{"id":22837,"date":"2016-08-13T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T21:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=22837"},"modified":"2016-08-13T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T21:29:01","slug":"my-beloved-city-prompt-nine-pic-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/my-beloved-city-prompt-nine-pic-3\/","title":{"rendered":"My Beloved City (Prompt Nine-Pic 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22959\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22959\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NYC_Bldgs-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Prompt Nine\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NYC_Bldgs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NYC_Bldgs-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prompt Nine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Growing up in the desert&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>was not my favorite place.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And was not my choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we are born,<br \/>\nor soon after . . .<br \/>\nparents make a choice,<br \/>\nthat is their road.<\/p>\n<p>For college I applied,<br \/>\nto get far away.<br \/>\nFind myself&#8230;<br \/>\nFind my way!<br \/>\nAnd 2,500 miles I came!<\/p>\n<p>First time on a plane,<br \/>\nHigh above the clouds,<br \/>\nNot so bad&#8230;<br \/>\nFor up so high.<br \/>\nArrived into the tall city,<br \/>\nTo find my fear must ease&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My room was way above,<br \/>\nLooking out the window,<br \/>\nGlass and miles&#8230;<br \/>\nand buildings I saw!<br \/>\nYellow cabs if I leaned!<br \/>\nAnd people!<br \/>\nYou know what I mean?<\/p>\n<p>I was in love&#8230;<br \/>\nI chose this place!<br \/>\nNot my parents;<br \/>\nNot my friends&#8230;<br \/>\nIn fact, they feared for my life!<br \/>\nAnd I had my adventure&#8230;<br \/>\nTo make a new me;<br \/>\nTo be all I could be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up in the desert&#8230; was not my favorite place. And was not my choice. When we are born, or soon after . . . parents make a choice, that is their road. For college I applied, to get far away. Find myself&#8230; Find my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":745,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1136,5],"tags":[1501,1687,1686],"class_list":["post-22837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-poetry-prompts","tag-buildings","tag-flights","tag-new-york-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22837","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=22837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22983,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22837\/revisions\/22983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}