{"id":4041,"date":"2016-03-01T20:39:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2016-03-02T20:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:06:20","slug":"wanda-oconnor-drawing-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/4041\/wanda-oconnor-drawing-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"WANDA O&#8217;CONNOR: Drawing Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drawing hour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>i.<br \/>\nHalting                 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;halting                     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;halting<\/p>\n<p>the room is in and out of it<\/p>\n<p>hesitation come         &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;stirring longer than the plan of hesitation         &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;how quickly plans are laid   &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;no,                  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;opportune the kind of darkness that wagers upon itself<br \/>\nbring forward the debris field<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a MASS         &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of new directions           &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;no, candidate for direction             &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>an omen<\/em><br \/>\npositioned and loyal to the mount<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a mark in any way<br \/>\nforeign<br \/>\nforging<br \/>\nforaging<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be certain in this knowledge<br \/>\nbe sure of what you see<br \/>\ncarry your suspicion in your right hand<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ii.<br \/>\nCorrect me if I\u2019ve missed the way,<br \/>\nthe chords of my thudding accumulate<br \/>\nmove through charting           &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;monitoring           &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a tourist in this postlude<\/p>\n<p>led by variance variations vignettes<br \/>\nif only the surface could open more fully           &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>shades     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;stand up to be seen<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of their shabby works are splendor<br \/>\n&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;I missed<\/p>\n<p>an ink trail,<br \/>\nuncarefully trained,        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and ends<\/p>\n<p>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I feel the cold dogs barking in the night<br \/>\n&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or I hear the night going cold<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>iii.<br \/>\nAll earthly yearning<br \/>\nit is better to be acquainted with<br \/>\n<em>artfully dressed<\/em>         &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>parading<\/em><\/p>\n<p>long has dissent laid in tension<br \/>\nlong has otherness<br \/>\nlong, the machine ghost<br \/>\ndeferred by its own lack<br \/>\n<em>        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hollows in the echo<\/em>           &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the celestial table showing its positions, <em>regular,<\/em>     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bodies in<br \/>\n&nbsp;regular sequence:<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;overlong, startling, syncope<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a term knows a cistern when it sees it<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(caressing is another unknowing \u2013 dark matter is dark matter)<\/p>\n<p>What are you seeking, are you seeking anything at all, what is this original view<\/p>\n<p><em>or why<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&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;halting        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;halting&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;halting       <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wanda O\u2019Connor is a doctoral candidate in Critical and Creative Writing at Cardiff University. Recent work is available or forthcoming in Asymptote, Magma, Poetry Wales and \u201cThe Best Canadian Poetry 2014\u201d (Tightrope Books). Her chapbook, \u201cdamascene road passaggio\u201d is available to order through Above\/Ground Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawing hour &nbsp; i. Halting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;halting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;halting the room is in and out of it hesitation come &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;stirring longer than the plan of hesitation &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;how quickly plans are laid &#8211; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;no, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;opportune the kind of darkness that wagers upon itself bring forward the debris field &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a MASS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of new directions &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;no, candidate for direction &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[41,12],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/images-4.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42xiC-13b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4041"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4158,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041\/revisions\/4158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}