{"id":15336,"date":"2021-02-03T09:56:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=15336"},"modified":"2021-02-03T00:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T05:09:46","slug":"the-poetry-snapshot-through-the-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2021\/02\/03\/the-poetry-snapshot-through-the-window\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poetry Snapshot: Through the Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every day I fly to the tree with the twisting branches<br \/>\nand gaze at her through the window.<\/p>\n<p>The lady with the tired eyes and colorful silk saris<br \/>\nstained by sweat and spilt food<br \/>\nas she cooks all day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15337\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 317px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15337\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1969-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1969-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1969-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1969-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1969.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Chettinad, Tamilnadu<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I notice the tiny kitchen,<br \/>\nbrimmed with pots and pans<br \/>\nand no room to breathe,<br \/>\ntighten around her through the window.<\/p>\n<p>The lattice panels bend into parallel prison bars<br \/>\nthat she stays confined to.<\/p>\n<p>Without knowing her voice,<br \/>\nI\u2019ve learned her story through the window.<br \/>\nWithout knowing her name,<br \/>\nI sing for her through the window.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes, she glances up.<br \/>\nShe looks at me,<br \/>\nthrough the window.<br \/>\nMaybe looking for a distraction,<br \/>\nmaybe looking for a companion.<\/p>\n<p>But those moments pass by quickly<br \/>\nand she continues to cook all day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every day I fly to the tree with the twisting branches and gaze at her through the window. The lady with the tired eyes and colorful silk saris stained by sweat and spilt food as she cooks all day. I notice the tiny kitchen, brimmed with pots and pans and no room to breathe, tighten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2205,"featured_media":13473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1647,34,15,1372],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15341,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15336\/revisions\/15341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}