{"id":120031,"date":"2022-06-26T03:54:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T07:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=120031"},"modified":"2022-06-26T09:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T13:17:19","slug":"no-one-has-gone-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/no-one-has-gone-before\/","title":{"rendered":"No One Has Gone Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Schhhhhhwingg~<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The blue beam cut down<br \/>\nJadebright upon new moon night<br \/>\nAnd all the watchings<br \/>\nWaited<\/p>\n<p>The water thrummed thick<br \/>\nOilsmoke in climbing shades<br \/>\nThe beam snake twisting<br \/>\nOn its skin.<\/p>\n<p>The ship moved slowly<br \/>\nWhaledeep in star shadows<br \/>\nHauling the echoes<br \/>\nThrough time<\/p>\n<p>Three shapes suddenly<br \/>\nCutaway the moonbeam bright<br \/>\nThey are lankylong<br \/>\nAll fingers<\/p>\n<p>Bulb-blown eyes agape<br \/>\nGazes grasping in the hold<br \/>\nSeeking watersight<br \/>\nAnd knowing.<\/p>\n<p>Time flies heavily,<br \/>\nIn this belly, centuries<br \/>\nAs only empty<br \/>\nVessels know.<\/p>\n<p>Fleeting dusk-shapes flee,<br \/>\nFlicker-fluid light<br \/>\nFollows. The watchers<br \/>\nBreathe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nCredit to the &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; franchise for the title line and the premise of the poem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schhhhhhwingg~ The blue beam cut down Jadebright upon new moon night And all the watchings Waited The water thrummed thick Oilsmoke in climbing shades The beam snake twisting On its skin. The ship moved slowly Whaledeep in star shadows Hauling the echoes Through time Three&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120031","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\/2314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123114,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120031\/revisions\/123114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}