{"id":545,"date":"2020-07-21T19:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T19:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=545"},"modified":"2020-09-25T14:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:06:52","slug":"frost-a-poem-begins-with-a-lump-in-the-throat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/07\/21\/frost-a-poem-begins-with-a-lump-in-the-throat\/","title":{"rendered":"Frost: &#8220;A poem begins with a lump in the throat&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9-25-2020-Peter-2.jpg-2.jpg-A-Poem-Begins-with-a-Lump-in-the-Throat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9-25-2020-Peter-2.jpg-2.jpg-A-Poem-Begins-with-a-Lump-in-the-Throat.jpg 603w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9-25-2020-Peter-2.jpg-2.jpg-A-Poem-Begins-with-a-Lump-in-the-Throat-300x34.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/audio\/Birth%20of%20a%20Poem.m4a?_t=1596146416\"><\/audio><figcaption><strong><em>Listen to Barbara recite this poem<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong><em>Birth of Poem (For Robert Frost<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>&amp; Vassar Miller)<\/em><\/strong> by Barbara Helvey Hughes &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>I\u2019ve had that lump lodged in my throat<br>that lump I could not share.<br>I\u2019ve known that lump ~ a torment, sure<br>that lump which laid me bare.<br>&nbsp;<br>The lump which shuddered in the dark<br>when battered thoughts abide:<br>the lump, which choked away my breath<br>and jeopardized my pride.<br>&nbsp;<br>For I know a Secret.<br>&nbsp;<br>I\u2019ve known that lump, relentless lump:<br>the one which gripped my tongue,<br>with words held hostage by that lump<br>I watched my Judas hung.<br>The pendulum of Judas swung<br>upon her* cheek of night,<br>where ragged Warriors summoned winds<br>and fought the Holy Fight.<br>&nbsp;<br>But nothing could persuade me, now<br>to write about that time<br>when Forces of my Brightest Light<br>exposed my darkest crime.<br>&nbsp;<br>Some things are best borne silently.<br>Some knowns are best forgot.<br>Some things are gifted just in time<br>to thicken up our plot.<br>&nbsp;<br>Regardless, we all know them well ~<br>those lumps we cannot write or tell.<br>&nbsp;<br>We all know A Secret.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>*<strong><em>Judas<\/em><\/strong> by Vassar Miller&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><br>8-5-2018\/7-21-2020<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Painting: Judas&#8217; Conscience Nikolaj Nikolajewitsch Ge, c. 1891<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of my poetical inspirations: Robert Frost and Vassar Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}