{"id":558,"date":"2026-10-14T16:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=558"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:31:24","slug":"river-remembers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/river-remembers\/","title":{"rendered":"River Remembers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">River Remembers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This river remembers what I do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remembers running clear,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">abundant with fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I see only the tossed garbage,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a sheen of oil, no fish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">swimming in the current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This river remembers times of peace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">truth in the world. I hear only gunfire,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">lies spoken by those who pretend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This river remembers running though<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pine forests and glens. I see it running past<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">condos and concrete playgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This river remembers your friendship;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Green Silk Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Spring 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>River Remembers This river remembers what I do not. It remembers running clear, abundant with fish. I see only the tossed garbage, a sheen of oil, no fish swimming in the current. This river remembers times of peace, truth in the world. I hear only gunfire, lies spoken by those who pretend to lead. This&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/river-remembers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">River Remembers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}