{"id":108194,"date":"2022-06-25T10:58:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=108194"},"modified":"2022-06-25T10:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:58:53","slug":"pebbles-in-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/pebbles-in-the-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pebbles in the lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s there<br \/>\nIn a scene straight from Frost :<br \/>\n&#8216;Between the woods and the frozen lake&#8217;<br \/>\nThrowing pebbles<br \/>\nIn despair,<br \/>\nWondering where it&#8217;s all going to lead&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The guns, the rage, the hurt,<br \/>\nThe heartache<br \/>\nOf not being master<br \/>\nOf your own fate!<br \/>\nShe looks up, wet-cheeked<br \/>\nAt the enormous, all knowing sky<br \/>\nAs if, any moment it&#8217;s going to burst into speech!<\/p>\n<p>The evening turns to dusk<br \/>\nA sweet scent of jasmine fills her<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s still there, looking for crumbs of hope,<br \/>\nIn the twilight<br \/>\nAbuzz with<br \/>\nFleeting fireflies.<\/p>\n<p>The glow must hold some meaning,<br \/>\nFor she comes away<br \/>\nFeeling comforted,<\/p>\n<p>Her cat feels it<br \/>\nAs she strokes his furry head<br \/>\nPurring away in pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Smeetha, responding to Prompt 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; She&#8217;s there In a scene straight from Frost : &#8216;Between the woods and the frozen lake&#8217; Throwing pebbles In despair, Wondering where it&#8217;s all going to lead&#8230; The guns, the rage, the hurt, The heartache Of not being master Of your own fate! She&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4746,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108194","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\/108194","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\/4746"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108219,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108194\/revisions\/108219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}