{"id":31829,"date":"2017-08-05T09:43:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=31829"},"modified":"2017-08-05T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T15:32:36","slug":"wind-water-earth-and-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/wind-water-earth-and-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind, Water, Earth, and Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prancing renegade<br \/>\nflowing over the meadow<br \/>\nand through the grass<br \/>\nUnmeasured cadence<br \/>\ntiptoeing, twirling, cajoling<br \/>\nactive and silent.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nGushing torrent<br \/>\ncrashing vividly<br \/>\ncontinuously<br \/>\nGiggling with interaction<br \/>\nflirting as silk drapes<br \/>\nmoving forcefully onward.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe gargoyle&#8217;s<br \/>\nlong hard glances<br \/>\nare everlasting and petrifying<br \/>\nMonstrous yet motionless<br \/>\naffecting time itself<br \/>\nsymbiotically, methodically, unwavering.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFlitting hellion<br \/>\ndesirous and onerous<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t relate to moderation<br \/>\nEver-increasingly ravenous<br \/>\nand totally unhinged, effervescent spirit<br \/>\nof the mighty.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nControl without mastery<br \/>\nare obviously<br \/>\nignored<br \/>\nThey have no intention, no direction<br \/>\nwithout a maestro<br \/>\nfeeling and oriented.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nImagination at play<br \/>\nthrows caution and<br \/>\nmoves erratically<br \/>\noften stopped dead<br \/>\nbut flickering,<br \/>\nalive in the interactions<br \/>\nof the four colossi<br \/>\nTraining and grasping but<br \/>\nnever tight enough<br \/>\nor long enough<br \/>\nor delicately enough<br \/>\nto withstand the<br \/>\nintentionless march.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nChildren<br \/>\nat the feet of ancients<br \/>\nexcitedly collecting scraps<br \/>\nUnaware in bliss<br \/>\nof the emptiness<br \/>\nand senseless violence of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prancing renegade flowing over the meadow and through the grass Unmeasured cadence tiptoeing, twirling, cajoling active and silent. &nbsp; Gushing torrent crashing vividly continuously Giggling with interaction flirting as silk drapes moving forcefully onward. &nbsp; The gargoyle&#8217;s long hard glances are everlasting and petrifying Monstrous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1005,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31829","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\/1005"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31829"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33060,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31829\/revisions\/33060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}