{"id":256,"date":"2020-04-30T02:39:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T02:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2020-04-30T04:09:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:09:20","slug":"turtle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by <strong>Elise Chen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crack\u00a0<br>scaly flippers\u00a0<br>a shelter\u00a0\u00a0<br>on my back\u00a0<br>I emerge\u00a0<br>from the white surface\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandy\u00a0<br>rough\u00a0<br>Slow but steady\u00a0<br>My journey begins\u00a0<br>now\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fork in the road&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ebb and flow\u00a0rips\u00a0us away\u00a0<br>crashes out to sea\u00a0<br>left\u00a0<br>and\u00a0right\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talons and claws\u00a0<br>pinchers and jaws\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The night\u00a0sky\u00a0<br>hides what lurks\u00a0<br>beneath\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the lurking shadows\u00a0<br>and their hidden teeth\u00a0<br>The worries and monsters\u00a0<br>I fear will bite me\u00a0<br>when my shell\u00a0<br>Is at its worst\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s all black\u00a0<br>the seawater\u00a0<br>stains\u00a0<br>my eyes\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there is a glistening&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That lights up\u00a0\u00a0<br>my eyes\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The song\u00a0<br>that calls me\u00a0<br>to the tide\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">leads me away\u00a0<br>from the dangers\u00a0<br>to the deep blue\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The melody of the ocean\u00a0<br>said to lead\u00a0<br>those\u00a0\u00a0<br>to their fate\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">each note\u00a0<br>whispers directions\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And leads me\u00a0<br>Far\u00a0<br>Far away\u00a0<br>from the troubles\u00a0<br>beneath\u00a0\u00a0<br>the waves\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flow of the rhythm\u00a0\u00a0<br>creates a current\u00a0<br>to float me\u00a0<br>home\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Elise Chen Crack\u00a0scaly flippers\u00a0a shelter\u00a0\u00a0on my back\u00a0I emerge\u00a0from the white surface\u00a0 Sandy\u00a0rough\u00a0Slow but steady\u00a0My journey begins\u00a0now\u00a0 A fork in the road&nbsp; The ebb and flow\u00a0rips\u00a0us away\u00a0crashes out to sea\u00a0left\u00a0and\u00a0right\u00a0 Talons and claws\u00a0pinchers and jaws\u00a0 The night\u00a0sky\u00a0hides what lurks\u00a0beneath\u00a0 From the lurking shadows\u00a0and their hidden teeth\u00a0The worries and monsters\u00a0I fear will bite me\u00a0when my shell\u00a0Is&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/turtle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turtle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-256","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions\/257"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}