{"id":167,"date":"2015-12-03T04:27:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T04:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylviaarthur.com\/poemswithpictures.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2015-12-03T04:27:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T04:27:17","slug":"short-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Short Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Poem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This short, sweet poem is about how our children become like us over time. Or at least so I thought at first. But Sue the poet always has some underlying, darker message that ebbs beneath the surface. When you look closely, the message is clear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this painting, the imagery is as sweet as the first words of the poem. I didn\u2019t intend anything beneath the surface, but I did intend for the paint to sit on the canvas\u2019 surface. As a painter I am experimenting with paint and pattern. It feels good and may be the start of a new \u201cpainterly approach\u201d for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Shorts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In our children soon appear<\/p>\n<p>snippets of ourselves so clear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Water falls in pools,<\/p>\n<p>One drop springs up like salmon<\/p>\n<p>Ripples flow downstream.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Data is<\/p>\n<p>And data does<\/p>\n<p>As data<\/p>\n<p>Is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Machines replace the beauty of<\/p>\n<p>Such human things as love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>By: Susan Michaud<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sylviaarthur.com\/poemswithpictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/KelseyWilliam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sylviaarthur.com\/poemswithpictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/KelseyWilliam.jpg\" alt=\"Kelsey&amp;William\" width=\"949\" height=\"1189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/KelseyWilliam.jpg 1197w, https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/KelseyWilliam-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/KelseyWilliam-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/KelseyWilliam-588x737.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Kelsey and William&#8221;, By: Sylvia Arthur<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Poem This short, sweet poem is about how our children become like us over time. Or at least so I thought at first. But Sue the poet always has some underlying, darker message that ebbs beneath the surface. When you look closely, the message is clear. &nbsp; The Picture In this painting, the imagery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemswithpictures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}