{"id":102765,"date":"2021-06-27T08:11:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=102765"},"modified":"2021-06-27T08:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:11:15","slug":"homeland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/homeland-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let them deny painfully<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Where their belly fell<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Let them run hastily<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

To where we can’t tell<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

They are like rain beaten birds<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

of the forest<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

O’<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Why not tie a bond<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

And plan to re-make<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

the smelling pond?<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m voicing the reality now<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Listen,<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

This is my homeland<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

I stand to be a native<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

The indigenous lover<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

of my land and culture<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

May I wear not<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

The visitor’s shoe<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Even if<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

I walk bare footed<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

For I keep the strength<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

in dignified forefathers<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

How hot<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

the gravels may be<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

I still seize not<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

to be a member<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

of my homeland<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let them deny painfully Where their belly fell Let them run hastily To where we can’t tell \u00a0 They are like rain beaten birds of the forest O’ Why not tie a bond \u00a0 And plan to re-make the smelling pond? \u00a0 I’m voicing the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":705,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4845],"class_list":["post-102765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-hour24-homeland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102765","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\/705"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102783,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102765\/revisions\/102783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}