{"id":11321,"date":"2026-07-14T07:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/?p=9903"},"modified":"2026-07-14T07:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:04:17","slug":"construction-materials-for-a-poem-about-dahlias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/construction-materials-for-a-poem-about-dahlias\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Materials for a Poem about Dahlias"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">English ivy curtains the windows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shredded siding, peeling paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crippled gutters, listing chimney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blackberries swallowing the tool shed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carport collapsing, slick shingles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Condemned birdhouses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh firewood dumped in waist-high grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rusted mail box survives at 45 degrees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bags of cat food stacked on the crumbling front porch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skinny cats snoozing on jambs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decoupled power line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No vehicle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wild wisteria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shattered coffee cups everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shrubbery sweeps the roof line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sterile cherry tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dead freezer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Squad of dead barbecues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canned ham trailer sliced in half<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newspaper box from the weekly that folded in the Carter Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Punctured greenhouse streaked with mold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One day something new:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A patch of dirt speared with wooden stakes flying orange ribbons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hose to a sprinkler,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">black writing on the stakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day later: gray woman wearing a floral robe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and fluffy slippers spades the soil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and tells me she&#8217;s planting dahlias,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">one named Dakota Renegade,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">where dahlias can&#8217;t possibly grow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English ivy curtains the windows Shredded siding, peeling paint Crippled gutters, listing chimney Blackberries swallowing the tool shed Carport collapsing, slick shingles Condemned birdhouses Fresh firewood dumped in waist-high grass Rusted mail box survives at 45 degrees Bags of cat food stacked on the crumbling front porch Skinny cats snoozing on jambs Decoupled power line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","category-poetry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}