{"id":108312,"date":"2022-06-25T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=108312"},"modified":"2023-09-02T12:18:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:18:25","slug":"card-game-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/card-game-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Card Game Memories (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Invitation to play<br \/>\nTeaching the rules<br \/>\nPreparing<br \/>\nThe game begins<\/p>\n<p>Card after card is played<br \/>\nOccasional rule reminders<br \/>\nWe pick up speed<br \/>\nAs my opponent catches on<\/p>\n<p>Flashbacks to high school<br \/>\nFriends gathered around a desk<br \/>\nWaiting in anticipation<br \/>\nNew comers &#8220;slapping in&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Something inside me stirs<br \/>\nLong dormant in my soul<br \/>\nA kind of sleeping fae awakens<br \/>\nReady to play once more<\/p>\n<p>The joy of simpler times<br \/>\nLaughter amongst friends<br \/>\nThe warmth of fond memories<br \/>\nThe freedom from &#8220;real life&#8221; problems<\/p>\n<p>Oh how I miss those days<br \/>\nOf teenage ignorance and bliss<br \/>\nThey weren&#8217;t perfect, not at all<br \/>\nBut that&#8217;s why the memories mean so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invitation to play Teaching the rules Preparing The game begins Card after card is played Occasional rule reminders We pick up speed As my opponent catches on Flashbacks to high school Friends gathered around a desk Waiting in anticipation New comers &#8220;slapping in&#8221; Something inside&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4981,96,410],"class_list":["post-108312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-highschool","tag-happiness","tag-memories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108312","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\/1102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129858,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108312\/revisions\/129858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}