a very fine one you’ve picked there brother John
\nwho ties the tongue like winter holds the seed
\nyet aware the beating there within
\nwith rhythm of the ages sages it only takes
\nthree wisdoms patience of the waiting
\nwaiting the howling calm of the wind
\ntick tock three o’clock all tis at the well
\nmusic train clef’s then flats
\nTipperary is not too much further now
\nand Tripoli has doubled in the past
\ncards are shuffled waiting for the deal
\nwhat is dreaming who is now awake
\nremember then
\n“It’s best to not take one’s self too seriously.”<\/p>\n
of course my subject is my losing or more succinct
\nnever truly knowing surely perhaps
\nonce shedding discipline it is remarkable
\nthe search for that which is most valued
\nchanging muses in the stumbling along
\nof course lives are fraught with imperfection
\nfull of denials and rejection<\/p>\n
i try and i try but i
\nstill hold remnants of the Vatican Rag
\nthe “I’m not worthy will never be”
\nworthy of what and to whom i say
\nyou priestly priest who scolds me not to think
\nor the false hearted friend who condemns my habit
\nwhile indulging his because it is manly<\/p>\n
the fingers in the dark find f and g
\npaused like the eyes in candle light
\nto the silence between the in and out
\nwill there be a 4:44 o’clock
\nbetween the tock find either you or i
\nafter the tick is :41
\nmost likely there will be a next tear drop to fall
\nshe’s here :42
\nthe walking stick is handy in the parlor
\n:43 one howling wind returns
\n. . . . . . … .. .. . . . . . . . .
\n4:44 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
a very fine one you’ve picked there brother John who ties the tongue like winter holds the seed yet aware the beating there within with rhythm of the ages sages it only takes three wisdoms patience of the waiting waiting the howling calm of the wind tick tock three o’clock all tis at the well … Continue reading “The Muse Withholding”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motherbird.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}