{"id":23248,"date":"2016-08-13T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=23248"},"modified":"2016-08-13T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:00:29","slug":"poem-9-from-wooden-boardwalk-prompt-the-walk-by-ingrid-exner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/poem-9-from-wooden-boardwalk-prompt-the-walk-by-ingrid-exner\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem 9 From Wooden Boardwalk Prompt-\u201c The Walk\u201d By Ingrid Exner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wood creaks and echoes<\/p>\n<p>worn with<\/p>\n<p>age and use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My breathe catches<\/p>\n<p>in this biting autumn air<\/p>\n<p>I bury myself deeper<\/p>\n<p>into warm comfort of<\/p>\n<p>my parka.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solitude and cold<\/p>\n<p>Empty feelings<\/p>\n<p>Reflections of the mountains<\/p>\n<p>Cover the streams.<\/p>\n<p>Hollow images of<\/p>\n<p>Nature as it has been.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Smooth wooden railing<\/p>\n<p>guides my hands forward,<\/p>\n<p>beckoning me to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mountains spring up in the distance<\/p>\n<p>wearing caps of fresh virgin snow.<\/p>\n<p>Reflections of the mountains<\/p>\n<p>Cover the streams.<\/p>\n<p>Empty images of<\/p>\n<p>Nature as it has been.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The wind rattles<\/p>\n<p>Loose floor boards of<\/p>\n<p>The walkway as more wind moans<\/p>\n<p>Its complaints<\/p>\n<p>From all directions<\/p>\n<p>Surrounding me<\/p>\n<p>And, reminding Me that<\/p>\n<p>I am Alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Wood creaks and echoes worn with age and use. &nbsp; My breathe catches in this biting autumn air I bury myself deeper into warm comfort of my parka. &nbsp; Solitude and cold Empty feelings Reflections of the mountains Cover the streams. Hollow images of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23248","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\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23278,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23248\/revisions\/23278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}