{"id":317,"date":"2016-03-23T07:47:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/wp2\/uncategorized\/wind-makes-crazy\/"},"modified":"2016-03-23T13:54:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T20:54:59","slug":"wind-makes-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/poems\/2011-a-virtual-chapbook\/wind-makes-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Makes Crazy (a timely poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mjhinton\/2197159821\/\" title=\"crow is talking by mjhinton, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2335\/2197159821_c60a28ed47.jpg\" width=\"315\" height=\"500\" alt=\"crow is talking\" style=\"float: right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The raven<br \/>\npreaches from above<br \/>\nhis dark robes spread<br \/>\nhe tells his tale again<br \/>\n\u201cI am the black rock, the Land<br \/>\nfull of subtle, fragile life!\u201d<br \/>\nShouting out<br \/>\nfrom his pi\u00f1on pulpit<br \/>\nthe choir in the cholla<br \/>\na meadowlark waiting<br \/>\nto sing today\u2019s hymns<br \/>\n\u201cI am the dark wind, the Breath<br \/>\nthat spins the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From my rough-hewn pew<br \/>\nbeneath a juniper<br \/>\nI listen to his sermon<br \/>\nseeking enlightenment<br \/>\nfrom a dark guide<br \/>\n\u201cI am the black cloud, the Water<br \/>\nthat awakens life!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beside me, a rabbit<br \/>\nwhispers, \u201cyou cannot turn<br \/>\nthe devil away<br \/>\njust with scripture.<br \/>\nGive yourself to God!<br \/>\nGive yourself to God!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sky itself has become<br \/>\na black wing<br \/>\nas I turn away<br \/>\nout of the desert<br \/>\n\u201cThank you, brother!,<br \/>\nfor taking the time.<br \/>\nIt is good to see you<br \/>\nIn church again!\u201d <span class=\"sig\">mjh<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><small>5\/23\/99<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Listen to <a href='http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-content\/mine\/Wind%20Makes%20Crazy.mp3' class=\"wpaudio\">Wind Makes Crazy<\/a> (1 min)<\/p>\n<p>The backstory<\/p>\n<p><em>This poem is nearly a true story. I was driving around El Malpais after a solo camping trip. Between rainstorms, I walked alone on a trail and met the raven and rabbit beneath just such a sky. <span class=\"sig\">mjh<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/poems\/my-virtual-chapbook\/\">My Virtual Chapbook<\/a> (table of contents)<\/p>\n<p>[time to repost this old friend]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The raven preaches from above his dark robes spread he tells his tale again \u201cI am the black rock, the Land full of subtle, fragile life!\u201d Shouting out from his pi\u00f1on pulpit the choir in the cholla a meadowlark waiting to sing today\u2019s hymns \u201cI am the dark wind, the Breath that spins the world!\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/poems\/2011-a-virtual-chapbook\/wind-makes-crazy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wind Makes Crazy (a timely poem)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[104,65],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-a-virtual-chapbook","tag-birds","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7700,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/7700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}