{"id":41222,"date":"2017-08-06T03:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T07:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=41222"},"modified":"2017-08-06T03:30:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T07:30:59","slug":"hour-19-a-posting-from-io","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/hour-19-a-posting-from-io\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 19: A Posting from Io"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Posting from Io<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>Well, I\u2019ve settled into my little pod, finally<br \/>\nthe surface of Io being what it is<br \/>\nFinding a place to set up housekeeping<br \/>\nwas difficult, given all the volcanic activity<\/p>\n<p>It is, as expected, freakishly cold here<br \/>\nSulfur-dioxide frost coats everything<br \/>\nOne dares not explore too far<br \/>\nfor fear of freezing to death<\/p>\n<p>Fire and Ice, ha! A land of contrasts<br \/>\nIt is hard to know which to fear most<br \/>\nBut I don\u2019t fear, not really, only<br \/>\nthe loneliness that seeps in around the door<\/p>\n<p>My work keeps me busy<br \/>\ncharts and graphs and data collection<br \/>\nthe recycling of water, the cooking of meals<br \/>\nI try not to think too much of home<\/p>\n<p>I will send you a photo of the sunset<br \/>\nover the mountains, which are painted<br \/>\nvarious subtle shades of yellow, red, and green<br \/>\nOnly the distant sun seems colorless, and cold<\/p>\n<p>I best sign off now, and try to sleep<br \/>\nIt will be many months before you read this<br \/>\nSo, I will ask you the favor, dear friends,<br \/>\nof replying with all the speed you can<\/p>\n<p>With all my affection,<\/p>\n<p>Your distant Friend<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Posting from Io &nbsp; Dear Friends, Well, I\u2019ve settled into my little pod, finally the surface of Io being what it is Finding a place to set up housekeeping was difficult, given all the volcanic activity It is, as expected, freakishly cold here Sulfur-dioxide&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1047,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41222","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\/1047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41235,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41222\/revisions\/41235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}