{"id":115595,"date":"2022-06-25T21:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T01:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=115595"},"modified":"2022-06-25T21:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T01:25:02","slug":"you-bring-to-mind-half-marathon-poem-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/you-bring-to-mind-half-marathon-poem-12\/","title":{"rendered":"You bring to mind &#8211; Half Marathon Poem #12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>You bring to mind<\/em><\/p>\n<p>the flowers that blossom<br \/>\nso rarely, but<br \/>\nthrive in the desert<\/p>\n<p>Day to day<br \/>\nweek to week<br \/>\nthey grow,<br \/>\nlow to the ground<br \/>\nthorny and unnoticed<\/p>\n<p>but when the rains come<\/p>\n<p>they bloom, grow,<br \/>\nstand tall and proud<\/p>\n<p>a feast of color<br \/>\nvibrant and alive<br \/>\nearth&#8217;s dull ochre<br \/>\ncovered in a gown of life<\/p>\n<p>so it is when I<br \/>\nsee you, being loved<br \/>\nbeing cherished for the<br \/>\ntreasure and gift<br \/>\nthat you are<\/p>\n<p>your smile like desert sun<br \/>\nreflecting from a piece of<br \/>\ncrystal, blinding and beautiful<\/p>\n<p>you deserve so much more<br \/>\nthan you have been given<br \/>\nand the world is better<br \/>\nwhen you feel joy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You bring to mind the flowers that blossom so rarely, but thrive in the desert Day to day week to week they grow, low to the ground thorny and unnoticed but when the rains come they bloom, grow, stand tall and proud a feast of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4007,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115595","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\/4007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116639,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115595\/revisions\/116639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}