{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"John Shirley Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/john-shirley.com\/blog","author_name":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/john-shirley.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Why Are Your Poems so Dark? - John Shirley Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0JSRlBRGbi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/john-shirley.com\/blog\/398-2\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryfoundation.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c993b88231f5f84146565840e&amp;id=1af419591e&amp;e=40e90f2fe9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Are Your Poems so Dark?<\/a><\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/john-shirley.com\/blog\/398-2\/embed\/#?secret=0JSRlBRGbi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/poetryfoundation.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c993b88231f5f84146565840e&amp;id=1af419591e&amp;e=40e90f2fe9&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot;&gt;Why Are Your Poems so Dark?&lt;\/a&gt;&#8221; &#8212; John Shirley Blog\" data-secret=\"0JSRlBRGbi\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/john-shirley.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Linda Pastan Isn&#8217;t the moon dark too,most of the time? And doesn&#8217;t the white pageseem unfinished without the dark stainof alphabets? When God demanded light,he didn&#8217;t banish darkness. Instead he inventedebony and crows and that small moleon your left cheekbone. Or did you mean to ask&#8220;Why are you sad so often?&#8221; Ask the moon.Ask&hellip;"}