{"id":3651,"date":"2019-02-17T06:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=3651"},"modified":"2019-02-17T06:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T06:28:13","slug":"the-code-by-ann-bracken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-code-by-ann-bracken\/","title":{"rendered":"The Code by Ann Bracken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3653 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Picture of poet Ann Bracken\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4493066192_IMG_1560-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Picture of poet Ann Bracken\" width=\"228\" height=\"320\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4493066192_IMG_1560-1.jpeg 228w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4493066192_IMG_1560-1-214x300.jpeg 214w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 228px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 228\/320;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Code<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Ann Bracken<\/p>\n<p>In this circle of men<br \/>\ntheir code demands one rule\u2014<br \/>\nFind my value in my words.<\/p>\n<p>Each session a blank check<br \/>\nyou discover that everyone has<br \/>\nan attic filled with hope,<br \/>\nloss, and dreams.<\/p>\n<p>How do you hold the experience<br \/>\nof terse words<br \/>\nshaped by<br \/>\npoverty and despair?<\/p>\n<p>Slowly you will discover the unexpected bridges<br \/>\nconnecting your life to theirs\u2014the falls,<br \/>\nthe disappointing parents,<br \/>\nthe harsh walls of privilege.<\/p>\n<p>Press deeper.<br \/>\nMind only the present\u2014<br \/>\nthe books discussed,<br \/>\nthe ideas on the page.<\/p>\n<p>Ann Bracken is the author of two collections of poetry, <em>No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom (2017) and The Altar of Innocence<\/em> (2015), She also serves as a contributing editor for <em>Little Patuxent Review <\/em>and coordinator for the Wilde Readings Poetry Series in Columbia, MD<em>. <\/em>\u00a0Her poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in anthologies and journals, including <em>Bared: Contemporary Poetry and Art on Bras and Breasts<\/em><em>,<\/em> <em>New Verse News<\/em>, <em>Fledgling Rag, ArLiJo<\/em>,<em> Reckless Writing Anthology: Emerging Poets of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century<\/em>, and<em> Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence among others. <\/em>Ann\u2019s poetry has garnered two nominations for the Pushcart Prize. She offers poetry and writing workshops in community centers and at conferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Bracken is the author of two collections of poetry, No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom (2017) and The Altar of Innocence (2015), She also serves as a contributing editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3653,"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":[436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poems-about-women"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651","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=3651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}