{"id":936,"date":"2020-10-23T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T18:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=936"},"modified":"2021-03-19T04:51:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T10:51:17","slug":"amber-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=936","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Amber in the Sun&#8221; by Jeana Myers"},"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\">Poetry has always been a way for Jeana to romanticize the life she\u2019s living. This poem is no exception. The inspiration for \u201cAmber in the Sun\u201d came while she was driving home one evening and saw how the sunset made the yellows of the Agriculture fields at the university glow. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">She came to picture a woman lying in the glowing yellow field, drenched in sunlight and sweet as honey. The woman was pleased to be in the sun, playing with the rays, but she felt trapped and out of place, and longed to return to her past.\u00a0Jeana tried to capture this scene in words.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\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>Amber in the Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silk beams of cowardice<br>create for her a labyrinth.<br>Between each thumb, ring finger,<br>a lemon drop does linger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hiccups of honey glue<br>dress her wrists with satin dew.<br>Mirages of modest memories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span>gush Amber on the field.<\/p>\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><strong>To read more works by Jeana Myers, follow her on Instagram <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/j.b_myers?igshid=1jnigmq9cvtav\" target=\"_blank\">@j.b_myers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>Image: <\/em>Lava <em>by Teigen Clark<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>This piece was selected and edited by the<\/em> in medias res <em>2019-20 editorial board as part of the IMR Winter 2020 issue, cancelled due to COVID-19. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poetry has always been a way for Jeana to romanticize the life she&#8217;s living. 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