{"id":69061,"date":"2020-06-27T17:48:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=69061"},"modified":"2020-06-29T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:22:47","slug":"staycation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/staycation\/","title":{"rendered":"Staycation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staycation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lounge by the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Mystery novel, glass of<\/p>\n<p>cold sauvignon blanc<\/p>\n<p>on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Elongated banana leaves<\/p>\n<p>wave in the breeze.<\/p>\n<p>Wispy white clouds drift<\/p>\n<p>in powder blue sky.<\/p>\n<p>Colorful, talkative songbirds<\/p>\n<p>flit from tree to tree.<\/p>\n<p>Hummingbirds buzz the feeder.<\/p>\n<p>Grape and honeysuckle vines<\/p>\n<p>extend their tendrils<\/p>\n<p>along the fence and arbor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the sound<\/p>\n<p>of lapping waves,<\/p>\n<p>roaring surf,<\/p>\n<p>just beyond the yard.<\/p>\n<p>Ignore the sound of<\/p>\n<p>the neighbor\u2019s Weed Eater.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine hearing melodious<\/p>\n<p>languages, not American English.<\/p>\n<p>Ignore the barking of the<\/p>\n<p>Labrador puppy next door.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Caribbean island paradise.<\/p>\n<p>Secluded oasis on the Mexican coast.<\/p>\n<p>Monastic hideaway in Southern France.<\/p>\n<p>View of the Tasman sea.<\/p>\n<p>All the places I\u2019m not allowed to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staycation &nbsp; Lounge by the pool. Mystery novel, glass of cold sauvignon blanc on the table. Elongated banana leaves wave in the breeze. Wispy white clouds drift in powder blue sky. Colorful, talkative songbirds flit from tree to tree. Hummingbirds buzz the feeder. Grape and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69061","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\/737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69105,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69061\/revisions\/69105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}