{"id":47679,"date":"2019-06-22T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=47679"},"modified":"2019-06-22T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:48:08","slug":"deafening-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/deafening-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Deafening Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come out at night and know<br \/>\nThe world in its afterglow<br \/>\nWe might see what we overlook<br \/>\nBecause of our daily work<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the soft rustle of leaves<br \/>\nAs the wind gently brushes<br \/>\nAnd the cold feel of air<br \/>\nWhile my fingers comb my hair<\/p>\n<p>The air-conditioning unit hums<br \/>\nWhile the tots are with their moms<br \/>\nAnd street light silently screams<br \/>\nMaking a poet smiles and dreams<\/p>\n<p>Stealth tiny raindrops land<br \/>\nOn roofs and trees and sand<br \/>\nSurely tomorrow a clear dew<br \/>\nThat refreshes a morning new<\/p>\n<p>Above, far above you&#8217;ll see<br \/>\nParade of characters feathery<br \/>\nClouds of every size and shape<br \/>\nClowns and kings on capes<\/p>\n<p>We thought its silent but we&#8217;re wrong<br \/>\nThe world we know just sings a song<br \/>\nIts deaffening silence that we know<br \/>\nIs silently doing a show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come out at night and know The world in its afterglow We might see what we overlook Because of our daily work It&#8217;s the soft rustle of leaves As the wind gently brushes And the cold feel of air While my fingers comb my hair&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2874,1157],"class_list":["post-47679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-prompt3-naidabsupnet-3","tag-poetrymarathon2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47679","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\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48201,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47679\/revisions\/48201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}