{"id":1424,"date":"2021-05-27T22:45:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T04:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2021-05-27T22:49:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T04:49:24","slug":"a-soft-love-by-delane-just","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1424","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Soft Love&#8221; by Delane Just"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Delane is a current graduate student in the MFA in Writing program at USask. Most of Delane\u2019s work surrounds themes relating to Millennial Canadian women and LGBTQ+ experiences. \u201cA Soft Love\u201d is a poem written about a slow moment, of realizing that one is still just as in love with someone as the first time they said, \u201cI love you.\u201d Delane and her partner have been together for almost seven years and at times she is stunned momentarily by how far they have come together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>A Soft Love<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hairs on your arm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">backlit by daylight in a dim room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">golden stalks drifting in breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hold me close to yourself\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">count the places where<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">skin becomes inseparable\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">words wisp away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">like dreams, memories,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">warm and bitter sweet\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-1024x904.png\" alt=\"A simple sketch of flowers.\" class=\"wp-image-1426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-1024x904.png 1024w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-768x678.png 768w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-1536x1356.png 1536w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-2048x1808.png 2048w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-690x609.png 690w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-1317x1163.png 1317w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-800x706.png 800w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A-Soft-Love-2-e1622177179543-1400x1236.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>This piece is part of the <\/em>in medias res<em> March 2021 \u201cLove\u201d Issue. You can read the full issue under the tag \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=march-2021\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=march-2021\" target=\"_blank\">March 2021<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>Images by Jenna Roesch<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA Soft Love\u201d is a poem written about a slow moment, of realizing that one is still just as in love with someone as the first time they said, \u201cI love you.\u201d 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