{"id":4902,"date":"2010-08-31T02:29:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T02:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2010-08-31T02:29:44","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T02:29:44","slug":"poem-of-the-day-this-night-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/?p=4902","title":{"rendered":"Poem of the Day: \u201cThis Night Only\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"content-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moonlight-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-image-block\" alt=\"image\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 15px auto;\" \/><\/div>\n<p><b>This Night Only<\/b><\/p>\n<p>by Kenneth Rexroth<\/p>\n<p>[Eric Satie: GYMNOP&#201;DIE #1]<\/p>\n<p>Moonlight &nbsp; now &nbsp; on Malibu<\/p>\n<p>The winter night &nbsp; the few stars<\/p>\n<p>Far away &nbsp; millions &nbsp; of miles<\/p>\n<p>The sea &nbsp; going on &nbsp; and on<\/p>\n<p>Forever &nbsp; around &nbsp; the earth<\/p>\n<p>Far &nbsp; and &nbsp; far &nbsp; as your lips &nbsp; are near<\/p>\n<p>Filled &nbsp; with the same light &nbsp; as your eyes<\/p>\n<p>Darling &nbsp; darling &nbsp; darling<\/p>\n<p>The future &nbsp; is long gone by<\/p>\n<p>And the past &nbsp; will never happen<\/p>\n<p>We have &nbsp; only this<\/p>\n<p>Our one forever<\/p>\n<p>So small &nbsp; so infinite<\/p>\n<p>So brief &nbsp; so vast<\/p>\n<p>Immortal &nbsp; as our hands that touch<\/p>\n<p>Deathless &nbsp; as the firelit wine we drink<\/p>\n<p>Almighty &nbsp; as this single kiss<\/p>\n<p>That has no beginning<\/p>\n<p>That will never<\/p>\n<p>Never<\/p>\n<p>End<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elabs7.com\/functions\/message_view.html?mid=1064162&amp;mlid=499&amp;siteid=20130&amp;uid=d5a3fd6c01\">Writer&#8217;s Almanac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Night Only by Kenneth Rexroth [Eric Satie: GYMNOP&#201;DIE #1] Moonlight &nbsp; now &nbsp; on Malibu The winter night &nbsp; the few stars Far away <a href=\"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/?p=4902\" class=\"read-more-link\">[Read More]<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moonlight.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"146\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}