{"id":119822,"date":"2022-06-26T03:29:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T07:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=119822"},"modified":"2022-06-26T03:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T07:29:57","slug":"steinway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/steinway\/","title":{"rendered":"Steinway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Steinway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Magnificent building!<\/p>\n<p>Such art overshadows, outlives<\/p>\n<p>men\u2019s foolish passing notions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Steinway<\/em> chiseled in stone<\/p>\n<p>above the archway enclosing mythological figures.<\/p>\n<p>Above, a gilded balcony<\/p>\n<p>decorated with four stone urns of dancing cherubs.<\/p>\n<p>Pillars holding a higher balcony<\/p>\n<p>with large arched doors<\/p>\n<p>topped by a metal roof and torch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each night the lights come on,<\/p>\n<p>but no one is home.<\/p>\n<p>Tastefully decorated rooms,<\/p>\n<p>seen from across the street<\/p>\n<p>prompt speculation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ghosts of great musicians<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>meet once a year to play for each other<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>in the large salon at the top.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bought by the government,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>a refuge in case of emergency<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>for dignitaries, those in high places.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sign out front says,<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Finely Tuned Residences For Sale<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all about the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steinway \u00a0 Magnificent building! Such art overshadows, outlives men\u2019s foolish passing notions. Steinway chiseled in stone above the archway enclosing mythological figures. Above, a gilded balcony decorated with four stone urns of dancing cherubs. Pillars holding a higher balcony with large arched doors topped by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119822","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\/737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119863,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119822\/revisions\/119863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}