{"id":9690,"date":"2017-07-21T19:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=9690"},"modified":"2017-07-21T19:39:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:39:50","slug":"old-song-old-poem-new-solace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2017\/07\/old-song-old-poem-new-solace\/","title":{"rendered":"Old song, old poem: new solace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Knotty<\/a>Hey all. Can July speed by any faster? Here\u2019s what I got for you.<\/p>\n

Check out Kathleen Kirk\u2019s<\/strong> review of Dave Bonta\u2019s<\/strong> book of poems called Ice Mountain<\/em> <\/strong>on Escape Into Life<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. I bet you\u2019ll want to read more of Dave Bonta\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> work and the archive of Escape into Life<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. As you know, Kathleen Kirk<\/strong> is a SISMW contributor. Way back in October 2012 Dave Bonta\u2019s<\/strong> poem \u201cOde to Scythes\u201d<\/a> was published here.\"Ice-Mountain-book-cover\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Creativity is curative. Read Mark Brown\u2019s<\/strong> “Arts can help recovery from illness and keep people will, report says\u201d<\/a> in the July 19 issue of The Guardian<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Poetry Foundation<\/strong> has a new website<\/strong><\/a>. I\u2019ve heard complaints and compliments. See what you think.<\/p>\n

\"images\"<\/a>When I need a little pep in my step, I like to turn up the music and dance (that is, if I have the house to myself). Today\u2019s song was Deee-Lite’s<\/strong> \u201c<\/strong>Groove is in the Heart.\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/em> So turn it up<\/strong>. (Chair-dancing is perfectly acceptable.)<\/p>\n

Finally I leave you with a poem that may help you change your perspective. It\u2019s \u201cLoss and Gain\u201d<\/strong> by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peace, love, and solace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Loss and Gain<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I compare
\nWhat I have lost with what I have gained,
\nWhat I have missed with what attained,
\nLittle room do I find for pride.<\/p>\n

I am aware.
\nHow many days have been idly spent;
\nHow like an arrow the good intent
\nHas fallen short or been turned aside.<\/p>\n

But who shall dare
\nTo measure loss and gain in this wise?
\nDefeat may be victory in disguise;
\nThe lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.<\/p>\n

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hosta \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey all. Can July speed by any faster? Here\u2019s what I got for you. Check out Kathleen Kirk\u2019s review of Dave Bonta\u2019s book of poems called Ice Mountain on Escape Into Life. I bet you\u2019ll want to read more of Dave Bonta\u2019s work and the archive of Escape into Life. As you know, Kathleen Kirk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_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":[1],"tags":[127,3318,1300,3316,12,3314,3317,3320,3315,4,3321,3319,39,13,20,7,16,1768,888,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-9690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-contributors-2","9":"tag-creativity-is-curative","10":"tag-dave-bonta","11":"tag-dee-lite","12":"tag-ellen-wade-beals","13":"tag-escape-nto-life","14":"tag-groove-is-in-the-heart","15":"tag-henry-wadsworth-longfellow","16":"tag-ice-mountain","17":"tag-kathleen-kirk","18":"tag-loss-and-gain","19":"tag-mark-brown","20":"tag-photography","21":"tag-poetry","22":"tag-publication","23":"tag-solace","24":"tag-solace-in-so-many-words","25":"tag-the-guardian","26":"tag-the-poetry-foundation","27":"tag-weighed-words","28":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9690"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9698,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9690\/revisions\/9698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}