{"id":2738,"date":"2015-01-28T00:44:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2015-01-28T00:44:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:44:30","slug":"vision-by-renee-elton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/vision-by-renee-elton\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision by Renee Elton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/renee.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2739 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/renee.jpg\" alt=\"renee\" width=\"646\" height=\"426\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/renee.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/renee-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/renee-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/renee-624x411.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 646px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 646\/426;\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vision<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Renee Elton<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cThe facts of this world seen clearly<br \/>\nare seen through tears\u2026\u201d<br \/>\n(Margaret Atwood)<\/p>\n<p>Tears are not on their eyelashes<br \/>\nor cheeks<br \/>\nnot splashing on their wrists<br \/>\nfalling like pendants of salty blood.<\/p>\n<p>They laugh<br \/>\nand tell us they have cried<br \/>\nall their tears<br \/>\nthere is nothing wrong with their eyes<br \/>\nemptiness is not their immorality<br \/>\njust hollowness<br \/>\nwe can\u2019t fill.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t fill this famine.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t lift them up<br \/>\nand turn them on their bellies<br \/>\nlike colicky infants.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t lift them up<br \/>\nand show them where God should be\u2014<br \/>\nthey looked there before<br \/>\nand saw him laughing.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Renee Elton is a poet and teacher, currently working on a manuscript of poems about Victorian explorers in West Africa. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University. A returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Elton has completed a book of poems on Sierra Leone and the women&#8217;s secret society there. She recently lived in Stuttgart, Okinawa, and Florida, completing a set of art\/visual poems using her botanical photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renee Elton is a poet and teacher, currently working on a manuscript of poems about Victorian explorers in West Africa. 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