{"id":127971,"date":"2023-09-02T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=127971"},"modified":"2023-09-02T10:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:21:42","slug":"moon-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/moon-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon on Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fire blazes on the surface of the moon<\/p>\n

Moonlight flickers with oranges and deep reds\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the wildflowers sprouting around me<\/p>\n

At incredible speeds<\/p>\n

The stone surface of my altar<\/p>\n

Burns with an energy<\/p>\n

That could heal the sick<\/p>\n

Or end them<\/p>\n

An energy created by me<\/p>\n

I pluck a dandelion<\/p>\n

Still flowering\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A wonderful shade of gold<\/p>\n

And place it in my small iron cauldron\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Humming an old song<\/p>\n

I sprinkle black salt on top of it<\/p>\n

And sway to the rhythm of the earth<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It holds me<\/p>\n

Steady<\/p>\n

And unwavering<\/p>\n

Grounded\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the roots of the strongest trees<\/p>\n

As I call the fire of the moon toward me<\/p>\n

Her fire blankets my skin<\/p>\n

And a warmth I\u2019ve never felt so strong<\/p>\n

Envelopes me<\/p>\n

The fire becomes me<\/p>\n

And I become it<\/p>\n

Reaching for destruction\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fire blazes on the surface of the moon Moonlight flickers with oranges and deep reds\u00a0 On the wildflowers sprouting around me At incredible speeds The stone surface of my altar Burns with an energy That could heal the sick Or end them An energy created…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5801],"class_list":["post-127971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-2023hour2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127971","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\/1373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128001,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127971\/revisions\/128001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}