{"id":100429,"date":"2021-06-27T02:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T06:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=100429"},"modified":"2021-06-27T02:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T06:40:30","slug":"just-be-still-and-listen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/just-be-still-and-listen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cjust be still, and listen\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be it morning time<br \/>\nWhen sun does rise<br \/>\nAcross the golden plains<br \/>\nAnd ducks and doves and hawk alike<br \/>\nTake flight unto the sky<br \/>\nJust be still, and listen <\/p>\n<p>Or noontime when<br \/>\nthe lunch bell rings<br \/>\nSinging a happy tune<br \/>\nOf food to come and a<br \/>\nSated tongue<br \/>\nJust be still, and listen <\/p>\n<p>And on the eve of the brightest day<br \/>\nAs Ladybugs and June bugs scurry<br \/>\nAway to find a place their heads<br \/>\nTo rest for tomorrow\u2019s day is longer still<br \/>\nThe day a life to a whippoorwill<br \/>\nJust be still, and listen<\/p>\n<p>Into the night the creatures call<br \/>\nTo find their one true love<br \/>\nArchaic voices fill the dark<br \/>\nThe owl does hoot and the raven it caws<br \/>\nFrom forested hill to city park<br \/>\nJust be still, and listen <\/p>\n<p>So when the morning light returns<br \/>\nAgain to bathe the Earth in glory<br \/>\nRemind yourself and those you love<br \/>\nDon\u2019t rush, don\u2019t fret let\u2019s<br \/>\nTake a breath and<br \/>\nJust be still, and listen <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be it morning time When sun does rise Across the golden plains And ducks and doves and hawk alike Take flight unto the sky Just be still, and listen Or noontime when the lunch bell rings Singing a happy tune Of food to come and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100439,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100429\/revisions\/100439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}