{"id":33377,"date":"2017-08-05T12:49:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=33377"},"modified":"2017-08-05T12:57:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T16:57:36","slug":"wpa-word-players-anonymous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/wpa-word-players-anonymous\/","title":{"rendered":"WPA &#8211; Word Players Anonymous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t know why there seems such a fuss<br \/>\nSurely there\u2019s a twelve-step program for us<br \/>\nPlaying with words is much more than fun<br \/>\nA \u2018Player\u2019 can\u2019t stop once they\u2019ve begun<\/p>\n<p>Delicious words spill from our fingers<br \/>\nUplifting, teasing, or maybe just zingers<br \/>\nIt\u2019s raucous, exhilarating writing a pun<br \/>\nNo, a \u2018Player\u2019 can\u2019t stop once they\u2019ve begun<\/p>\n<p>When feeling munificent his words can be healing<br \/>\nWhen his rhyme is perhaps great, it\u2019s fodder for stealing<br \/>\nBut rest ye assured, word police are watching all words under the sun<br \/>\nBecause unscrupulous \u2018Players\u2019 can\u2019t stop, once they\u2019ve begun<\/p>\n<p>So with all this in mind and so many words in our head<br \/>\nWhatever your oeuvre, be hopeful instead<br \/>\nThat you never grow weary of words having fun<br \/>\nAnd with pride be a \u2018Player\u2019\u2013 don\u2019t stop you\u2019ve begun<\/p>\n<p>By Kathleen J Kidder at 11:47 on 8\/5\/2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t know why there seems such a fuss Surely there\u2019s a twelve-step program for us Playing with words is much more than fun A \u2018Player\u2019 can\u2019t stop once they\u2019ve begun Delicious words spill from our fingers Uplifting, teasing, or maybe just zingers It\u2019s raucous, exhilarating&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":880,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33377","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\/880"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33849,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33377\/revisions\/33849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}