{"id":97,"date":"2015-06-15T00:02:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T00:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=97"},"modified":"2015-06-18T16:39:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T16:39:51","slug":"poem-of-the-month-the-tick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Poem of the Month: The Tick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-98\" src=\"http:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1681-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Tick\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1681-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1681-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1681-175x131.jpg 175w, https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1681-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tick waits<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">at the very tip<br \/>\nof a long grass<br \/>\nher weight bends low<br \/>\nin a graceful arc.<\/p>\n<p>The tick waits<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">flat bellied<br \/>\nwith strong legs<br \/>\nin delicate grasp<br \/>\nof profound patience.<\/p>\n<p>The tick waits<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">keeps her poise<br \/>\nthe vigil of desire<br \/>\nin deep silent shade<br \/>\nor back-cracking sun.<\/p>\n<p>The tick waits<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">for someone warm-blooded<br \/>\nto brush unknown against<br \/>\nher optimistic body<br \/>\nand carry her home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tick\u201d was published in the magazine <i>Beyond Doggerel<\/i>, Tillandsia Press, Auburn, AL, volume 1, #2, fall 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The tick waits at the very tip of a long grass her weight bends <a href=\"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=97\" 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-97","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\/97","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=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}