{"id":144630,"date":"2023-09-04T06:19:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=144630"},"modified":"2023-09-04T06:19:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:19:44","slug":"22-perfect-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/22-perfect-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"22 \/ Perfect Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Perfect Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Look up in perfect silence<\/p>\n<p>at the trees adrift<\/p>\n<p>all night: their sails raised<\/p>\n<p>to catch the earth\u2019s warm breath.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tilt back your tired head:<\/p>\n<p>Look up in perfect silence<\/p>\n<p>at the spreading stars,<\/p>\n<p>the brighter Venus, Mars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When loon calls, awaken<\/p>\n<p>and hasten to the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Look up in perfect silence<\/p>\n<p>at the farther shore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pause while the others party<\/p>\n<p>and step into the dark<\/p>\n<p>with Walt; he\u2019s with you now<\/p>\n<p>looking up in perfect silence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[Prompt: photo by Scott Umstattd \/ &#8220;Silence&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfect Silence &nbsp; Look up in perfect silence at the trees adrift all night: their sails raised to catch the earth\u2019s warm breath. &nbsp; Tilt back your tired head: Look up in perfect silence at the spreading stars, the brighter Venus, Mars. &nbsp; When loon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144630","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\/756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144637,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144630\/revisions\/144637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}