{"id":9843,"date":"2022-05-09T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/?p=9843"},"modified":"2022-05-09T16:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:02:34","slug":"zephyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/zephyr\/","title":{"rendered":"Zephyr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4840.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-poem-by-joseph-roque\"><strong><em>A Poem by Joseph Roque<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>There is no mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere, there is a veiled shady<br \/>glen, secluded but not quite hidden<br \/>from the perfect ocean view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretly it summons me on sunny<br \/>afternoons, its shy zephyr kisses<br \/>faintly whistling, winking through<br \/>tattered, tree-leaf canopies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting there, tame and thankful,<br \/>favorite pen and pad in hand<br \/>I float, spectral and lightheaded,<br \/>out of body out of reach out of<br \/>touch with everyone, everything\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>except this clear vision that I hold,<br \/>take with me, of this time, this place,<br \/>this perfectly peaceful poem, waiting<br \/>to be passed along, confident<br \/>that it is the closest I will ever be<br \/>to heaven and live to tell of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Joseph Roque <\/strong>is a poet who frequently writes about life, love, loneliness, growing older, alienation, and the joys of youth. His poems have appeared in Psychopoetica, Mad Swirl, Aphelion, Death Head Grin,The Poet\u2019s Haven, RagMag,&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Cerebration.<\/em>&nbsp;His latest book is&nbsp;<em>Ashes And Excuses.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/free-online-fiction-poetry-art-e1608497702946.png\" alt=\"Faith Hope &amp; Fiction\" class=\"wp-image-5712\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Poem by Joseph Roque<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v15.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zephyr | Faith Hope &amp; 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