{"id":127022,"date":"2023-09-02T09:23:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=127022"},"modified":"2023-09-02T13:16:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:16:20","slug":"hour-1-solitude-or-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-1-solitude-or-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 1 &#8211; Solitude or Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solitude for the mother who escapes the constant needs of little ones for a moment,<\/p>\n<p>Isolation for the one sick in the hospital longing for a visitor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solitude for the businessman taking a week off on a distant island,<\/p>\n<p>Isolation for the widow weeping at the graveside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solitude for the one living off the grid in the peaceful wilderness,<\/p>\n<p>Isolation for the one lost in the dark woods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solitude for the one that slips on their headphones on a busy sidewalk,<\/p>\n<p>Isolation for the one slipping relentlessly into the grip of dementia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solitude for the one taking a peaceful walk through the park,<\/p>\n<p>Isolation for the one who makes the park bench their bed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solitude is being alone by choice,<\/p>\n<p>Isolation is having no choice but to be alone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Diana Kristine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solitude for the mother who escapes the constant needs of little ones for a moment, Isolation for the one sick in the hospital longing for a visitor. &nbsp; Solitude for the businessman taking a week off on a distant island, Isolation for the widow weeping&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":983,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5786],"class_list":["post-127022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-2023-hour-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127022","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\/983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127128,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127022\/revisions\/127128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}