{"id":140839,"date":"2023-09-03T05:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T09:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=140839"},"modified":"2023-09-03T05:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T09:48:32","slug":"24-hour-poetry-marathon-hour-21-a-tribute-to-john-keats-a-humble-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/24-hour-poetry-marathon-hour-21-a-tribute-to-john-keats-a-humble-man\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Hour Poetry Marathon Hour 21: A Tribute to John Keats &#8220;A Humble Man&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I watched her dance<br \/>\nand I felt the lure of her arms<br \/>\nviewing deeps breathes<br \/>\nthat seemed to make her eyes asweat<\/p>\n<p>the night seemed long<br \/>\nthe latest of hours it was<br \/>\nand I ask, is there something I must do<br \/>\nmy impatient sighs strangling me<\/p>\n<p>I heard whispers, soft yet thundering<br \/>\na storm of humiliation<br \/>\nmy anxiety and fears my warbrobe<br \/>\ncolourless and pale<\/p>\n<p>Why such looks of mockery<br \/>\nwhat have I done I ask<br \/>\nI am only a humble man<br \/>\nyearning for the chance at love<\/p>\n<p>Her gentle motion like a wave<br \/>\ntaking her across the room<br \/>\nher delicate hands pointing to the moors<br \/>\nwill she sing a song of wolves?<\/p>\n<p>I see a chance at rebuttal<br \/>\nmy flimsy friends to be denied<br \/>\nrunning towards the moon<br \/>\ncasting its glow on her flaming hair<\/p>\n<p>she rollicks over the thistled hills<br \/>\nI in relentless yet blissful chase<br \/>\nmy hightops stripped og their soles<br \/>\nand I stripped of my doubt<\/p>\n<p>I will forever run and follow<br \/>\nwaiting for her to turn around<br \/>\nbut, no matter<br \/>\nmy love has limitless space<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I watched her dance and I felt the lure of her arms viewing deeps breathes that seemed to make her eyes asweat the night seemed long the latest of hours it was and I ask, is there something I must do my impatient sighs&#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-140839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140839","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=140839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141869,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140839\/revisions\/141869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}