{"id":267,"date":"2023-03-21T08:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/?p=267"},"modified":"2024-12-15T08:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:24:06","slug":"how-good-and-pleasant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"How Good and Pleasant&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This one (not really a poem I suppose) is pretty personal. <em>(I was back and forth on posting it, as it&#8217;s sorta long AND it&#8217;s totally about my own journey. But I thought it might have connections with some of y&#8217;all, and I frankly just like it &#8230; so I decided yes.)<\/em> It&#8217;s about shame and art and identity and neurological integration and my own fragmentation and how writing poetry is helping change my life. The title refers to Psalm 133. Benjamin means &#8220;son of the right hand,&#8221; therefore left brain, with Lefty then of course being right brain.<br><br>Oh, hopefully both columns are visible on a mobile device by selecting it and scrolling, but if not, I put it in two columns below this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-2.png?resize=517%2C746&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-2.png?w=517&amp;ssl=1 517w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-2.png?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>And in two columns if you can&#8217;t read it as above&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-column-1-1.png?resize=243%2C718&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" style=\"width:362px;height:1069px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-column-1-1.png?w=243&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-column-1-1.png?resize=102%2C300&amp;ssl=1 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-column-2.png?resize=288%2C820&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" style=\"width:377px;height:1073px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-column-2.png?w=288&amp;ssl=1 288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnwilliamschwartz.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/poem-HOW-GOOD-AND-PLEASANT-column-2.png?resize=105%2C300&amp;ssl=1 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one (not really a poem I suppose) is pretty personal. (I was back and forth on posting it, as it&#8217;s sorta long AND it&#8217;s totally about my own journey. But I thought it might have connections with some of y&#8217;all, and I frankly just like it &#8230; so I decided yes.) It&#8217;s about shame [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Thanks for reading. 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