{"id":191,"date":"2006-06-16T22:13:45","date_gmt":"2006-06-17T02:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2006\/06\/16\/theatre-17\/"},"modified":"2006-06-17T23:41:22","modified_gmt":"2006-06-18T03:41:22","slug":"theatre-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2006\/06\/16\/theatre-17\/","title":{"rendered":"theatre (17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>an episodically published poem<br \/>\nlink to <a href=\"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2006\/05\/22\/theatre\/\">beginning<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One last sweep of the stage floor.<br \/>\na check of the pre-show list<br \/>\nall properties are in ready position<br \/>\nall electrics are at preshow settings<br \/>\nand are go<br \/>\nall actors are in the backstage area<!--more--><br \/>\nall clear to open the house<br \/>\nbackstage all quiet<br \/>\nGo<\/p>\n<p>Ushers take their places<br \/>\nthe house doors swing open<br \/>\ngradually patrons<br \/>\nprograms in hand<br \/>\ntake their seats<\/p>\n<p>I sit in my usual seat<br \/>\nnext to my wife<br \/>\nwe read our programs<br \/>\nhoping to get a little mind set<br \/>\nto make the experience<br \/>\nricher more meaningful<br \/>\nwe have invested in this event<br \/>\ntravelled distances<br \/>\nmade reservations<br \/>\nfor rooms seats dinner<br \/>\nwe want<\/p>\n<p>we want to catch a ride<br \/>\non the whirlwind<br \/>\nof the gods<br \/>\nthat swoops into the theatre<br \/>\nfrom above the stars<br \/>\nwe want the whirlwind to<br \/>\nwhisk us away<br \/>\nto share history<br \/>\nto sit next to Elizabeth<br \/>\nwe want everything<br \/>\npared down to make sense<br \/>\nwe bring our minds<br \/>\nready to examine wit<br \/>\nand pith and moment<br \/>\nthis is fiction for examiners of life<\/p>\n<p>This evening may bring<br \/>\ndeath epiphany tragic recognition<br \/>\nwit humour joy disappointment<br \/>\nit is the moment of cognitio<br \/>\nthat we come for<br \/>\nand we want to arrive<br \/>\nat the moment<br \/>\na moment before he does<\/p>\n<p>That is our triumph<br \/>\nthat is our moment<\/p>\n<p>The lights dim<br \/>\nthe whirlwind swoops in<br \/>\nthe drama begins . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>an episodically published poem link to beginning One last sweep of the stage floor. a check of the pre-show list all properties are in ready position all electrics are at preshow settings and are go all actors are in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2006\/06\/16\/theatre-17\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-writing","category-poetry","category-serial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}