{"id":2793,"date":"2015-04-28T03:21:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T03:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2017-07-11T21:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:15:21","slug":"237-a-m-by-laura-grace-weldon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/237-a-m-by-laura-grace-weldon\/","title":{"rendered":"2:37 a.m. by Laura Grace Weldon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2794\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kr1-1024x716.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2794 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kr1-1024x716-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"kr1-1024x716\" width=\"604\" height=\"422\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kr1-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kr1-1024x716-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kr1-1024x716-624x436.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 604px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 604\/422;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Kristina Vardazaryan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2:37 a.m.<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Laura Grace Weldon<\/p>\n<p>Weary of wakeful child<br \/>\nI rock against his reluctance.<br \/>\nSoft songs don&#8217;t lull.<br \/>\nWarm milk doesn&#8217;t lure.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s possible to adore<br \/>\nyet wish him unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>A soft hand pats my face,<br \/>\npulls my lip. He stands on my lap<br \/>\nreaching for window-framed moonlight.<br \/>\nThe sight of his round-cheeked beauty<br \/>\npours sudden warmth through my bones.<\/p>\n<p>Back and forth we rock,<br \/>\nbreathing in unison.<br \/>\nWhen he settles close,<br \/>\nhead against my neck<br \/>\nI keep rocking<br \/>\ngratefully awakened.<\/p>\n<p>###<br \/>\nLaura Grace Weldon is an editor, writer, and aspiring hermit. She lives on a small farm notable only for its lovestruck goose. She&#8217;s the author of a poetry collection titled Tending, and a handbook of alternative education, Free Range Learning. She invites you to hang out with her on her blog, Tumblr, and Twitter perch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Grace Weldon is an editor, writer, and aspiring hermit. She lives on a small farm notable only for its lovestruck goose. She&#8217;s the author of a poetry collection <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2794,"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":[319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moon-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793","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=2793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}