{"id":46283,"date":"2019-06-22T09:19:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T13:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=46283"},"modified":"2019-06-22T10:27:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T14:27:24","slug":"1-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/1-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 I am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While others are<br \/>\ngathering their snacks &#8211;<br \/>\ndark strong chocolate,<br \/>\npots of coffee,<br \/>\npiles of prompts<br \/>\nbooks, pictures, memories<br \/>\nI am gathering<br \/>\nmemories just lost<br \/>\nseeking my center<br \/>\ntrying to look<br \/>\nout, up, ahead.<\/p>\n<p>While others are<br \/>\norganizing their space,<br \/>\nchoosing their view,<br \/>\npiling up references,<br \/>\ncontemplating the virtues &#8211;<br \/>\nchips vs candy? &#8211;<br \/>\nI am clearing<br \/>\nmy space, tossing<br \/>\neverything I can<br \/>\nin order to<br \/>\nmove small, light.<\/p>\n<p>While others are<br \/>\njuggling joy, nerves<br \/>\nand anticipation, I<br \/>\nam juggling agents<br \/>\nlawyers, buyers, tradesmen,<br \/>\nplans, timelines, loss.<\/p>\n<p>While others are<br \/>\nimagining poems, I<br \/>\nam recalling them.<\/p>\n<p>While others are<br \/>\nfilled with energy,<br \/>\nI am struggling<br \/>\nto regain mine.<\/p>\n<p>While others are<br \/>\nreaching out, eager<br \/>\nto share, excited,<br \/>\nI am pulled<br \/>\ninto my shell<br \/>\nto nurture, conserve<br \/>\nwhat little reserve<br \/>\nI have rebuilt.<\/p>\n<p>While others are<br \/>\nwriting with me<br \/>\nand yet apart<br \/>\nI am grateful<br \/>\nto be part<br \/>\nof something beyond<br \/>\nthe four walls<br \/>\nof my pain,<br \/>\ngrateful for openings<br \/>\nto explore yet<br \/>\nanother adventure ahead.<\/p>\n<p>sarahw<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While others are gathering their snacks &#8211; dark strong chocolate, pots of coffee, piles of prompts books, pictures, memories I am gathering memories just lost seeking my center trying to look out, up, ahead. While others are organizing their space, choosing their view, piling up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2800],"class_list":["post-46283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-1-i-am"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46283","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\/1122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46437,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46283\/revisions\/46437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}