{"id":71778,"date":"2020-06-27T21:32:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T01:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=71778"},"modified":"2020-06-27T21:32:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T01:32:56","slug":"scriveners-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/scriveners-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrivener\u2019s Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a hidden valley just over yonder<\/p>\n<p>where the scribblers and scribes often wander<\/p>\n<p>with pen and paper weighing down their packs.<\/p>\n<p>They are anxious to write both fiction and facts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The valley is filled with fountains flowing with verbs,<\/p>\n<p>old orchards of adjectives, and, have you heard,<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s chattering conjunctions hiding in tall chestnut trees,<\/p>\n<p>while indigenous interjections snap at the buzzing bees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Placid prepositions rest without making a sound.<\/p>\n<p>Petulant pronouns roam around the grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Antsy articles meander searching for crumbs,<\/p>\n<p>as weathered writers scrawl witty phrases, one by one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This valley of wonderment created by God<\/p>\n<p>who whispered, then waving, gave a slight nod<\/p>\n<p>releasing rushing rivers and a mountainous range.<\/p>\n<p>Then, miraculously, He brought forth seasons of change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ask any proud poet to show you the way.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be quietly invited and later asked to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Gladly deciphering verses of dribble and drool,<\/p>\n<p>you\u2019ll soon be writing in this valley, well-schooled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a hidden valley just over yonder where the scribblers and scribes often wander with pen and paper weighing down their packs. They are anxious to write both fiction and facts. &nbsp; The valley is filled with fountains flowing with verbs, old orchards of adjectives,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71778","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\/1448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71784,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71778\/revisions\/71784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}