{"id":131645,"date":"2023-09-02T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=131645"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:18:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:18:01","slug":"hour-6-the-selfish-i-golden-shovel-robert-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-6-the-selfish-i-golden-shovel-robert-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 6 – The Selfish “I” – Golden Shovel (Robert Frost)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Selfish \u201cI\u201d – A Golden Shovel in homage to Robert Frost<\/span><\/p>\n

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A man who bears honor is one whose<\/span><\/p>\n

Life thrives like the ever growing woods<\/span><\/p>\n

Working to a code, it is these<\/span><\/p>\n

Rules and regulations that simply are.<\/span><\/p>\n

These rules dread the selfish \u201cI\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

They don\u2019t require a person to think<\/span><\/p>\n

Only to ignore the \u201cI\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The good that must be done is felt, you know<\/span><\/p>\n

To continue onward for the sake of his<\/span><\/p>\n

Neighbor. To offer up to those left behind his house<\/span><\/p>\n

So that they may rest, is<\/span><\/p>\n

The greatest sacrifice a man can give in<\/span><\/p>\n

His life. If he does not, he opens the<\/span><\/p>\n

Door for the destruction of his Village<\/span><\/p>\n

A tragedy. If he takes the time and effort though<\/span><\/p>\n

It will bear fruit and he<\/span><\/p>\n

Becomes a force of Will<\/span><\/p>\n

The obligations he made serving not<\/span><\/p>\n

To hinder him but to help him see<\/span><\/p>\n

The future that could exist without \u201cMe\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a person gives up themselves, there\u2019s no stopping<\/span><\/p>\n

And despite the selflessness, they will cry \u201cI am Here\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A declaration to<\/span><\/p>\n

The world that he is an individual to watch<\/span><\/p>\n

The promises to keep and the charity done are his<\/span><\/p>\n

To claim. His own personal promised woods<\/span><\/p>\n

With kindness enough to fill<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the emptiest hearts up<\/span><\/p>\n

With<\/span><\/p>\n

A joy of light as white as snow.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Selfish \u201cI\u201d – A Golden Shovel in homage to Robert Frost   A man who bears honor is one whose Life thrives like the ever growing woods Working to a code, it is these Rules and regulations that simply are. These rules dread the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1038,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131645","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\/1038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131665,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131645\/revisions\/131665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}