{"id":56355,"date":"2019-06-23T04:41:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=56355"},"modified":"2019-06-23T04:41:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:41:29","slug":"when-comes-old-inspired-from-j-alfred-prufrock-by-t-s-eliot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/when-comes-old-inspired-from-j-alfred-prufrock-by-t-s-eliot\/","title":{"rendered":"When Comes Old? inspired from J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I grow old&#8230;I grow old&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I grow old&#8230;But have I grown cold?<\/p>\n<p>I can hear my voice speaking words, uncontrolled.<\/p>\n<p>I do not want to grow old, sad and crabby;<\/p>\n<p>Lord, grow me in your grace, that keeps one happy.<\/p>\n<p>Even though my end may be in full sight,<\/p>\n<p>Still, let me find my joy in this world&#8217;s delight.<\/p>\n<p>Let me see my blessings for what they really are,<\/p>\n<p>Not critical of issues both of near and of far.<\/p>\n<p>Help me see the little things that brighten up the day&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The sunrise; the sunset, and fluffy clouds at play.<\/p>\n<p>Let me hear the sound of my children laughing,<\/p>\n<p>And let me still enjoy an afternoon of napping.<\/p>\n<p>Fill me with a spirit of joy found deep within<\/p>\n<p>That hangs on to happiness; not fickle like the wind.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I grow old&#8230;Yes, I grow old&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I will wear a smile as my story unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grow old&#8230;I grow old&#8230; I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Yes, I grow old&#8230;But have I grown cold? I can hear my voice speaking words, uncontrolled. I do not want to grow old, sad and crabby; Lord, grow me in your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1265,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56355","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\/1265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56473,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56355\/revisions\/56473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}