{"id":113911,"date":"2022-06-25T18:53:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=113911"},"modified":"2022-06-25T21:43:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T01:43:55","slug":"no-14-summer-monsoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/no-14-summer-monsoon\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 14: Summer Monsoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>I've always enjoyed rainstorms\r\nThe downpours, the thunder, the lightning\r\nThe drumming of drops on the roof\r\nThe flash of lightning ...\r\nWaiting for the thunder to crack overhead\r\n\r\nSummer rains in the Arizona desert\r\nWas like standing under the water of a tepid shower\r\nWashing away the dust of the day\r\nOur faces tipped skyward, mouths opened\r\nLaughing as we choked on the drizzle\r\n\r\nWe splashed through the puddles in barefeet\r\nWatching out for the the worms struggling\r\nFor a breath of air as the rain drove them\r\nFrom the depths of their domain\r\nWe squealed to avoid stepping on them\r\n\r\nEventually, the sun drove away the rain\r\nDrying up the puddles\r\nThe clothes we wore on our bodies\r\nThe worms caught out on the pavement\r\nSoon sizzled away\r\n\r\nOur interest in the outdoors\r\nWaned as the heat arose\r\nAnd we headed indoors for\r\nLunch and an afternoon nap\r\nTo wait for the next cycle of storms\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always enjoyed rainstorms The downpours, the thunder, the lightning The drumming of drops on the roof The flash of lightning &#8230; Waiting for the thunder to crack overhead Summer rains in the Arizona desert Was like standing under the water of a tepid shower&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113911","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\/2354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116971,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113911\/revisions\/116971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}