{"id":74217,"date":"2020-06-28T03:15:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T07:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=74217"},"modified":"2020-06-28T04:44:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T08:44:49","slug":"poem-19-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/poem-19-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem 19 | {Belonging}\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ajanta Judd All Rights Reserved &#8211; 5 pm 28\/06\/2020 Australian EST<\/p>\n<p>Prompt 19; Hour 19: You can use this either as an image prompt, jumping off the image below to write a poem, or you can write about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">what it\u2019s like to be one small part of something bigger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>{Belonging}\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She dwells within and without<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Unnoticed in the forest glade<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Her nature is to blend in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A small part of a large whole<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The majestic gums are her friends<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They nurture and support<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She observes the passing seasons<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Contemplates the comings and goings<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The rising and setting of the sun<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The glow of a burgeoning moon through the tree canopy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">as silver cloud mountains hover above<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Quietly she sits observing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">contemplating the nature of things<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The enormity of the universe<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">juxtaposed with the tiny spores<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">of pungent fungi growing at her feet.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Drinking it in, breathing it out<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">reflected and reflecting<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There is no separation here<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She is greater than the sum of her parts<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Integral to the interconnectedness<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">and richness of her environment<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Glancing at the stars, she settles in for the night<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Comforted by a deep sense of belonging<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ajanta Judd All Rights Reserved &#8211; 5 pm 28\/06\/2020 Australian EST Prompt 19; Hour 19: You can use this either as an image prompt, jumping off the image below to write a poem, or you can write about what it\u2019s like to be one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74217","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\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74871,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74217\/revisions\/74871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}