{"id":88097,"date":"2021-06-26T09:51:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T13:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=88097"},"modified":"2021-06-26T09:51:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T13:51:47","slug":"the-gift-of-an-oklahoma-summer-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/the-gift-of-an-oklahoma-summer-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of an Oklahoma Summer Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gift of an Oklahoma Summer Rain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Starts with claps of thunder,<\/p>\n<p>cracks of lightening,<\/p>\n<p>shock and awe at dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Rain in sheets pelts the roof,<\/p>\n<p>water blows sideways at walls and windows.<\/p>\n<p>Easy to pretend we\u2019re vacationing<\/p>\n<p>in Haiti during a brief hurricane.<\/p>\n<p>Niagara Falls on the front porch<\/p>\n<p>from the leaky downspout.<\/p>\n<p>Plants soak up moisture,<\/p>\n<p>cracks in parched dirt absorb liquid<\/p>\n<p>like expensive skin cream,<\/p>\n<p>becoming smooth again.<\/p>\n<p>One lone bird chirps out,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t take much more of this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raindrops slow, other birds chime in,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoly shit! What was that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clouds pass, sky lightens.<\/p>\n<p>Birds shout, \u201cLet\u2019s eat!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We hear trickling sounds,<\/p>\n<p>intermittent drops hit puddles and leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Storm brings cooler temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Can sit outside awhile before<\/p>\n<p>sun bakes us again in the summer kiln,<\/p>\n<p>worried our glazes will crack,<\/p>\n<p>risking second degree burns,<\/p>\n<p>from touching the steering wheel,<\/p>\n<p>making grass dry and crispy,<\/p>\n<p>clothes and hair droopy and soggy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gift of an Oklahoma Summer Rain &nbsp; Starts with claps of thunder, cracks of lightening, shock and awe at dawn. Rain in sheets pelts the roof, water blows sideways at walls and windows. Easy to pretend we\u2019re vacationing in Haiti during a brief hurricane&#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-88097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88097","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=88097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88131,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88097\/revisions\/88131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}