> where<\/p>\n<p>Death also awaits<\/p>\n<p>upon his secret tight rope<br \/> wraps his victims tenderly in silk<br \/> then sucks out all life<br \/> leaves nothing but an empty husk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is this your fate<br \/> O, speckled thrush<br \/> as you \u2018push up the daises?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Heavens no!<\/p>\n<p>You are surrounded<br \/> by graceful, innocent<br \/> \u2018Christ-children\u2019<br \/> damp with early morning tears<br \/> mourning your death<br \/> yet rejoicing in\u00a0 the dawning<br \/> of a new day \u2026<\/p>\n<p>And look \u2026 O look!<\/p>\n<p>A tulip cup <br \/> ablaze with glory<br \/> toasts the heavens<\/p>\n<p>Feasts<\/p>\n<p>upon\u00a0the rising sun\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A herald of Spring and all<br \/> dappled, variegated things<br \/> Shouts out its certainty &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your death, speckled thrush<br \/> Is Nature\u2019s celebration<br \/> A new beginning \u2026.<br \/> You have fulfilled your role<br \/> your purpose<br \/> In the eternal, circle of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Amanda Edwards<\/blockquote><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3309"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3312,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3309\/revisions\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}