{"id":4063,"date":"2014-08-24T04:13:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=4063"},"modified":"2014-08-24T07:44:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T11:44:22","slug":"now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-poem-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-poem-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep      Poem 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now I lay me down to sleep<\/p>\n<p>I jolt myself awake<\/p>\n<p>Poetry looms before me now<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t fall asleep for God&#8217;s sake<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pull yourself up by your bootstraps<\/p>\n<p>Or at least your comfy old socks<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t put your head down for even a sec<\/p>\n<p>You know how it is with these clocks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Force your eyes open do whatever you can<\/p>\n<p>To keep your lost focus alive<\/p>\n<p>Push yourself a few hours more<\/p>\n<p>A poem will soon be your last<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now I lay me down&#8230;oh no<\/p>\n<p>Stay awake, alert, and strong<\/p>\n<p>Find that voice those last few words<\/p>\n<p>The muse will push you along<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now I lay me down to sleep I jolt myself awake Poetry looms before me now Don&#8217;t fall asleep for God&#8217;s sake &nbsp; Pull yourself up by your bootstraps Or at least your comfy old socks Don&#8217;t put your head down for even a sec&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063","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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4063\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}