{"id":2309,"date":"2022-12-08T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2022-12-08T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:14:58","slug":"school-yard-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/school-yard-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"School Yard in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Iceland-Winter-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Outside the fields \r\nAre coated in white.\r\nGreen grass, \r\nBedecked with crystals \r\nGlitter beneath \r\nThe morning\u2019s early sun. \r\n\r\nSchool shoes are damp\r\nThey litter classroom carpets \r\nWith green clumps, and strands,\r\nAnd smears of mud, \r\nAs we\u2019re all told to take our coats off inside. \r\n\r\nFeet stamp on hollow flooring \r\nThe old wall heater is struggling\r\nAnd still we\u2019re all told \r\nTo take our coats off inside. \r\n\r\nThe teacher surveys us, with eyes that stream,\r\nIgnoring the shiver of the boy with blue fingers.\r\nTo a chorus of sniffing, as condensation \r\nDrips, \r\nLanguidly down oversized windows.\r\nThe door still ajar is finally shut with a bang, as \r\nA single stick of chalk whitely marks the blackboard.\r\n\r\nThe light of the sun blinds our eyes as we peek\r\nTowards \r\nThe tin bus shelter\r\nBeyond the round footy field\r\n\r\nUntil finally\r\nThe bell sounds, and we may open the door\r\nCollecting our coats, play lunch in our pockets. \r\nFaces pink, red;\r\nBeneath the mid-morning sun, \r\n\r\nIts weak warmth, the wet grass \r\nNow seem somehow friendly, \r\nAs our coats are soon too,\r\nDiscarded like tissues. \r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-sm-font-size wp-block-heading\">As originally published in <em>The Four Seasons Project<\/em> <em>(a collection of short stories &amp; poems)<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outside the fields Are coated in white. Green grass, Bedecked with crystals Glitter beneath The morning\u2019s early sun. School shoes are damp They litter classroom carpets With green clumps, and strands, And smears of mud, As we\u2019re all told to take our coats off inside. Feet stamp on hollow flooring The old wall heater is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2319,"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions\/2319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniqueshutch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}