{"id":22059,"date":"2016-08-13T16:12:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T20:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=22059"},"modified":"2016-08-13T20:46:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T00:46:35","slug":"memory-of-an-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/memory-of-an-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory Of An Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22092\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22092\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AlanRickmanNME-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2011: Meeting Alan Rickman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AlanRickmanNME-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AlanRickmanNME-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011: Meeting Alan Rickman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I cannot say I knew this man&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nFor I met him only once.<br \/>\nOf course, he touched my heart;<br \/>\nBy the roles he portrayed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His death was a shock. . .<\/strong><br \/>\nTo his fans, such as I.<br \/>\nAnd more to those close;<br \/>\nWhere he was just himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We know him heroically;<\/strong><br \/>\nA savior or a sinner.<br \/>\nFor he portrayed them both;<br \/>\nAnd oh so brilliantly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His voice was that of dreams;<\/strong><br \/>\nLow, slow and massage for the ears.<br \/>\nHis way was sure, gentle&#8230;<br \/>\nHow could he really go?<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll have him for lifetimes&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nIn vaults of other roles he played.<br \/>\nMy memory will have him&#8230;<br \/>\nUpon the stage, and moments after.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, it hurts to think that&#8217;s all;<\/strong><br \/>\nHe left all too soon.<br \/>\nAt least, for us who knew&#8230;<br \/>\nKnew him only for an hour or two.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; Alan Rickman will be missed. I am so happy to have seen him perform on stage at BAM, and get this photo of us together &#8212; and a great story behind the pic. Ask me later, and I&#8217;ll tell you! &lt;&lt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I cannot say I knew this man&#8230; For I met him only once. Of course, he touched my heart; By the roles he portrayed. His death was a shock. . . To his fans, such as I. And more to those close; Where he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":745,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[1622,1623,51,1624],"class_list":["post-22059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-musings","tag-alan-rickman","tag-celebrity","tag-death","tag-dedication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22059","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\/745"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24818,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22059\/revisions\/24818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}