{"id":28128,"date":"2016-08-14T06:59:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T10:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=28128"},"modified":"2016-08-14T06:59:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T10:59:49","slug":"hour-22-prompt-22-the-night-is-for-sleeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/hour-22-prompt-22-the-night-is-for-sleeping\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 22 &#8211; Prompt 22 &#8211; The Night is for Sleeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every mother says &#8220;My baby is awake for most<br \/>\nof the night&#8221;. The cries begin just as I get<br \/>\nready to go to bed. Slowly, the baby is trained<br \/>\nby the rule &#8216;The Night is for Sleeping&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When children ask &#8216;Why is there a distinction<br \/>\nbetween day and night?&#8217; The most common response<br \/>\nis &#8216;The day is for packed action and the night<br \/>\nis for sleeping&#8217;. Is that always true?<\/p>\n<p>Why are there animals who stay awake at night?<br \/>\nWhy are the stealth activities conducted at night?<br \/>\nWhy do some people study better at night?<br \/>\nWhy are some cities known for their night-life?<\/p>\n<p>The night brings in solitude, silence instead<br \/>\nof bustle. The dreams find their voice when<br \/>\nthe minds are at rest. All secrets travel<br \/>\nthe distance under the cloak of darkness<\/p>\n<p>The night is for sleeping only to rejuvenate<br \/>\nIt is not to turn a blind eye and escape shadows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every mother says &#8220;My baby is awake for most of the night&#8221;. The cries begin just as I get ready to go to bed. Slowly, the baby is trained by the rule &#8216;The Night is for Sleeping&#8217; When children ask &#8216;Why is there a distinction&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":753,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[2050],"class_list":["post-28128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-the-night-is-for-sleeping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128","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\/753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28133,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128\/revisions\/28133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}