{"id":6222,"date":"2012-09-12T06:55:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T10:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=6222"},"modified":"2021-05-31T16:39:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:39:43","slug":"the-sunlight-on-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=6222","title":{"rendered":"The Sunlight on the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the end of summer, a rather melancholy poem, on the birthday of its author John MacNeice (1907-1963). By way of contrast, a watercolor of sunny wood poppies, which bloom most satisfactorily all season long and sprinkle their seed generously every year, ensuring a steady supply of offspring. Painted for sunny and generous Colette.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WoodPoppies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6223\" title=\"WoodPoppies\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WoodPoppies.png\" alt=\"WoodPoppies\" width=\"441\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WoodPoppies.png 700w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WoodPoppies-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sunlight on the garden<br \/>\nHardens and grows cold,<br \/>\nWe cannot cage the minute<br \/>\nWithin its nets of gold;<br \/>\nWhen all is told<br \/>\nWe cannot beg for pardon.<\/p>\n<p>Our freedom as free lances<br \/>\nAdvances towards its end;<br \/>\nThe earth compels, upon it<br \/>\nSonnets and birds descend;<br \/>\nAnd soon, my friend,<br \/>\nWe shall have no time for dances.<\/p>\n<p>The sky was good for flying<br \/>\nDefying the church bells<br \/>\nAnd every evil iron<br \/>\nSiren and what it tells:<br \/>\nThe earth compels,<br \/>\nWe are dying, Egypt, dying<\/p>\n<p>And not expecting pardon,<br \/>\nHardened in heart anew,<br \/>\nBut glad to have sat under<br \/>\nThunder and rain with you,<br \/>\nAnd grateful too<br \/>\nFor sunlight on the garden.<br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Louis Macneice<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the end of summer, a rather melancholy poem, on the birthday of its author John MacNeice (1907-1963). By way of contrast, a watercolor of sunny wood poppies, which bloom most satisfactorily all season long and sprinkle their seed generously every year, ensuring a steady supply of offspring. Painted for sunny and generous<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=6222\">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":[64],"tags":[55,76,73,19],"class_list":["post-6222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-painting","tag-birthday","tag-flowers","tag-garden","tag-poem"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6222","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=6222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9185,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6222\/revisions\/9185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}