{"id":1641,"date":"2017-07-21T13:48:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/?page_id=1641"},"modified":"2023-08-24T19:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T02:38:21","slug":"keeping-the-x","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/books\/keeping-the-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1634\" style=\"border: 6px solid #fff799;\" src=\"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepingTheXcoverimage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepingTheXcoverimage.jpg 534w, https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepingTheXcoverimage-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keeping the X<\/em><\/strong> is a collection of poems that Laura-Marie Taylor and I wrote and exchanged as winter gifts from 2009 to 2017. The poems are based on thematic prompts we offered each other. Tracking the exchange through time, this book offers a window into the playful and tender friendship between two poets.<\/p>\n<p>From \u201csong\u201d by Laura-Marie Taylor:<\/p>\n<p><em>For everything I bring in,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> something\u2019s got to go out.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Loose ends tie themselves,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> pretend maps direct me<\/em><br \/>\n<em> to plastic treasure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From \u201cDistance in Metaphor\u201d by Ellen Redbird:<\/p>\n<p><em>When I see you coming,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I want you to crash into me.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But I\u2019m all lit up like a<\/em><br \/>\n<em> medical building<\/em><br \/>\n<em> near an airport.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*****<br \/>\nOver 50 pages of poetry and drawings<\/p>\n<p>Pyriform Press Catalog: <a href=\"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/pyriform\/catalog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pyriformpress.com\/pyriform\/catalog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping the X is a collection of poems that Laura-Marie Taylor and I wrote and exchanged as winter gifts from 2009 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":848,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1641","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1667,"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641\/revisions\/1667"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pyriformpress.com\/ellenredbird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}