{"id":53926,"date":"2019-06-22T21:17:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T01:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=53926"},"modified":"2019-06-22T21:17:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T01:17:27","slug":"guddle-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/guddle-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Guddle Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made my way down to the stream<br \/>\nI wanted some time to loaf and dream<br \/>\nI settled myself upon the bank<br \/>\nStared at the water, giving thanks.<br \/>\nA shadow suddenly darted nearby<br \/>\nThe edge of the stream where I lie<br \/>\nI leaned down for a better look<br \/>\nCarefully set aside my book.<br \/>\nWith a furrowed brow, I saw a trout<br \/>\nDisturbing my peaceful time, no doubt.<br \/>\nI got to my knees, leaning low<br \/>\nReached down my hand, in the water just so.<br \/>\nI slowly wriggled my fingers just like bait,<br \/>\nNear the fish, not a moment to late.<br \/>\nHe swished his way through the water clear<br \/>\nCloser and closer, he got very near.<br \/>\nWith a daring grasp, I got that fish<br \/>\nHe will make such a wonderful dish<br \/>\nWith my hands in the water, I was befuddled<br \/>\nHow I caught that fish, how I learned to guddle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made my way down to the stream I wanted some time to loaf and dream I settled myself upon the bank Stared at the water, giving thanks. A shadow suddenly darted nearby The edge of the stream where I lie I leaned down for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":976,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53926","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\/976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53940,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53926\/revisions\/53940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}