{"id":5644,"date":"2019-01-23T11:19:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T11:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:44:13","slug":"the-bluer-the-berries-sabrina-pinthiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=5644","title":{"rendered":"The Bluer The Berries &#8211; Sabrina Pinthiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kiss of strawberry, a thug,<\/p>\n<p>yet like nectar to me\u2014<\/p>\n<p>at least in the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Hint of raspberry,<\/p>\n<p>pizzazz and dazzle,<\/p>\n<p>every inch of him.<\/p>\n<p>A phase of cranberry<\/p>\n<p>completely convinced me<\/p>\n<p>that he was good for me.<\/p>\n<p>Strawberries turn to raspberries<\/p>\n<p>Raspberries into cran\u2014<\/p>\n<p>it could no longer be<\/p>\n<p>he without me<\/p>\n<p>as he drowned<\/p>\n<p>in my cherry sea.<\/p>\n<p>But then<\/p>\n<p>berries became bitter,<\/p>\n<p>sour, acidic,<\/p>\n<p>memories of what were<\/p>\n<p>ripe and luscious<\/p>\n<p>became daily crutches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe he will change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But oh,<\/p>\n<p>the only changes were<\/p>\n<p>Straw, rasp and cranberries<\/p>\n<p>turning into black and blue berries<\/p>\n<p>staining my toffee-colored skin.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" src=\"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sabrina-Pinthiere-headshot-nn_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sabrina-Pinthiere-headshot-nn_n.jpg 160w, https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Sabrina-Pinthiere-headshot-nn_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>Sabrina Pinthiere is a poet and the mom of two amazing children, four year old, Knowlan Cazimir, and his one year old brother, Corey Ahmir. The twenty-eight year old, who comes from a proud Haitian household, is currently working as a lead teacher at private day care center. When she has time, she loves to play with words and holds an English Degree with a concentration in creative writing from Bloomfield College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiss of strawberry, a thug, yet like nectar to me\u2014 at least in the beginning. Hint of raspberry, pizzazz and dazzle, every inch of him. A phase of cranberry completely convinced me that he was good for me. Strawberries turn to raspberries Raspberries into cran\u2014 it could no longer be he without me as he [&#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[217],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-art-by-seema-kholi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5644"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5805,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}