{"id":1450,"date":"2012-12-01T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=1450"},"modified":"2024-08-28T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:25:00","slug":"song-of-the-scotch-bonnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/song-of-the-scotch-bonnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Scotch Bonnet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We find you coiled on yourself,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>A clef note left in the sand,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We find you abandoned, an empty case<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Which once held chords and organs,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The melody of a hidden life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Years ago, you composed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Your movements to the rhythm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Of the earth&#8217;s fleshy core,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The pulse felt deep beneath the seafloor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We press your hollow chambers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>To our ears, and still hear each note rise<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And fall, a body of music<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>A chorus of lost voices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"color: #010101\">This article was published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2012-2\/winter-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winter&nbsp;2012<\/a>&nbsp;issue of Coastwatch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"color: #010101\">For contact information and reprint requests, visit&nbsp;<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #cc0000\" title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/contact\/\">ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/contact\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We find you coiled on yourself,<\/p>\n<p>A clef note left in the sand,<\/p>\n<p>We find you abandoned, an empty case<\/p>\n<p>Which once held chords and organs,<\/p>\n<p>The melody of a hidden life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"views\/single-immersive.blade.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"Tina Clark","ncst_show_custom_author":true,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-immersive-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"custombg_one\",\"displayCategoryID\":672,\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[672,1413],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[1506],"class_list":["post-1450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-672","category-winter-2012"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":672,"name":"2012","slug":"2012","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":673,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":35,"filter":"raw"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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