{"id":719,"date":"2019-04-30T21:15:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T01:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/?page_id=719"},"modified":"2020-07-17T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T16:11:12","slug":"marlee-vedder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/poetry\/marlee-vedder\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlee Vedder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If the World is Cold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf the world is cold, make it your business to build fires\u201d<br \/>\n-Horace Traubel<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Today, my frail friend, I open up for business<br \/>\nStrike a match from my back pocket<br \/>\nOpen up my beating locket<br \/>\nSet my heart aflame, unguard it<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lean against my stronger shoulders<br \/>\nCome, sob into my heated chest<br \/>\nStay here, my tired love, get some rest<br \/>\nMy doors are open to every guest<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">My heart will burn to coals and ash<br \/>\nIf it means that you\u2019ll be warm<br \/>\nKeep you sheltered from this storm<br \/>\nProtect you any time, any place, or in any form<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This world is cold and bitingly cruel<br \/>\nTo the kindest, most innocent eyes<br \/>\nBut please, my weary dove, it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise<br \/>\nThat after this winter the sun will rise<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Though until then, my chest will ache with searing heat<br \/>\nBut that\u2019s really alright, my lonely dear<br \/>\nFor my little shop will be open all year<br \/>\nAnd you are always, always welcome here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Collin Anderson Memorial Award for Poetry Honorable Mention<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-697 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/04\/picture-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/04\/picture-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/04\/picture.jpg 518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/>Marlee Vedder<\/strong> is a sophomore studying Early Childhood\/Childhood education at SUNY Cortland. She enjoys reading and writing poetry and fiction, and hopes to become an elementary English or literacy teacher after obtaining her master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/previous-issues\/crystallize-review-2019\/poetry\/\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the World is Cold \u201cIf the world is cold, make it your business to build fires\u201d -Horace Traubel Today, my frail friend, I open up for business Strike a match from my back pocket Open up my beating locket Set my heart aflame, unguard it Lean against my stronger shoulders Come, sob into my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"parent":692,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-719","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}