{"id":2591,"date":"2014-08-05T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2017-07-12T00:55:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T00:55:44","slug":"illuminated-todd-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/illuminated-todd-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Illuminated by Todd Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wilson\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

Illuminated<\/h1>\n

by Todd Wilson<\/p>\n

waved heat
\nparticled light
\npollocked across
\nmy canvas face
\nrays conceived
\nsmack center
\nof middling sun
\nmillennia before
\nhomo sapiens
\nfell to earth
\nonce escaping
\nthe photosphere
\ngracile beams
\nstrike my lens
\nand the star
\nis older than eight
\nminutes ago
\ni’m certain
\nmy problems
\nare big picture
\nimportant
\nbut relatively<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Todd Wilson lives in Cameroon, West Africa. He is struck by the authenticity of the ordinary and the unifying power of spoken verse, and the status it maintains outside of the west. He is currently completing a collection of poems that explore themes of disaffection, cultural bridging, and the illusion of personal decision making. Frequently, you can find him on the beach with his kids, where nothing else matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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