{"id":10969,"date":"2017-10-17T15:43:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T04:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-711166-2356953.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=10969"},"modified":"2017-10-17T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T04:59:00","slug":"common-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Common Words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>what we eat comes from our roots<br \/>\nif we stop sharing there will be nothing<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2018Whole Lot\u2019, Ellen van Neerven<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We wake in the morning and there<br \/>\nare words. We shake off our dreams,<br \/>\nwords scattering to the floor. Words<br \/>\ncrunch underfoot. We flick the word<\/p>\n<p>on. Words look back at us in the mirror.<br \/>\nWe swirl words in our mouths, and spit.<br \/>\nWords go down the drain. Words have cut<br \/>\nus. See: we are scarred by words. Outside,<\/p>\n<p>the sky is heavy with words. People open<br \/>\numbrellas and words bounce off them.<br \/>\nWe are walking bareword in the rain.<br \/>\nWe are getting worded to our very skins.<\/p>\n<p>We breathe words. We search for the right words.<br \/>\nWe grow and feed words. We will never stop words.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Words what we eat comes from our roots if we stop sharing there will be nothing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2018Whole Lot\u2019, Ellen van Neerven &nbsp; We wake in the morning and there are words. We shake off our dreams, words scattering to the floor. Words crunch underfoot. We flick the word on. Words look back at us in the mirror. We swirl words in our mouths, and spit. Words go down the drain. Words have cut us. See: we are scarred by words. Outside, the sky is heavy with words. People open umbrellas and words bounce off them. We are walking bareword in the rain. We are getting worded to our very skins. We breathe words. We search for the right words. We grow and feed words. We will never stop words. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":640,"featured_media":10970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[38],"tags":[5,2042,2375],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Common Words - Peril magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Words - Peril magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Common Words what we eat comes from our roots if we stop sharing there will be nothing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2018Whole Lot\u2019, Ellen van Neerven &nbsp; We wake in the morning and there are words. We shake off our dreams, words scattering to the floor. Words crunch underfoot. We flick the word on. Words look back at us in the mirror. We swirl words in our mouths, and spit. Words go down the drain. Words have cut us. See: we are scarred by words. Outside, the sky is heavy with words. People open umbrellas and words bounce off them. We are walking bareword in the rain. We are getting worded to our very skins. We breathe words. We search for the right words. We grow and feed words. We will never stop words. &nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Peril magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-17T04:43:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-17T04:59:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/joshua-k-jackson-344978-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eileen Chong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/\",\"name\":\"Peril magazine\",\"description\":\"Asian-Australian Arts &amp; Culture\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/joshua-k-jackson-344978.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/joshua-k-jackson-344978.jpg\",\"width\":4099,\"height\":2733},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/\",\"name\":\"Common Words - Peril magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-17T04:43:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-17T04:59:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/675c891d3d17aaaa3e340eb9c601dd47\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Common Words\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/675c891d3d17aaaa3e340eb9c601dd47\",\"name\":\"Eileen Chong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3741223a136418e1c489a6ad6e33903?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3741223a136418e1c489a6ad6e33903?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eileen Chong\"},\"description\":\"Eileen Chong is a Sydney poet. Her books are Burning Rice (2012), Peony (2014) and Painting Red Orchids (2016), all from Pitt Street Poetry. She has shortlisted for the Anne Elder Award 2012, the Prime Minister's Literary Award 2013 and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2017, among others. Her next book, Another Language (2017), is in the Braziller Series of Australian Poets with George Braziller in New York City. eileenchong.com.au\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/author\/eileen-chong\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Common Words - Peril magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Common Words - Peril magazine","og_description":"Common Words what we eat comes from our roots if we stop sharing there will be nothing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2018Whole Lot\u2019, Ellen van Neerven &nbsp; We wake in the morning and there are words. We shake off our dreams, words scattering to the floor. Words crunch underfoot. We flick the word on. Words look back at us in the mirror. We swirl words in our mouths, and spit. Words go down the drain. Words have cut us. See: we are scarred by words. Outside, the sky is heavy with words. People open umbrellas and words bounce off them. We are walking bareword in the rain. We are getting worded to our very skins. We breathe words. We search for the right words. We grow and feed words. We will never stop words. &nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/","og_site_name":"Peril magazine","article_published_time":"2017-10-17T04:43:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-17T04:59:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/joshua-k-jackson-344978-1024x683.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eileen Chong","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/","name":"Peril magazine","description":"Asian-Australian Arts &amp; Culture","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-AU","url":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/joshua-k-jackson-344978.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/joshua-k-jackson-344978.jpg","width":4099,"height":2733},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/","name":"Common Words - Peril magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2017-10-17T04:43:17+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-17T04:59:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/675c891d3d17aaaa3e340eb9c601dd47"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/topics\/common-words\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Common Words"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/675c891d3d17aaaa3e340eb9c601dd47","name":"Eileen Chong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-AU","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3741223a136418e1c489a6ad6e33903?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3741223a136418e1c489a6ad6e33903?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Eileen Chong"},"description":"Eileen Chong is a Sydney poet. Her books are Burning Rice (2012), Peony (2014) and Painting Red Orchids (2016), all from Pitt Street Poetry. She has shortlisted for the Anne Elder Award 2012, the Prime Minister's Literary Award 2013 and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2017, among others. Her next book, Another Language (2017), is in the Braziller Series of Australian Poets with George Braziller in New York City. eileenchong.com.au","url":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/author\/eileen-chong\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/joshua-k-jackson-344978.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ff61-2QV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peril.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}