{"id":58067,"date":"2019-06-23T09:15:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=58067"},"modified":"2019-06-23T09:15:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:15:45","slug":"the-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/the-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58073\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Signs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Signs.png 2048w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Signs-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Signs-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Signs-1024x770.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tales of tea and tarot decks<br \/>\nVoodoo priestesses and lords<br \/>\nPrecious gems and stones cut raw<br \/>\nOils and scents and trunks galore<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Witches brew and boiling potions<br \/>\nMagic spells cast on wild shores<br \/>\nOuija boards that channeled spirits<br \/>\nCuban cigars, dark rum, folklore<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Genies waiting inside shiny lamps<br \/>\nGranting wishes in days of yore<br \/>\nConjured candles, smudges and incense<br \/>\nCovens, caves and secret doors<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Full moons at sacred sand dunes<br \/>\nIn desert lands with wild boars<br \/>\nMayan calendars atop pyramids<br \/>\nMystical beasts with goat-like horns<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Gods that ruled the elements<br \/>\nEarth, Wind, Fire, Water, too<br \/>\nMedieval contraptions for pain and suffering<br \/>\nThat only anarchists knew<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A Shepherd boy named Santiago<br \/>\nBraved it all around the world<br \/>\nIn search of treasures long and far away<br \/>\nLeaving behind only a girl<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When the sandstorms started swirling<br \/>\nAll around him, then he knew<br \/>\nThe crystal glasses he\u2019d sipped tea in<br \/>\nTold him exactly what to do<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He trekked without his flock<br \/>\nAnd continued focused as he roamed<br \/>\nLike Dorothy who grew up in Kansas<br \/>\nHe learned there\u2019s no place quite like home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tales of tea and tarot decks Voodoo priestesses and lords Precious gems and stones cut raw Oils and scents and trunks galore Witches brew and boiling potions Magic spells cast on wild shores Ouija boards that channeled spirits Cuban cigars, dark rum, folklore Genies waiting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2815,536,2585,3389],"class_list":["post-58067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2019-poetry-marathon","tag-magic","tag-mythology","tag-signs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58067","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\/1239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58075,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58067\/revisions\/58075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}