{"id":316,"date":"2022-11-13T23:12:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T23:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/18-1\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2022-11-13T23:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T23:12:39","slug":"the-lessons-my-mother-taught-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/poetry\/the-lessons-my-mother-taught-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lessons my Mother Taught Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Emmalynne Shumard <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The lessons my mother taught me<\/p>\n<p>are simple<\/p>\n<p>and sane<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My kindness<\/p>\n<p>is their<\/p>\n<p>invitation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In contract<\/p>\n<p>is my<\/p>\n<p>conversation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My attention<\/p>\n<p>is an<\/p>\n<p>obligation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clothes<\/p>\n<p>sewn<\/p>\n<p>to advertise<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My laughter<\/p>\n<p>makes<\/p>\n<p>a promise<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A touch<\/p>\n<p>marks<\/p>\n<p>a sin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To blink<\/p>\n<p>bats<\/p>\n<p>an eyelash<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A smile<\/p>\n<p>twists<\/p>\n<p>to knowing grin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Intention<\/p>\n<p>now<\/p>\n<p>subjective<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interpretation<\/p>\n<p>key<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To survive this game<\/p>\n<p>(not win it)<\/p>\n<p>I can never safely be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmalynne Shumard The lessons my mother taught me are simple and sane &nbsp; My kindness is their invitation &nbsp; In contract is my conversation &nbsp; My attention is an obligation &nbsp; Clothes sewn to advertise &nbsp; My laughter makes a promise &nbsp; A touch marks a sin &nbsp; To blink bats an eyelash &nbsp; A smile twists to knowing grin &nbsp; Intention now subjective &nbsp; Interpretation key &nbsp; To survive this game (not win it) I can never safely be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316\/revisions\/319"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}