{"id":140597,"date":"2023-09-03T03:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T07:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=140597"},"modified":"2023-09-03T03:22:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T07:22:20","slug":"prompt-19-natures-enigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/prompt-19-natures-enigma\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt 19 – Nature’s Enigma"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Image Courtesy of Pixabay<\/p>\n

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Amidst a place where silence reigns,<\/p>\n

A tale unfolds in whispered strains,<\/p>\n

A realm of splendor, so they say,<\/p>\n

But truth, perhaps, may slip away.<\/p>\n

The sky above, a painted scheme,<\/p>\n

A canvas vast, or so it seems,<\/p>\n

Yet in its hues, a subtle jest,<\/p>\n

A fiction woven in the west.<\/p>\n

The trees, they stand in still repose,<\/p>\n

In shades of green, their story goes,<\/p>\n

But secrets hidden ‘neath their bark,<\/p>\n

A myth, a riddle in the dark.<\/p>\n

The river’s flow, a gentle stream,<\/p>\n

Its waters gleam, or so they deem,<\/p>\n

A liquid ribbon, winding by,<\/p>\n

Yet truth’s reflection, one can’t deny.<\/p>\n

Creatures here, they claim to dwell,<\/p>\n

In this enchanting, mystic spell,<\/p>\n

With fur and feather, scale and fin,<\/p>\n

A tapestry where truths begin.<\/p>\n

To capture this, in words, they try,<\/p>\n

Yet falsehoods in their tales may lie,<\/p>\n

For nature’s beauty, veiled and shrewd,<\/p>\n

Holds truths and lies, both well-imbued.<\/p>\n

So, with a hint of truth and lore,<\/p>\n

The storytellers weave, and more,<\/p>\n

A world obscured, in mystery,<\/p>\n

Where lies entwine with truth’s decree.<\/p>\n

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

Image Courtesy of Pixabay   Amidst a place where silence reigns, A tale unfolds in whispered strains, A realm of splendor, so they say, But truth, perhaps, may slip away. The sky above, a painted scheme, A canvas vast, or so it seems, Yet in…<\/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-140597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140597","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=140597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140609,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140597\/revisions\/140609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}