{"id":67362,"date":"2020-06-27T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=67362"},"modified":"2020-07-09T19:01:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T23:01:27","slug":"7-under-the-starry-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/7-under-the-starry-night\/","title":{"rendered":"7.  UNDER THE STARRY NIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67139 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poetry-prompt-picture-stars-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poetry-prompt-picture-stars-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poetry-prompt-picture-stars-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poetry-prompt-picture-stars.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the sun sets and gives way to the shimmering stars,<\/p>\n<p>the gentle lapping of the water on the bow of the boat,<\/p>\n<p>I search for and entwine my fingers in your warm, soft hands.<\/p>\n<p>As the night sets in,<\/p>\n<p>a sliver of the luminescent moon,<\/p>\n<p>reflects off the still water and kisses your cheek.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Breathtakingly beautiful, you are in this glow,<\/p>\n<p>My heart constricts in this moment,<\/p>\n<p>out of love for you.<\/p>\n<p>I reach out to bring you closer to me,<\/p>\n<p>to embrace you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The boat rocks gently, as our lips meet,<\/p>\n<p>your fragrance permeates the still air,<\/p>\n<p>all else melts away, just you and I<\/p>\n<p>under the starry, moonlit night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As the sun sets and gives way to the shimmering stars, the gentle lapping of the water on the bow of the boat, I search for and entwine my fingers in your warm, soft hands. As the night sets in, a sliver of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":966,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67362","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\/966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67362"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78222,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67362\/revisions\/78222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}