{"id":35426,"date":"2019-06-07T15:56:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=35426"},"modified":"2019-06-07T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T20:00:10","slug":"poems-midwifed-by-cold-turkey-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/06\/poems-midwifed-by-cold-turkey-press.html","title":{"rendered":"Poems Midwifed by Cold Turkey Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>&#8220;an unknown power \/ the glass bell of midnight \/ neither sends nor tracks \/ whatever the hour \/<br> the quivering eye \/ everything human \/ the nearness of clouds \/ bright sun in blue sky&#8221; <\/em>  \u2014 J.H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em> &#8220;Pay no heed to society. Wear the mask \/ of the beast over your animal face. \/ &#8230; Breathe through the nostrils of the dead \/ and witness how the evening mountains \/ devour the entrails of the sky.&#8221; <\/em>  \u2014 M.R.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"311,443\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-2-constable skies1-quarkherman ritchie sky (bdr) copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy-211x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35425\" width=\"312\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy.jpeg 311w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy-211x300.jpeg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><figcaption><em>Folio designed by Gerard Bellaart<\/em>,<br><em>with detail of a<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Painting-by-Constable-ca.-1827.jpg\"><strong>painting by Constable<\/strong><\/a> (ca. 1827).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/herman-ritchie-poems-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/herman-ritchie-poems-750.png\" data-orig-size=\"750,538\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Midnight&amp;#8217; by Jan Herman \/ &amp;#8216;Pay no Heed&amp;#8217; by Malcolm Ritchie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/herman-ritchie-poems-750-300x215.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/herman-ritchie-poems-750.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/herman-ritchie-poems-750.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35433\" width=\"658\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/herman-ritchie-poems-750.png 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/herman-ritchie-poems-750-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"443\" data-attachment-id=\"35423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-2-bdrjpeg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-2-bdrjpeg.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"319,443\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a-2-constable skies1-quarkherman ritchie sky 2 (bdr)jpeg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-2-bdrjpeg-216x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-2-bdrjpeg.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-2-bdrjpeg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-2-bdrjpeg.jpeg 319w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-2-bdrjpeg-216x300.jpeg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><figcaption><em>Printed in a first edition limited to 36 copies (2019).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;an unknown power \/ the glass bell of midnight \/ neither sends nor tracks \/ whatever the hour \/ the quivering eye \/ everything human \/ the nearness of clouds \/ bright sun in blue sky&#8221;   \u2014 J.H.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Pay no heed to society. Wear the mask \/ of the beast over your animal face. \/ &#8230; Breathe through the nostrils of the dead \/ and witness how the evening mountains \/ devour the entrails of the sky.&#8221;   \u2014 M.R.<\/p>\n<p>Folio designed by Gerard Bellaart, with detail of a painting by Constable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,18,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-literature","9":"category-main","10":"category-news","11":"category-political-culture","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a-2-constable-skies1-quarkherman-ritchie-sky-bdr-copy.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-9do","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35426"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35492,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35426\/revisions\/35492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}