{"id":21707,"date":"2016-08-13T16:01:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T20:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=21707"},"modified":"2021-06-27T08:32:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:32:55","slug":"pennies-from-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/pennies-from-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennies from Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If finding change is somehow a sign<br \/>\nI welcome every cent<br \/>\nFor in my mind, the pennies<br \/>\nHelp to prove you&#8217;re near<br \/>\nI always seem to find them<br \/>\nAt my deepest, darkest moments<br \/>\nWhen angst and despair come creeping<br \/>\nTo make me lose sight of the good<\/p>\n<p>In my mind, when these pennies appear<br \/>\nYou are instantly by my side<br \/>\nAnd for a brief few moments, I am not stressed<br \/>\nIn fact, a smile forms, as I recall some memory with you<br \/>\nI hope I always find these pennies<br \/>\nI pray I live each memory they bring forth<br \/>\nAs it helps to bridge the between our two worlds<\/p>\n<p>May the pennies always lead me to remember<br \/>\nThe precious memories I have with you<br \/>\nAnd even if for a few moments<br \/>\nMay they allow me to chance to hold onto<br \/>\nThis wonderful piece of my past<br \/>\nFor while they come as a complete surprise<br \/>\nEvery time I cross one&#8217;s path<br \/>\nThe fact they bring your smile to mind<br \/>\nIs worth the steps I take<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If finding change is somehow a sign I welcome every cent For in my mind, the pennies Help to prove you&#8217;re near I always seem to find them At my deepest, darkest moments When angst and despair come creeping To make me lose sight of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[1594,1595],"class_list":["post-21707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-marathon-poem","tag-pennies-from-heaven","tag-remembrance-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21707","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\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21826,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21707\/revisions\/21826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}