{"id":4556,"date":"2011-09-01T06:11:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T10:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4556"},"modified":"2011-09-03T23:19:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T03:19:23","slug":"song-at-the-end-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4556","title":{"rendered":"Song at the End of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sept1-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4563\" title=\"Sept1-11\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sept1-11.png\" alt=\"Sept1-11\" width=\"438\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sept1-11.png 625w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sept1-11-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Song 1<\/p>\n<address><em>A second crop of hay lies cut<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>and turned. Five gleaming crows<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>search and peck between the rows. <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>They make a low, companionable squawk, <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>and like midwives and undertakers <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>possess a weird authority.<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Crickets leap from the stubble, <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>parting before me like the Red Sea. <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>The garden sprawls and spoils.<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Across the lake the campers have learned <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>to water ski. They have, or they haven\u2019t. <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Sounds of the instructor\u2019s megaphone <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>suffuse the hazy air. \u201cRelax! Relax!\u201d<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Cloud shadows rush over drying hay, <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>fences, dusty lane, and railroad ravine. <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>The first yellowing fronds of goldenrod <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>brighten the margins of the woods.<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Schoolbooks, carpools, pleated skirts; <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>water, silver-still, and a vee of geese.<\/em><\/address>\n<p>\u2014Jane Kenyon<br \/>\nfrom <em>Three Songs at the End of Summer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CakeGreen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4564\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"CakeGreen\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CakeGreen.png\" alt=\"CakeGreen\" width=\"125\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>Elizabeth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Song 1 A second crop of hay lies cut and turned. Five gleaming crows search and peck between the rows. They make a low, companionable squawk, and like midwives and undertakers possess a weird authority. Crickets leap from the stubble, parting before me like the Red Sea. The garden sprawls and spoils. Across the lake<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4556\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[17,19,102,3],"class_list":["post-4556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook","tag-penink","tag-poem","tag-summer","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4567,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions\/4567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}