{"id":143414,"date":"2023-09-03T08:35:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=143414"},"modified":"2023-09-03T08:35:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:35:35","slug":"hour-24-mountain-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-24-mountain-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 24 &#8211; Mountain of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Precariously trailing the crest of the mountain\r\nseeking relief in the canyon below\r\ndarkness calling, caressing my sadness \r\nsilence delivering a salve to my soul\r\n\r\nThe mountain and I together embrace\r\nthe ails of the world that won't mend\r\nlove, respect, tolerance have been erased\r\nreplaced by hatred, greed, disgrace...\r\n\r\nSuffering losses beyond measure\r\nthe mountain has witnessed a lifetime\r\nof nature's abuse and lost treasure\r\nif human the suffering would be a crime\r\n\r\nSadness swells and the earth starts to shudder\r\ntears from heaven fall upon my face\r\na loud voice climbs up the canyon\r\nits sonorous notes the silence replaces\r\n\r\nPlease do not lay down your sword\r\nfight for the land, the sky, the ocean, and all\r\nyour trying alone gives us hope\r\nyou must return home and answer the call\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Precariously trailing the crest of the mountain seeking relief in the canyon below darkness calling, caressing my sadness silence delivering a salve to my soul The mountain and I together embrace the ails of the world that won&#8217;t mend love, respect, tolerance have been erased&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143414","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\/3614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143759,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143414\/revisions\/143759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}