{"id":3926,"date":"2019-09-12T12:57:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/2019\/09\/12\/there-is-a-man\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T22:16:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:16:52","slug":"there-is-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/?p=3926","title":{"rendered":"There Is a Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/?attachment_id=3226\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drewfrederic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dietrich_shocking_featured_blog_pic_img_08842.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 70D&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1440862463&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000125&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dietrich_Shocking_Featured_Blog_Pic_IMG_0884\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drewfrederic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dietrich_shocking_featured_blog_pic_img_08842.jpg?fit=750%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drewfrederic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dietrich_shocking_featured_blog_pic_img_08842.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3226\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">T<span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">here Is a Man<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he puts his hand on my knee on the bus<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he has me tearing up my britches<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he keeps the light in my room company<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he comforts my condescending pillow<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he dreams of me and sets me free<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he holds my hand in front of me<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he holds my hand in back of me<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he holds my hand beside me<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he holds my hand<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he closes his eyes and sees me in his heart<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he weeps in the mirror at the thought of me<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he looks out the window to see which way I go<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he is that love when it\u2019s hard to breathe<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">he lets me walk in my own mess<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\">there is a man \u2026 he is my love<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Drew Frederic<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is for all those who have a special someone in their life. Whether they be a husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, friend, etc&#8230; We all treasure the moments they gift our souls, our memories, our life&#8217;s story&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a piece of art I created of a model I photographed a few years back. I was traveling through Albuquerque, NM when we met and we shot on the evening of a full moon in the surrounding foothills. Surreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheers, Drew Frederic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Poem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65103359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[423],"tags":[669514116,12710,7831,649073357,4681546,1591376,669514140,77716129,669514133,1720,669514125,669514117],"class_list":["post-3926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-poems","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-drawing","tag-drew-frederic-art","tag-graphite-sketch","tag-maine-artist","tag-maine-photographer","tag-maine-poet","tag-male-art","tag-poem","tag-poet","tag-poetry","post_format-post-format-gallery","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6puAb-11k","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65103359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3926"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11241,"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions\/11241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewfrederic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}