{"id":107923,"date":"2022-06-25T10:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=107923"},"modified":"2022-06-25T14:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T18:04:26","slug":"hour-two-stillness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-two-stillness\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour Two: Stillness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stillness (Hour Two)<\/b><\/p>\n

Between the woods and frozen lake
\n<\/span>there is a little stretch of sand
\nyou reach it by the pathway there
\n<\/span>amid the rushes and the cattails
\n<\/span>worn down and crushed beneath
\n<\/span>the tentative step of whitetailed deer.
\n<\/span>Between the woods and frozen lake
\n<\/span>a tiny strand of beach
\n<\/span>once site of\u00a0 last summer\u2019s sandcastles,
\n<\/span>windswept, little mounds of sand
\n<\/span>now long forgotten,
\n<\/span>save in a dream perhaps.
\n<\/span>Between the woods and frozen lake
\n<\/span>a stillness hovers
\n<\/span>a moment awaits
\n<\/span>a change in season, whether frosty blast
\n<\/span>or warming breeze.
\n<\/span>Life in the balance, holding its breath.
\n<\/span>Between the woods and frozen lake
\n<\/span>let\u2019s take a stroll and look up at the stars
\n<\/span>and soak in the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

It all too soon will pass.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

(credit to Robert Frost)<\/span><\/p>\n

Text Prompt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Read Robert Frost\u2019s poem\u00a0Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0chose one line or phrase, and with credit, write a poem with that line or phrase in it. Prompt partially contributed by Se Johnson.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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