{"id":31896,"date":"2017-08-05T09:53:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=31896"},"modified":"2017-08-05T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T17:31:24","slug":"early-one-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/early-one-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Early One Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not always easy getting up<br \/>\nto squint toward sunset\u2019s fireball.<\/p>\n<p>This time of year, even the mossy footpaths<br \/>\nhave dried to dirt, and blow harmless <\/p>\n<p>tornado bouquets. The scent of alder<br \/>\nmixes with the sweat of the horse who <\/p>\n<p>is running uphill toward forests and vistas.<br \/>\nShe churns her hooves as if every step <\/p>\n<p>might be her last. Not like you think.<br \/>\nBut like every step is her first, too. <\/p>\n<p>Like this is the day that will be<br \/>\nthe most important of her life.<\/p>\n<p>Like she\u2019s taking you along<br \/>\njust for the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not always easy getting up to squint toward sunset\u2019s fireball. This time of year, even the mossy footpaths have dried to dirt, and blow harmless tornado bouquets. The scent of alder mixes with the sweat of the horse who is running uphill toward forests&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31896","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\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31896"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34252,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31896\/revisions\/34252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}