{"id":888,"date":"2016-07-19T01:58:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T01:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtls.wpcenter.io\/staging\/?p=888"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:02:30","slug":"paula-maciejewski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/paula-maciejewski\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Maciejewski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nature\u2019s Encore<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Clouds drift by<br>\nLike cars in slow motion<br>\nWhite fluffy<br>\nCotton balls<br>\nA variety of shapes and sizes<br>\nSpread on blue wallpaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some taking up more space than others<br>\nKing-sized soft cushions<br>\nInitiated by the wind they<br>\nMerge into each other<br>\nStart melting into new shapes<br>\nOnly to be rearranged again<br>\nA kaleidoscopic performance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At times<br>\nIt looks like the clouds<br>\nAre linking arms<br>\nPursuing the same goal<br>\nA cooperative union<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then<br>\nThere is a fluid<br>\nAnd slow break up<br>\nClouds move in different directions<br>\nParting<br>\nCoexisting individuals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A play<br>\nWith no rehearsals<br>\nNature the director<br>\nThe sky the stage<br>\nA performance<br>\nWith an ever recurring encore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nature\u2019s play<br>\nDynamic<br>\nMiraculous<br>\nUnlimited<br>\nPerformed across the globe<br>\nGet your free passes now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Left behind<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A red winter coat<br>\nThe letters she once wrote<br>\nIs all that remained<br>\nThe rest unexplained<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He woke to see her gone<br>\nNo note, no signature drawn<br>\nThe emptiness started to fill his body<br>\nTying his insights mercilessly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing looked familiar anymore<br>\nLike random items washed ashore<br>\nAnd he just happened to be there<br>\nThis place he now called nowhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was certain she would never return<br>\nHer absence would forever burn<br>\nA hole in his heart<br>\nUnable to move towards a new start<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was it something he said?<br>\nThough mostly they simply read<br>\nThey could read for hours, side by side<br>\nA comfortable silence that now has died<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A red winter coat<br>\nThe letters she once wrote<br>\nHe held them tight<br>\nKnowing he will never again be all right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nature\u2019s Encore<\/strong><br \/>\nClouds drift by<br \/>\nLike cars in slow motion<br \/>\nWhite fluffy<br \/>\nCotton balls<br \/>\nA variety of shapes and sizes<br \/>\nSpread on blue wallpaper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251,"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions\/2251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}