{"id":528,"date":"2021-04-15T18:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T18:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2021-04-28T20:41:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:41:53","slug":"forest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/forest\/","title":{"rendered":"FOREST"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Chris Skiles<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forest<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shines a shadow that comes forth<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the night<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the dull sight of a silent snowfall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The animals inside<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try to scurry and hide<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the leaves and sodden brush.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside to shy<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Away from the thieves and the shush<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of hunters finding their frosted prey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the snow lightly falls<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here I take a walk<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amidst this sea of white trees.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I hear a bough snap<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the thud and the crack<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of a falling branch<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hit the ground<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then make a muffled sound,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there is silence all around.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I hear a bird chirp,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe a whipporwhirl<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a birch<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it is not.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am disappointed; I pointed<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To its perch<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High above the forest floor<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But then I heard it<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chirp no more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And as I look away<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this forest before me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think of a tale to tell<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little story.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there is no story<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither behind nor before me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only endless green trees<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covered in snow and white glory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I must keep walking<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trees are calling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it is I who am mourning<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this forest so daunting.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Skiles &nbsp; The forest Shines a shadow that comes forth From the night And the dull sight of a silent snowfall. &nbsp; The animals inside Try to scurry and hide Inside the leaves and sodden brush. &nbsp; Inside to shy Away from the thieves and the shush Of hunters finding their frosted prey. &nbsp;&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/forest\/\">Continue Reading FOREST<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-528","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}