{"id":2732,"date":"2016-04-11T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=2732"},"modified":"2016-04-11T03:00:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T03:00:07","slug":"john-swain-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/john-swain-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"John Swain, April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the Mountain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gorge and the black coal,<br \/>\nthe natural bridge,<br \/>\nthe scarecrows and the goats foretold<br \/>\nthe dark at my shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>Black bear on the mountain,<br \/>\nacorns and rhododendron,<br \/>\nthe moon let down the running creek<br \/>\nto fill my dented cup.<\/p>\n<p>The midnight stares<br \/>\nfrom her feral gnawing arms,<br \/>\na hollow log , abyss, the thorn<br \/>\nI embrace at her wide belly.<\/p>\n<p>Owl eye and the cold stars glow<br \/>\nwhere the rushing water turned to stone,<br \/>\nmotionless to be unnoticed<br \/>\nmy haunted love has gone.<br \/>\n<em>John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Least Bittern Books published his second collection, Under the Mountain Born.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Mountain Gorge and the black coal, the natural bridge, the scarecrows and the goats foretold the dark at my shoulder. Black bear on the mountain, acorns and rhododendron, the moon let down the running creek to fill my dented cup. 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