{"id":6830,"date":"2015-06-13T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=6830"},"modified":"2015-06-13T12:14:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T16:14:24","slug":"my-dream-about-poseidon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/my-dream-about-poseidon\/","title":{"rendered":"My dream about Poseidon 1\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poseidon_by_waiton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7011\" src=\"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poseidon_by_waiton-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"poseidon_by_waiton\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poseidon_by_waiton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poseidon_by_waiton.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poseidon_by_waiton-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had a dream one night-<\/p>\n<p>I was in a boat with Poseidon\u2026<br \/>\nWe were under the sea<br \/>\nAnd as always,<br \/>\nThe surface was beneath us\u2026<br \/>\nWhat seemed weird to me<br \/>\nWas that below the surface<br \/>\nWas not water, but air\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Both of us could speak audibly<br \/>\nUnder the water \u2013<br \/>\nI could hear every word that he said\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I looked down, into the sky \u2013<br \/>\nBirds were swimming in the air;<br \/>\nA man jumped up towards us;<br \/>\nI watched as his parachute opened\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I looked up and saw a large<br \/>\nSchool of Barracuda flying above us<br \/>\nAnd a shark attacking from the left \u2013<\/p>\n<p>I was scared\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry\u201d, said Poseidon,<br \/>\nWaving his trident as he spoke \u2013<br \/>\n\u201cAs long as you are in this boat with me<br \/>\nNothing bad will happen to you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded and opened my mouth to speak\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And then I woke up and realized<br \/>\nThat I was soaked with perspiration\u2026<\/p>\n<p>My dream has passed, but<br \/>\nThe memory will always haunt me\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Weirdest was Poseidon \u2013<br \/>\nBefore that night I have wondered<br \/>\nHow he could stay under water<br \/>\nFor such a long time but<br \/>\nMy dream answered my question &#8211;<br \/>\nThe answer made perfect sense:<\/p>\n<p>Poseidon, strange as it may seem,<\/p>\n<p>Is a fish!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2015 Antoinette LeRoux<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a dream one night- I was in a boat with Poseidon\u2026 We were under the sea And as always, The surface was beneath us\u2026 What seemed weird to me Was that below the surface Was not water, but air\u2026 Both of us could&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6830","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\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6830"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7971,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6830\/revisions\/7971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}