{"id":101359,"date":"2021-06-27T06:02:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T10:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=101359"},"modified":"2021-06-27T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T01:57:40","slug":"poem-22-a-tribute-to-maya-angelou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/poem-22-a-tribute-to-maya-angelou\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem 22:\u00a0 A Tribute to Maya Angelou  &#8220;Slow Drag&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Futile attempts to break<\/p>\n<p>The wind<\/p>\n<p>in its land of nooks and crannies.<\/p>\n<p>Our dreams dictated<\/p>\n<p>by news that shakes<\/p>\n<p>rattled<\/p>\n<p>and helpless<\/p>\n<p>except to be.<\/p>\n<p>Endurance<\/p>\n<p>Survival<\/p>\n<p>Walking, talking<\/p>\n<p>Amidst rumours<\/p>\n<p>The drag of our day is a celebration, though<\/p>\n<p>We might not know it<\/p>\n<p>Not believing, believing<\/p>\n<p>Unheeded<\/p>\n<p>The giant urban blanket stretching<\/p>\n<p>Immunity<\/p>\n<p>Doughnut shops<\/p>\n<p>and sports palaces<\/p>\n<p>Reality TV, a form of death.<\/p>\n<p>Destruction<\/p>\n<p>Of a third kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Futile attempts to break The wind in its land of nooks and crannies. Our dreams dictated by news that shakes rattled and helpless except to be. Endurance Survival Walking, talking Amidst rumours The drag of our day is a celebration, though We might not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1447,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101359","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\/1447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103486,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101359\/revisions\/103486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}