{"id":438,"date":"2021-01-22T12:11:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T12:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opendoorsreview.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:36:04","slug":"palestrina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.opendoorsreview.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/22\/palestrina\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestrina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured in the January 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoorsreview.com\/index.php\/the-magazine\/\">View Magazine Here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poetry by Lillia Parker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An old woman pushes open the shutters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">leans out of the window<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Content painted on her face<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as she breathes in&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the countryside air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sheets and shirts&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pinned to clotheslines&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">drape beneath her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her brown stucco house stands on the edge <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of the Palestrina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the Ancient hill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ruins of a grand temple behind her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italy laid before her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">fields and villages and mountains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">stretch for miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">reaching out to touch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the thin blue horizon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of the sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author Bio: I am seventeen years old and live in Washington State, where I am a senior at Bear Creek. I went on a trip to Italy (Rome and Florence) with my Latin class two years ago, and it was one of the best times of my life. I had never left North America, and I learned so much from Italy\u2019s culture and history. It gave me a huge travel bug and profoundly changed how I view the world. Rome is now one of my favorite places on Earth, and I hope to return there someday soon. When I am moved by something I write it down, and it usually emerges as verse. Throughout the trip to Italy I typed out pages of poetry on my phone, documenting my experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured in the January 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review.&nbsp;View Magazine Here. Poetry by Lillia Parker An old woman pushes open the shutters leans out of the window Content painted on her face as she breathes in&nbsp; the countryside air sheets and shirts&nbsp; pinned to clotheslines&nbsp; drape beneath her Her brown stucco house stands on the edge of the Palestrina the Ancient hill ruins of a grand temple behind her Italy laid before her fields and villages and mountains stretch for miles reaching out to touch the thin blue horizon of the sea Author Bio: I am seventeen years old and live in Washington State, where I am a senior at Bear Creek. I went on a trip to Italy (Rome and Florence) with my Latin class two years ago, and it was one of the best times of my life. I had never left North America, and I learned so much from Italy\u2019s culture and history. It gave me a huge travel bug and profoundly changed how I view the world. Rome is now one of my favorite places on Earth, and I hope to return there someday soon. When I am moved by something I write it down, and it usually emerges as verse. 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