{"id":2326,"date":"2020-09-03T01:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2020-08-16T18:06:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T18:06:46","slug":"three-poems-by-j-h-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/2020\/09\/03\/three-poems-by-j-h-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Poems by J H Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


\u5929 \u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s raining today
But yesterday was fine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Masters
Know the way of heaven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The green jade melody<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strung between moments
Flushed with the dawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sun comes
And the stars go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the way of things<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To look out of my window
To burn paper with doubt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is the dew of clouds I lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back through the night
Back though the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here \u2013
The rain falls harder
On this morning pass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will not proceed<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u5fc3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will not lose you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not to the illusions
Or to the delusions
Painted on
This fleeting dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the white lies
By the colours
By the flower words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No \u2013 I cannot
Control the ignorance
And \u2013 no \u2013 I cannot
Overthrow the suffering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I can focus on you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful
Boundless
Forever present
In this eternal morgue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire will not burn
And the ashes
Will not scatter this<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As above
So as below<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darkness passes to the light<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could never lose you<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u4ed9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sky
May be grey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that
Doesn\u2019t mean change<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out in the marshes
White cranes will cry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And up in the heavens
New gods will hear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All dew drops of mist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this \u2013
Imperfect pane<\/p>\n\n\n\n


J H Martin is from London, England but has no fixed abode. His writing has appeared in a number of places in Asia, Europe and the Americas.<\/em>
Website: acoatforamonkey.wordpress.com<\/a> <\/em>
IG: @jhmartin72 \/ Twitter: @acoatforamonkey<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u5929 \u6027 It\u2019s raining todayBut yesterday was fine The MastersKnow the way of heaven The green jade melody Strung between momentsFlushed with the dawn The sun comesAnd the stars go This is the way of things To look out of my windowTo burn paper with doubt That is the dew of clouds I lead Back … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa867U-Bw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2328,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}