{"id":1422,"date":"2012-10-22T02:55:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T02:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2017-07-11T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T17:21:07","slug":"dinner-with-rousseau-by-cynthia-lewis-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/dinner-with-rousseau-by-cynthia-lewis-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner with Rousseau  by Cynthia Lewis-Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cjl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423 lazyload\" title=\"cjl\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cjl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"130\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 86px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 86\/130;\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dinner with Rousseau<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(in Memory of Henri Rousseau, artist)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Cynthia Lewis-Jones<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fine dining in a clearing in the Jungle<br \/>\nNude, but for her Peacock Choos<br \/>\nSitting at the Table<br \/>\nCovered in Crisp White Linen Cloth<br \/>\nLaid, with Silver Knives and Forks<br \/>\nWine Glasses of Red Lilly Petals<br \/>\nWith Long Green Stems<br \/>\nA tigers head parts the Foliage<br \/>\nRegarding her from his Leafy Lair<br \/>\nThe Sommelier in Suit lights the Candles<br \/>\nAnd recommends<br \/>\nWhile Monkeys Smirk, and Stare<br \/>\nAnd, leaves, like flames, lick her skin<br \/>\nThe wine is served<br \/>\nAnd the Hors d&#8217;oeuvres brought in<br \/>\nThe Parrot tells her that the main course is worth the wait<br \/>\nEntrecote with Mustard Sauce, served on a bed of Mache<br \/>\nOut walks Rousseau in Black, with Silver Tray<br \/>\nDesert<br \/>\nGreen Tea Ice Cream<br \/>\nOn a bed of Bamboo Leaves<br \/>\nEt un Petit Cafe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fine dining in a clearing in the Jungle<br \/>\nNude, but for my Peacock Choos<br \/>\nSitting at the table<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}