{"id":1227,"date":"2016-12-10T13:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T20:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2016-12-10T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T20:54:43","slug":"to-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/2016\/12\/10\/to-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"To Ma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"To Ma\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C68fDZYp1ak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To Ma<\/p>\n<p>An epic, a stranger in a strange land.<\/p>\n<p>Free form always to your own rhythm,<\/p>\n<p>Simply stating<\/p>\n<p>Because I had to.<\/p>\n<p>Life in quatrain-<\/p>\n<p>Each a ballad.<\/p>\n<p>Multi cadence.<\/p>\n<p>Metre that of second.<\/p>\n<p>Couplet of the hands,<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting the heart.<\/p>\n<p>Alliterating constant carousels of compassion.<\/p>\n<p>Rest: oil change.<\/p>\n<p>Determination: graceful.<\/p>\n<p>Heart: infinite.<\/p>\n<p>A parable,<\/p>\n<p>Strength is being gentle and kind.<\/p>\n<p>An extended metaphor.<\/p>\n<p>A tree.<\/p>\n<p>Every leaf.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping from the cold,<\/p>\n<p>Shading from the heat,<\/p>\n<p>Making it easier to breath.<\/p>\n<p>Your assonance<\/p>\n<p>brings happiness within.<\/p>\n<p>Reading over and over.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding more.<\/p>\n<p>Washing through.<\/p>\n<p>Resonating.<\/p>\n<p>Attaching.<\/p>\n<p>Blooming.<\/p>\n<p>One cannot hear a poem<\/p>\n<p>Without it changing<\/p>\n<p>You.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; To Ma An epic, a stranger in a strange land. Free form always to your own rhythm, Simply stating Because I had to. Life in quatrain- Each a ballad. Multi cadence. Metre that of second. Couplet of the hands, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/2016\/12\/10\/to-ma\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}