{"id":25886,"date":"2016-08-13T23:24:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=25886"},"modified":"2016-08-13T23:24:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:24:07","slug":"springtime-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/springtime-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Springtime Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One clear, warm Sunday afternoon,<br \/>\nJust after a fresh April shower,<br \/>\nBefell on the quarter moon,<br \/>\nPansies and lilies were in full bloom,<br \/>\nProducing a tall colorful flower.<\/p>\n<p>As I sit on the rickety porch swing,<br \/>\nWith an ice cold Pepsi in my hand,<br \/>\nA bluebird begins to softly sing,<br \/>\nSo pleasantly his happy tune rings,<br \/>\nFrom Oklahoma all the way to Disneyland.<\/p>\n<p>Then, two squriles scamper up a tree,<br \/>\nChasing the black and gray kitten,<br \/>\nWho was trying to become free,<br \/>\nOf harmful insects such as bumblebees,<br \/>\nto avoid being violently bitten.<\/p>\n<p>When slowly turning my head,<br \/>\nI see four excited children,<br \/>\nTheir tiny faces a shade red,<br \/>\nTwo playing tag, two lacing new Keds,<br \/>\nHoping their fun doesn&#8217;t have to end.<\/p>\n<p>This scene is by no means tragic,<br \/>\nIt is only full of happy bliss,<br \/>\nPeace like this is what i wish,<br \/>\nFor it&#8217;s hard for anyone to miss,<br \/>\nThe glowing springtime magic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One clear, warm Sunday afternoon, Just after a fresh April shower, Befell on the quarter moon, Pansies and lilies were in full bloom, Producing a tall colorful flower. As I sit on the rickety porch swing, With an ice cold Pepsi in my hand, A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25886","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\/921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25893,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25886\/revisions\/25893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}