{"id":20286,"date":"2022-09-25T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=20286"},"modified":"2022-09-25T08:07:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T12:07:15","slug":"evolving-emotions-joy-poetry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/09\/25\/evolving-emotions-joy-poetry-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Joy-Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joy is a summer night.<\/p>\n<p>Mosquitoes buzzing in the air and<\/p>\n<p>The laughter of long-time friends<\/p>\n<p>After your marshmallow erupts ablaze from<\/p>\n<p>A fire that conveys ash, decorating the air like confetti<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joy is a sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>In your grandmother&#8217;s home<\/p>\n<p>Sitting on the hardwood<\/p>\n<p>As a cat lay on the windowsill<\/p>\n<p>Watching the colors blend in a symphony<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joy is a first love.<\/p>\n<p>Butterflies swish inside<\/p>\n<p>At the sight of that face<\/p>\n<p>That makes your knees buckle<\/p>\n<p>And a smile sparking fireworks to nip at your fingertips<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joy is in everything<\/p>\n<p>If one squints hard enough<\/p>\n<p>At dusty photographs<\/p>\n<p>At events unfolding with torn edges<\/p>\n<p>And at hands to hold, things to see, and moments yet to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy is a summer night. Mosquitoes buzzing in the air and The laughter of long-time friends After your marshmallow erupts ablaze from A fire that conveys ash, decorating the air like confetti &nbsp; Joy is a sunrise. In your grandmother&#8217;s home Sitting on the hardwood As a cat lay on the windowsill Watching the colors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":20290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1774,561,1830,281,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20286"}],"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\/2246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20286"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20517,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20286\/revisions\/20517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}