{"id":95000,"date":"2012-08-23T23:22:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T03:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/95000\/poem-good-case-influenca\/"},"modified":"2012-08-23T23:22:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T03:22:26","slug":"poem-good-case-influenca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/95000\/poem-good-case-influenca\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM; A Good Case of “Influenca”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was written for the Thematic Attic Thursday poetry challenge<\/a> on the CPC. \u00a0Hosts Diane and Bettie were looking for writes about a favorite teacher. \u00a0I did mine as a Villanelle because that is the recommended format on this week’s Friday Fling challenge. \u00a0NB: my centering function will not work reliably here anymore, so there it is over on the left. \u00a0Or maybe some will be centered and some not. \u00a0Lately you never know.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A GOOD CASE OF INFLUENCA<\/strong><\/font> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Barry Beyer was a favorite.
\nTaught history and government.
\nIn his classes I would gladly sit.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

American history fit
\nmy endurance fascination bent.
\nBarry Beyer was a favorite.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Straightforward, with a biting wit.
\nBroad knowledge generously lent.
\nIn his classes I would gladly sit.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Trip to state capital a hit.
\nShook hand of future Vice President.
\nBarry Beyer was a favorite.<\/p>\n

International relations bit
\ninto the time’s greatest events.
\nIn his classes I would gladly sit.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Yearbook dedicated to his grit.
\nThen to my college he was sent.
\nBarry Beyer was a favorite.
\nIn his classes I would gladly sit.
\n<\/strong><\/font>
\n Copyright August 23rd 2012<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was written for the Thematic Attic Thursday poetry challenge on the CPC. \u00a0Hosts Diane and Bettie were looking for writes about a favorite teacher. \u00a0I did mine as a Villanelle because that is the recommended format on this week’s Friday Fling challenge. \u00a0NB: my centering function will not work reliably here anymore, so there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}