{"id":49513,"date":"2019-06-22T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=49513"},"modified":"2019-06-22T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T18:24:09","slug":"axe-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/axe-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Axe Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has a rhythm.<br \/>\nLike a heartbeat.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<br \/>\nA simple, clear song.<br \/>\nMuscle, tool, and wood.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t just cut<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not a saw.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<br \/>\nWood is crushed<br \/>\nPinned aside.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<br \/>\nThe gaps deepen<br \/>\nWith each new strike.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<\/p>\n<p>The tree grows weak,<br \/>\nThe arms grow sore,<br \/>\nThe shadows stretch.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<br \/>\nBut each new stroke<br \/>\nStays steady and strong<br \/>\nWill, tough as oak.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<br \/>\nTwilight creeps in<br \/>\nLike moss, like age.<br \/>\nA tree trembles.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<\/p>\n<p>One more, last swing,<br \/>\nFelt soles to skull.<br \/>\nA fond farewell.<br \/>\nPull, lift, swing, CRACK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has a rhythm. Like a heartbeat. Pull, lift, swing, CRACK. A simple, clear song. Muscle, tool, and wood. Pull, lift, swing, CRACK. It doesn&#8217;t just cut It&#8217;s not a saw. Pull, lift, swing, CRACK. Wood is crushed Pinned aside. Pull, lift, swing, CRACK. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49513","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\/1262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49944,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49513\/revisions\/49944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}