{"id":131892,"date":"2023-09-02T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=131892"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:39:55","slug":"swan-lake-hour-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/swan-lake-hour-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan Lake &#8211; Hour Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Swan Lake<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swan Lake for some is but a dance<br \/>\nBut, here, it is vacation<br \/>\nA camping trip that at a glance<br \/>\nYields rest and relaxation<br \/>\nPicturesque hints of crystal blue<br \/>\nMeet up with forest green<br \/>\nA break from life, a fond adieu<br \/>\nFrom all the stress I&#8217;ve seen<\/p>\n<p>I set my tent beside the lake<br \/>\nBeneath a sprawling maple<br \/>\nI took a breath for peaceful sake<br \/>\nLet quiet be my staple<br \/>\nA time to let the lakeshore speak<br \/>\nAnd to let each sorrow fade<br \/>\nUntil the solace that I seek<br \/>\nDefines each glint of shade<\/p>\n<p>I close my eyes and take it in<br \/>\nThe sounds ring in my ears<br \/>\nThe pain releasing from within<br \/>\nMarked by my silent tears<br \/>\nAs I let go, peace floods my heart<br \/>\nAnd I begin to heal<br \/>\nFor nature&#8217;s power to impart<br \/>\nSuch peace is quite surreal<\/p>\n<p>I bid farewell to dear Swan Lake<br \/>\nRelaxed and freed within<br \/>\nHer beauty &#8217;twas a blessed break<br \/>\nFrom the perils that had been<br \/>\nAnd I find calm in knowing she<br \/>\nWill be there should I need<br \/>\nAnother chance to simply be<br \/>\nAt one with her &#8217;til freed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swan Lake Swan Lake for some is but a dance But, here, it is vacation A camping trip that at a glance Yields rest and relaxation Picturesque hints of crystal blue Meet up with forest green A break from life, a fond adieu From all&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1136,441,5],"tags":[680,3019,1806,3456,4479,1415,392],"class_list":["post-131892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-poetry-prompt-responses","category-poetry-prompts","tag-poetrymarathon","tag-24-hour-poetry-marathon","tag-jill-eisnaugle","tag-jill-halasz","tag-nature-poems","tag-nature-poetry","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131892","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\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131990,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131892\/revisions\/131990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}