{"id":501,"date":"2018-10-19T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T20:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=501"},"modified":"2018-10-19T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T20:51:13","slug":"poem-of-the-month-before-i-heard-by-jacqueline-de-angelis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Poem of the Month: Before I heard by Jacqueline De Angelis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stelprdb5435915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-502\" src=\"http:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stelprdb5435915-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stelprdb5435915-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stelprdb5435915-633x500.jpg 633w, https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stelprdb5435915.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I wake up with everyone alive and it appears (it pretty much is) a good day even though I have a cold.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The spicy lettuce mix had a growth spurt, the russet hummingbird is back defending the red feeder, our resident California thrasher fans a modest amount of fallen olive leaves across the steps.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>No, I wasn\u2019t crowned queen nor did I have a cold sore (so in balance) a good day with a frittata for supper.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But there was something (now that I look back) that hovered (as flashes of a coming migraine) as I moved along the day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Was it up to me to count all the chickens of my past or present (could I have felt that wind of her passing?) before I heard the news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jacqueline De Angelis lives in Topanga Canyon, CA and has her MFA in writing from Bennington College.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You can read more of her work at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacquelinedeangelis.com\"><span class=\"s2\">http:\/\/www.jacquelinedeangelis.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I wake up with everyone alive and it appears (it pretty much is) a good day <a href=\"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=501\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-noellesickelswp","post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-allposts","category-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}