{"id":262,"date":"2023-12-06T02:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T02:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/19-1\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2023-12-06T02:18:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T02:18:52","slug":"the-modern-harlem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/the-modern-harlem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Modern Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"126\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"126\">\n<h5>Nico Samuels<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>What is The deferred dream?<\/p>\n<p>Was it the muted sound of marching feet<\/p>\n<p>Worn and raw from taking to the streets<\/p>\n<p>time after time<\/p>\n<p>looking for a broken promise<\/p>\n<p>of a better yesterday<\/p>\n<p>Misanthropes canceling out my brother\u2019s good works<\/p>\n<p>As they burn what\u2019s there\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>With orator\u2019s speaking fire and brimstone<\/p>\n<p>Profiting on stagnant water<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I leave you to your own word, Hughes<\/p>\n<p>Where are you now when the sun is blazing<\/p>\n<p>Devilish crust all too present<\/p>\n<p>My scratches can no longer be counted.<\/p>\n<p>They blister with false promises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nico Samuels What is The deferred dream? Was it the muted sound of marching feet Worn and raw from taking to the streets time after time looking for a broken promise of a better yesterday Misanthropes canceling out my brother\u2019s good works As they burn what\u2019s there\u2019s With orator\u2019s speaking fire and brimstone Profiting on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/the-modern-harlem\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Modern Harlem&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/263"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}