{"id":1478,"date":"2020-11-25T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/?page_id=1478"},"modified":"2020-11-25T17:33:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:33:12","slug":"rowland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/?page_id=1478","title":{"rendered":"Russell Rowland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:1px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/opposition_and_sister_squares_reconciled-1-1.png?w=720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" \/><figcaption><em>Opposition and Sister Squares<\/em>, Chris Gavaler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-1 column1-desktop-grid__start-2 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-5 column2-desktop-grid__start-3 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column3-desktop-grid__span-1 column3-desktop-grid__start-12 column3-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-3 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-5 column2-tablet-grid__start-4 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column3-tablet-grid__span-3 column3-tablet-grid__start-4 column3-tablet-grid__row-2 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2 column3-mobile-grid__span-4 column3-mobile-grid__row-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PREMATURE NO LONGER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"> I didn\u2019t tell Carol that it was my first.\n Carol <em>was<\/em> my first\u2014and I did not last.\n &nbsp;\n She would later sacrifice both breasts\n to appease the wolves of metastasis,\n &nbsp;\n which took her anyway. O perpetual \n Virgin Mary, please convey to Carol,\n &nbsp;\n in that part of Zion saved for women\n who died down here of love, of grief, \n &nbsp;\n of childbirth, of only being feminine,\n of living with psychotic gentlemen:\n &nbsp;\n no longer premature, I feel the sun\n set upon each day, and stars appear.\n &nbsp;\n Virgo might avert constellated eyes,\n but Lilith obtains full measure now.\n &nbsp;\n I ride a wave of Sirens, as I did not\n at seventeen\u2014though when I name\n &nbsp;\n mermaids after Carol, they withdraw,\n and I must troll the briny deep again.\n <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee&nbsp;<strong>Russell&nbsp;Rowland<\/strong> writes from New Hampshire\u2019s Lakes Region, where he has judged high-school Poetry Out Loud competitions.&nbsp;His latest poetry book,&nbsp;<em>Wooden Nutmegs<\/em>, is available from Encircle Publications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:64px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee&nbsp;Russell&nbsp;Rowland writes from New Hampshire\u2019s Lakes Region, where he has judged high-school Poetry Out Loud competitions.&nbsp;His latest poetry book,&nbsp;Wooden Nutmegs, is available from Encircle Publications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-full-width.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}