{"id":137461,"date":"2023-09-02T21:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=137461"},"modified":"2023-09-02T21:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:24:01","slug":"prompt-13-the-freelancers-quandary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/prompt-13-the-freelancers-quandary\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt 13 – The Freelancer’s Quandary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Image Courtesy of Pixabay<\/p>\n

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In the world of freelance, we wage a wordy war,<\/p>\n

With laptops as our weapons, we’re battling galore,<\/p>\n

From coffee shops to couches, our offices on the roam,<\/p>\n

We’re the sultans of syntax, in our linguistic home.<\/p>\n

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With deadlines as our drivers, we type away in glee,<\/p>\n

Juggling multiple projects, like a caffeinated spree,<\/p>\n

Our clients, oh so varied, from tech geeks to romance,<\/p>\n

We scribble their dreams, in a wild wordy dance.<\/p>\n

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But don’t be fooled by glamour, it’s not all fancy flair,<\/p>\n

There’s writer’s block to conquer, and blank screens to stare,<\/p>\n

And when payday comes around, oh the thrill, the suspense,<\/p>\n

Will our invoices get paid, or vanish, hence?<\/p>\n

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Yet despite the ups and downs, we persevere and jest,<\/p>\n

For in this freelance journey, we find a quirky zest,<\/p>\n

We’re wordsmiths and storytellers, in this wacky writing scheme,<\/p>\n

With pens as our swords, we chase the writer’s dream!<\/p>\n

Antoinette LeRoux <\/strong>\u00a9 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image Courtesy of Pixabay   In the world of freelance, we wage a wordy war, With laptops as our weapons, we’re battling galore, From coffee shops to couches, our offices on the roam, We’re the sultans of syntax, in our linguistic home.   With deadlines…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137461","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\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137507,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137461\/revisions\/137507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}