{"id":133002,"date":"2023-09-02T16:32:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=133002"},"modified":"2023-09-02T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:32:47","slug":"a-night-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/a-night-for-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A NIGHT FOR LOVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The warmth of the fire,<br \/>\nThe glow of the flames.<br \/>\nThe crackle of the sticks,<br \/>\nLike they&#8217;re calling my name.<br \/>\nThe stary night sky,<br \/>\nSo far above.<br \/>\nSets a nice mood,<br \/>\nFor an evening of love.<br \/>\nI grab my favorite blanket,<br \/>\nLay it out on the sand.<br \/>\nInvite him to sit,<br \/>\nThen reach for his hand.<br \/>\nExpecting a spark,<br \/>\nI feel a bit foolish.<br \/>\nFor nothing was there,<br \/>\nLeaving me to rethink my wish.<br \/>\nI let go of his hand,<br \/>\nLook him in the eye.<br \/>\nNo words are needed,<br \/>\nI softly begin to cry.<br \/>\nHe stands to leave,<br \/>\nNo apology offered.<br \/>\nI bury my head in my hands,<br \/>\nThe night&#8217;s tone now altered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warmth of the fire, The glow of the flames. The crackle of the sticks, Like they&#8217;re calling my name. The stary night sky, So far above. Sets a nice mood, For an evening of love. I grab my favorite blanket, Lay it out on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5772,5765],"class_list":["post-133002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2023fullmarathon","tag-2023poetrymarathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133002","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\/5398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133574,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133002\/revisions\/133574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}