{"id":19178,"date":"2016-08-13T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=19178"},"modified":"2016-08-13T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T15:57:21","slug":"19178","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/19178\/","title":{"rendered":"earthsound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Summer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cacophony runs free from mouths of children, liberally testing the acceptable usage of the ever-elusive outside voice, demonstrating its voraciousness and enthusiasm, un-eagerly awaiting the end of a two-month utopia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hurried scratching of graphite on pulverized, flattened, and bleached wood pulp fills the otherwise muted room. \u00a0The scrape of metal on tile interrupts. \u00a0A pin. \u00a0A pen. \u00a0Click. \u00a0It&#8217;s test day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Winter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>5am ear-splitting rings reverberate as an automated voice on the other end of the line yells\u00a0<em>those<\/em> words. \u00a0Magic is found in the of laughter and the squeals of joy. \u00a0The world is silent, the hearts of children are exploding with audible glee. \u00a0<strong>Snow day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The flutter of chirps and wings abounds. \u00a0At times too early, at times inciting hope and a chance for renewal. \u00a0For rejuvenation. \u00a0A new season. \u00a0And new day. \u00a0Sing your song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Cacophony runs free from mouths of children, liberally testing the acceptable usage of the ever-elusive outside voice, demonstrating its voraciousness and enthusiasm, un-eagerly awaiting the end of a two-month utopia. &nbsp; Fall Hurried scratching of graphite on pulverized, flattened, and bleached wood pulp fills&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":926,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19178","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\/926"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19514,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19178\/revisions\/19514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}