{"id":132188,"date":"2023-09-02T16:07:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=132188"},"modified":"2023-09-02T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:07:21","slug":"seasons-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/seasons-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t keep everything that\u2019s beautiful:<\/p>\n<p>Fall\u2019s first red leaf popping brightly beneath<\/p>\n<p>the green, a hidden gem waiting for death<\/p>\n<p>to reveal a new type of beautiful life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The crawdads splash, pitters on the water.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can\u2019t keep everything that\u2019s beautiful<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p>the ripples seem to say. A child\u2019s net<\/p>\n<p>courses through the creek to catch little lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crystal lights reflect on fallen snow. White<\/p>\n<p>turns gray, trodden with heavy boots, reminding:<\/p>\n<p>you can\u2019t keep everything that\u2019s beautiful,<\/p>\n<p>only wait until the next storm comes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A baby\u2019s first cry, etched on waiting ears<\/p>\n<p>pierces the untouched places of hearts.<\/p>\n<p>But time always swoops away moments held dear.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t keep everything that\u2019s beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons &nbsp; You can\u2019t keep everything that\u2019s beautiful: Fall\u2019s first red leaf popping brightly beneath the green, a hidden gem waiting for death to reveal a new type of beautiful life. &nbsp; The crawdads splash, pitters on the water. You can\u2019t keep everything that\u2019s beautiful,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132188","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\/1040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133217,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132188\/revisions\/133217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}