{"id":124268,"date":"2022-06-29T11:01:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T15:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=124268"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:01:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T15:01:56","slug":"hour-twelve-on-image-ode-to-a-nigerian-piece-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-twelve-on-image-ode-to-a-nigerian-piece-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour Twelve ~ On Image ~ Ode to a Nigerian Piece of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p><strong><em>Ode to a Nigerian Piece of Art<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O Thou unbeaten unsounded circular percussion !<br \/>\nI admire Thee !<br \/>\nPlaced elegantly in bride like silence<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124269 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/274772180_658257638820576_588937093530957428_n-1-263x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/274772180_658257638820576_588937093530957428_n-1-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/274772180_658257638820576_588937093530957428_n-1-768x875.png 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/274772180_658257638820576_588937093530957428_n-1.png 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><br \/>\nin historical African time<br \/>\nyour smooth skin silky top, classically stitched<br \/>\nwith legendary leather, patterns criss crossed holds<br \/>\nto secure the haunting beats-<\/p>\n<p>What romantic tales bang out<br \/>\nwhat messages sweet<br \/>\nwhat calls for secret help<br \/>\nwhat melodies or saddened grievs<\/p>\n<p>O Thou Classic Beat !<br \/>\nflanked by sturdy woven seats<br \/>\nand a royal blue vase to complete<br \/>\nthe ancient kingdom\u2019s high seat<\/p>\n<p>O Thou African Beauty!<br \/>\nI admire Thee !<br \/>\nThou hast thy music and grace<br \/>\nSoon the silence will break<br \/>\nthou shalt remain for ever<br \/>\nBeating out love and eternal peace.<\/p>\n<p>25 June 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ode to a Nigerian Piece of Art O Thou unbeaten unsounded circular percussion ! I admire Thee ! Placed elegantly in bride like silence in historical African time your smooth skin silky top, classically stitched with legendary leather, patterns criss crossed holds to secure the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3882,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124268","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\/3882"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124270,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124268\/revisions\/124270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}