{"id":33744,"date":"2019-03-10T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=33744"},"modified":"2019-03-10T13:26:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T17:26:44","slug":"from-the-white-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/03\/from-the-white-poems.html","title":{"rendered":"From &#8216;The White Poems&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33755\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/implicit-by-gerard-bellaart-360\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Implicit-by-Gerard-Bellaart-360.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"360,569\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1122648189&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Implicit by Gerard Bellaart (360)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Implicit-by-Gerard-Bellaart-360-190x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Implicit-by-Gerard-Bellaart-360.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Implicit-by-Gerard-Bellaart-360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33755\" width=\"360\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Implicit-by-Gerard-Bellaart-360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Implicit-by-Gerard-Bellaart-360-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption>&#8216;Implicit&#8217; from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gerardbellaart.com\/fragmentation.php\">Fragmentations by Gerard Bellaart<\/a> [2005]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong><em>SOCIAL MEDIA\u00a0(for James Tate)<\/em><\/strong><br><br>I<br>This emptiness is my private lair.<br>It confines me like a clubman's chair.<br>I am free of desire.<br>I don't mind being here either.<br><br>II<br>How do you know he's really great?<br>Just ask him. He will really tell you.<br>Mountains move and waters part<br>when he walks in. 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