{"id":31655,"date":"2017-08-05T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=31655"},"modified":"2017-08-05T09:32:39","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:32:39","slug":"elements-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/elements-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements Around Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The earth is round, blue and green<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Its delights are well known to all.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The wind and rain, snow and sun<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Invite us to enjoy the windfall.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 The wind caresses our skin<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 With pleasurable wisps so light<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 It makes the trees talk, in a susurration<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Blows tumbleweeds into the night.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Fire is a changeable creature<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In turns it can heal or destroy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>With its incandescent aura<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It swirls, as its heat it deploys.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Water, oh water, can be comforting<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Or it can destroy all that you know<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Its strength many find deceptive<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 If not careful, it will pull you below.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The elements are all around us<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In a circle of life so divine<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Earth, wind, fire and water<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Are all part of the great design.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The earth is round, blue and green Its delights are well known to all. The wind and rain, snow and sun Invite us to enjoy the windfall. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 The wind caresses our skin \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 With pleasurable wisps so light \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 It makes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":976,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31655","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\/976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31750,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31655\/revisions\/31750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}