{"id":4840,"date":"2024-12-01T17:55:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T21:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=4840"},"modified":"2024-12-01T17:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T21:55:46","slug":"2024-to-what-was-once-a-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/2024-to-what-was-once-a-sparrow\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 To What Was Once A Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crow 2 – detail, Hong<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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To What Was Once A Sparrow<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

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What are you doing here<\/span><\/p>\r\n

dead<\/span><\/p>\r\n

in a parking garage<\/span><\/p>\r\n

on the <\/span>blue planet<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0grey planet<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 grey concrete<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 grey sky<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 grey skull<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What are you doing here<\/span><\/p>\r\n

rotting<\/span><\/p>\r\n

in this minor basilica of human indifference<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Not a sacrifice<\/span><\/p>\r\n

simply a consequence, unintended,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

unnoticed except by holy ants<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What am I doing here<\/span><\/p>\r\n

a dying thing<\/span><\/p>\r\n

writing with a dead thing a poem to a dead thing<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What are we doing here<\/span><\/p>\r\n

we know where we\u2019re going<\/span> \/<\/span> just how do we get there<\/span><\/p>\r\n

we don\u2019t know where we\u2019re going<\/span> \/<\/span> but we know how we\u2019re getting there<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A green ubi sunt is the best we can hope for<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Dradzynski<\/p>\r\n

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Ryan Dradzynski (he\/him) currently lives and writes and does other things in the D.C. area. His home is a library that has been gathered with extreme care but is by no means intended as a working tool.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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My name is Eunice Hong, and I am studying Interdisciplinary Object Design at Towson University. My primary medium is Rhinoceros 3D, a computer-aided design (CAD) software. I draw inspiration from research to create pieces that convey meaningful stories and to raise awareness of global issues. As an artist, my goal is to inspire and to reveal the truth about history\u2019s hidden voices through my work.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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