{"id":136705,"date":"2023-09-02T21:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=136705"},"modified":"2023-09-02T21:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:07:01","slug":"24-hour-poetry-hour-13-a-tribute-to-william-blake-stepping-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/24-hour-poetry-hour-13-a-tribute-to-william-blake-stepping-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Hour Poetry  Hour 13: A Tribute to William Blake  &#8220;Stepping Stones&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dear Penelope, you make me sing<br \/>\nhow I admire you<br \/>\ndodging all the pitfalls<br \/>\nthat our pitiful life does bring<\/p>\n<p>There is no evil in your place<br \/>\nbarricades from fools like me<br \/>\nhow can I stay near you<br \/>\nwith my ugly sneering face<\/p>\n<p>You look lovely in the moonlight<br \/>\nand stunning in the glow<br \/>\nas the sun kisses your fair cheek<br \/>\nthat rests and pales at night<\/p>\n<p>When we walked that stormy lane<br \/>\nI could feel a sudden change in you<br \/>\nnot just beauty but strength<br \/>\nand a total absence of pain<\/p>\n<p>Your footsteps were profound<br \/>\nfollowing the stepping stones<br \/>\nreaching heights of the immaculate<br \/>\nand I heard a trumpet sound<\/p>\n<p>The summit of our love<br \/>\ngiving me a chance at rugged handsomeness<br \/>\nand unyielding courage<br \/>\nas I raise my gauntlet glove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dear Penelope, you make me sing how I admire you dodging all the pitfalls that our pitiful life does bring There is no evil in your place barricades from fools like me how can I stay near you with my ugly sneering face You&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3095,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136705","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\/3095"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137335,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136705\/revisions\/137335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}