{"id":112968,"date":"2022-06-25T16:34:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T20:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=112968"},"modified":"2022-06-25T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T20:34:30","slug":"2022-poetry-marathon-hour-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/2022-poetry-marathon-hour-8\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Poetry Marathon, Hour 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hour eight poem, based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/the-poetry-marathon-prompts\/prompt-for-the-eighth-hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prompt<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When the train reaches the tunnels<br \/>\nthe sound changes<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">the scene outside the window<br \/>\nchanges to shades of black<br \/>\npunctuated by the occasional sign or signal<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Attention shifts from outside to inside<br \/>\nI open a beer, open my journal<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">and write down thoughts<br \/>\nI will soon forget<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After the first trip, I know where I am<br \/>\nwhen the train reaches the tunnels<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Attention shifts from outside to inside<br \/>\nmaybe I entertain a wish or two<br \/>\nI hope will come true when I arrive<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">and then maybe, just maybe<br \/>\nI learn where I\u2019m going<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>13:31, 25 June 2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hour eight poem, based on the prompt:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":793,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4880,1173,154,1163],"class_list":["post-112968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-2022-poetry-marathon","tag-half-marathon","tag-hour-8","tag-kevin-j-oconner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112968","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\/793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113009,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112968\/revisions\/113009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}