{"id":87598,"date":"2021-06-26T09:24:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T13:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=87598"},"modified":"2021-06-26T09:24:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T13:24:21","slug":"graduations-hour-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/graduations-hour-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduations \u2014Hour One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You will always be my baby girl;<br \/>\nI sit in the audience and watch<br \/>\nyou walk Proudly<br \/>\nacross the stage;<br \/>\nTowards the fifth grade diploma<br \/>\nThat now sets you apart from the little ones;<br \/>\nYour hands reach for the certificate<br \/>\nYour shy smile but proud<br \/>\nNo longer a husky<br \/>\nNo more Pleasant Hill<br \/>\nOnwards to a coyote and many years to come:<br \/>\nAnd this reminds me of an ending of a beginning;<br \/>\nKindergarten<br \/>\nYour yellow baby chick hair<br \/>\nHeld back by your favorite headband;<br \/>\nYou know, the one with the tropical flower?<br \/>\nYou wore your cupcake sprinkled dress;<br \/>\nYour blonde hair like mine as we lean towards each other<br \/>\nAnd our crowns touch;<br \/>\nYou have since grown, My Little Miracle;<br \/>\nPink hair yesterday<br \/>\nBlue hair today<br \/>\nThere will be a time for the big graduation<br \/>\nThat high school diploma,<br \/>\nThe first key on the ring to open many doors to come;<br \/>\nAnd I always wonder if on graduation night if you\u2019ll<br \/>\nAsk for Twinkle Star<br \/>\nThat night, as I embrace you and hold you tight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will always be my baby girl; I sit in the audience and watch you walk Proudly across the stage; Towards the fifth grade diploma That now sets you apart from the little ones; Your hands reach for the certificate Your shy smile but proud&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1345,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87598","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\/1345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87759,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87598\/revisions\/87759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}