{"id":108734,"date":"2022-06-25T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=108734"},"modified":"2022-06-25T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:33:13","slug":"hollywood-hike-hour-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hollywood-hike-hour-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Hike (Hour 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking in the dense urban air<br \/>\nSuddenly, I pause<br \/>\nIn the distance, I see it, standing tall<br \/>\nImmediately, I knew I wanted to hike<br \/>\nUp this beautiful looking mountain, so close, yet so far removed <\/p>\n<p>As I walk towards it, a first time visitor to LA<br \/>\nI know not where I go<br \/>\nBut deep down, I feel content<br \/>\nI scale the mountain, step by step<br \/>\nEach step, lightening me more than the last<br \/>\nAs the city beneath me shrinks<br \/>\nI\u2019m excited for what lies ahead <\/p>\n<p>Towards the top, I see the sign<br \/>\nThe Griffith Observatory<br \/>\nAs I near the summit<br \/>\nA walk becomes a sprint, then a dash <\/p>\n<p>Till I reach, witnessing a world around me<br \/>\nOf minuscule buildings, bathed in the setting sun<br \/>\nI stand for a quiet moment, taking it all in<br \/>\nThe sights, the sounds, the light hill air<br \/>\nSlowly and surely, the sun begins to set<br \/>\nNearby, a crowd mills around a telescope<br \/>\nBut I\u2019m too engrossed seeing the stars closest to me<br \/>\nAbove in the sky<br \/>\nAnd below in the city <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking in the dense urban air Suddenly, I pause In the distance, I see it, standing tall Immediately, I knew I wanted to hike Up this beautiful looking mountain, so close, yet so far removed As I walk towards it, a first time visitor to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":830,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108734","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\/830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108742,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108734\/revisions\/108742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}