{"id":110671,"date":"2022-06-25T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=110671"},"modified":"2022-06-25T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T18:33:20","slug":"2022-poem-6-erstwhile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/2022-poem-6-erstwhile\/","title":{"rendered":"Erstwhile (2022 Poem 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erstwhile <\/p>\n<p>Who was once most cherished in my heart<br \/>\nI see you face each day, even though you struggle, still<br \/>\nYou persevere<\/p>\n<p>What drives you forward<br \/>\nI watch you find motivation, in yourself, in others, as always<br \/>\nYou inspire <\/p>\n<p>Where did our paths diverge<br \/>\nI wish you had circled back sooner to your place in the spiral, yet I know<br \/>\nYou try<\/p>\n<p>When will you find your purpose<br \/>\nI know you hold it within you, even more so at the times when you think<br \/>\nYou fail<\/p>\n<p>Why did you deny me<br \/>\nI love you, your faith, in life, in yourself, and most of all, to feel<br \/>\nYou rise<\/p>\n<p>(Prompt: Write a letter to yourself from the perspective of someone who is no longer in your life.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erstwhile Who was once most cherished in my heart I see you face each day, even though you struggle, still You persevere What drives you forward I watch you find motivation, in yourself, in others, as always You inspire Where did our paths diverge I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1285,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[4880],"class_list":["post-110671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-2022-poetry-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110671","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\/1285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110671"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111319,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110671\/revisions\/111319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}