{"id":1879,"date":"2015-02-04T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2015-02-04T20:33:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T01:33:23","slug":"we-made-something-that-grew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/we-made-something-that-grew\/","title":{"rendered":"‘WE MADE SOMETHING THAT GREW’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"indigo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our first in a series of Butler student dispatches comes in the form of a poem, inspired by our first three weeks at Shortridge this semester . . .<\/p>\n

Arrowheads<\/strong><\/p>\n

I place eyelashes on the flushing waves rippling out and in\u2014<\/p>\n

Turned over sailboats lost in the wind.<\/p>\n

Powerful gusts puffed deep from my belly\u2014<\/p>\n

I am a cloud goddess, with cheeks that ripple like jelly.<\/p>\n

You find me in the worn corners of our compassed map\u2014<\/p>\n

Eyes closed tight as my breath rap, rap, raps\u2014<\/p>\n

Like straining knuckles under rulers with crowned threes\u2014<\/p>\n

And I know my sailboats will grow feet like trees\u2014<\/p>\n

Sinking their roots into the sifting skin of the sea,<\/p>\n

Unearthing small pearls that seem to be the key.<\/p>\n

They float to the surface\u2014fossilized dew\u2014<\/p>\n

And now it is up to you,<\/p>\n

To plant them.<\/p>\n

You had stood at my opposite corner, drawn circular and bright on our map.<\/p>\n

Sun god, whose rays kissed my sail boats, and laughed.<\/p>\n

You wrapped the warmth of your palm around them,<\/p>\n

Smooth and soft\u2014<\/p>\n

Sunflower and Lemon.<\/p>\n

And you made sure they were all safe\u2014stringing my eyelashes to an invisible wire.<\/p>\n

You strung them over your bright shoulders,<\/p>\n

Heaved them through the maze.<\/p>\n

You gave them wings that would never melt,<\/p>\n

Because you felt,<\/p>\n

Exactly where they needed to be planted.<\/p>\n

You pointed them to a tree baring golden apples,<\/p>\n

Asked them to eat until they were filled.<\/p>\n

You told me it was good when they were satisfied\u2014<\/p>\n

They would roll out from the earth, with large bellies, when it was time to be tilled.<\/p>\n

And I stilled, as I watched you\u2014my breath hitched in my throat.<\/p>\n

You told them how best to sing, even gave them the mold to make a note.<\/p>\n

And we watched together, hand in hand.<\/p>\n

Centered and finally in balance.<\/p>\n

My ripples began to shimmer\u2014your cheeks began to shine,<\/p>\n

And there our eyelashes were eating, playing in the earth.<\/p>\n

And I loved you because you believed,<\/p>\n

And you loved me because I knew\u2014<\/p>\n

And even on opposite ends of the map,<\/p>\n

We made something that grew.<\/p>\n

Anna Zeller is a senior English Creative Writing major.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our first in a series of Butler student dispatches comes in the form of a poem, inspired by our first three weeks at Shortridge this semester . . . Arrowheads I place eyelashes on the flushing waves rippling out and in\u2014 Turned over sailboats lost in the wind. Powerful gusts …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":624,"featured_media":1880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37038],"tags":[],"coauthors":[265091],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bu-tutor-reflections","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}