{"id":18195,"date":"2021-12-01T20:07:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T01:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=18195"},"modified":"2021-12-01T20:12:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T01:12:27","slug":"the-poetry-snapshot-from-the-rooftop-an-urban-symphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2021\/12\/01\/the-poetry-snapshot-from-the-rooftop-an-urban-symphony\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poetry Snapshot: From the Rooftop, an Urban Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18203\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 351px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-18203\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-10-18-19_37_14.806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-10-18-19_37_14.806.jpg 640w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-10-18-19_37_14.806-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Austin, Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For five minutes,<br \/>\nI close my eyes<br \/>\nand give into the prose of sound.<\/p>\n<p>Motorcycles rev down 6th street<br \/>\nwith a sense of synchronicity,<br \/>\nlike a familial fleet.<br \/>\nA lasting roar of a herd on asphalt.<br \/>\nTires on concrete reach a screeching halt-<br \/>\na sound bite to a nearing stoplight<br \/>\nRacing each other yet sticking together.<\/p>\n<p>A sudden splash of children in the pool<br \/>\nIn a flash, a flicker of my eyelash,<br \/>\ndroplets hit my skin rhythmically,<br \/>\nandante, andante<br \/>\nIts graze is cool, creating a haze so cruel.<\/p>\n<p>I catch the gossip of women on a nearby balcony<br \/>\nA decrescendo of shared agony.<br \/>\nTheir whispered words are rushed before thought<br \/>\nHushed in fear of being listened to or caught.<\/p>\n<p>A brief moment of piano<br \/>\nmet with the forte of orchestral cheers<br \/>\nfrom Monday night football.<br \/>\nEmpty pitchers slam the table as the crowd sprawls<br \/>\nFrustrated groans meet ecstatic high fives<br \/>\nAs this game goes down in archives<\/p>\n<p>Each melody is distinct,<br \/>\nSharply detached, staccato notes<br \/>\nAnd creates a harmony so succinct<br \/>\nBefore a tune is built the verse wilts;<br \/>\nmy eyes open to the fading beats of an urban symphony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For five minutes, I close my eyes and give into the prose of sound. Motorcycles rev down 6th street with a sense of synchronicity, like a familial fleet. A lasting roar of a herd on asphalt. Tires on concrete reach a screeching halt- a sound bite to a nearing stoplight Racing each other yet sticking [&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":[34,15,1372],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195"}],"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=18195"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18210,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195\/revisions\/18210"}],"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=18195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}