{"id":31786,"date":"2017-08-05T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=31786"},"modified":"2017-08-05T09:50:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:50:01","slug":"hour-1-prompt-1-elements-at-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/hour-1-prompt-1-elements-at-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 1 &#8211; Prompt 1 &#8211; Elements at play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I fall, I receive a hug<br \/>\nEvery time I am lost, I notice the soft tug<br \/>\nMy soul will drift away, my body burnt at death<br \/>\nThe Earth will nurture me till my last breath<\/p>\n<p>Every time I am alone, I feel your touch<br \/>\nYou embrace me, when hurdles hurt too much<br \/>\nYou soothe me, at all times, with your presence<br \/>\nOh Wind! you balance joy and sorrow, teach life&#8217;s essence<\/p>\n<p>How easy it was to give up, to lose my identity<br \/>\nYet, you infused into my life, taught me serenity<br \/>\nYou kept the light of Hope burning, pushed me to succeed<br \/>\nDear Fire, you taught me &#8220;A small spark is all I need&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You tickled me, when I was small, and enjoyed my giggles<br \/>\nAs a teen, I reached out to you, to understand life&#8217;s riddle<br \/>\nYou drenched me with your tides, as both a friend and guide<br \/>\nWater, you&#8217;ve taught me to value life, in this unique ride<\/p>\n<p>(c) Vijaya Gowrisankar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I fall, I receive a hug Every time I am lost, I notice the soft tug My soul will drift away, my body burnt at death The Earth will nurture me till my last breath Every time I am alone, I feel your&#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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31786","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=31786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31944,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31786\/revisions\/31944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}