{"id":484,"date":"2012-01-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=484"},"modified":"2020-01-07T14:20:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:20:16","slug":"the-tenth-day-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/the-tenth-day-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Zdenek sells Physalis alkekengi at Dejvick\u00e1 in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zdenek sells Physalis alkekengi at Dejvick\u00e1 in December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com\/HelenIvory\/Winter.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With him, at the dark, open jaw of the metro,<br \/>\nOrange lanterns, that shoulder their own light.<\/p>\n<p>Tangerine knuckles to electrify the drawn dim,<br \/>\nThe wrapping of his hands and the drawing-in<br \/>\nOf him, his coat, his cucumber thumbs<\/p>\n<p>That stare through the stalks and place<br \/>\nHim waiting. Fold him, grey with moleskin.<br \/>\nThe last light travelling the grain of callous,<\/p>\n<p>Pink-tipped as tongues; smarting, chipped<br \/>\nThickenings that stub the coins and speak<br \/>\nTo palms of orange at home in vases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Poem by Helen Pletts<\/strong> \u2028whose two collections, Bottle bank and For the chiding dove, are both\u2028published by YWO\/Legend Press (supported by The Arts Council) and\u2028available on Amazon. \u2018Bottle bank\u2019 was longlisted for The Bridport\u2028Poetry Prize 2006, under Helen\u2019s maiden name of Bannister. You are\u2028welcome to visit www.stem-of-quietly-disarrayed-fertility.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Image by Romit Berger<\/strong> who says\u00a0 \u201cI am a graphic designer. I met my very dear friend, Helen Pletts, in Prague, several years ago. Helen\u2019s inspiration has led my graphic design career into that magical realm which combines illustration and poetry, and our creative wings continue to connect our souls through time and distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Zdenek sells Physalis alkekengi at Dejvick\u00e1 in December With him, at the dark, open jaw of the metro, Orange lanterns, that shoulder their own light. Tangerine knuckles to electrify the drawn dim, The wrapping of his hands and the drawing-in Of him, his coat, his cucumber thumbs That stare through the stalks and place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry","category-word-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21033,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/21033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}