Naked in a canoe, you emerge
\nblossoming like tawdry April
\nin a town that\u2019s turned its back
\nto the river. The span is iron
\ntrestle, riveted to carry freight,
\nall green and rust. Magnolia, dogwood
\nstrike out improbably against the wet
\nand dark forgotten churning melt.
\nYour skin, winter fair, neat with rain
\nyour hands rooted on the paddle
\nyour breasts are little foxes
\namong the bramble. You
\nare wearing a Teutonic helmet,
\nstraight out of opera. The river
\nbraids, your hair flows. The prow
\nof your craft tips up in the current
\nas you feather the water, left and right.
\nWhat is it I see, with eyes of mist,
\neyes of rippling crosscurrents? Is it
\nyou? Look at the river, coursing below,
\nthe water tumbles, your fierce command.
\nAnd flowers bloom on the dirty earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Naked in a canoe, you emerge blossoming like tawdry April in a town that\u2019s turned its back to the river. The span is iron trestle, riveted to carry freight, all green and rust. Magnolia, dogwood strike out improbably against the wet and dark forgotten churning melt. Your skin, winter fair, neat with rain your hands … Continue reading Green River Love Song<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"issue":[6876],"class_list":["post-2167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","issue-6876"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 04:54:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}