{"id":88757,"date":"2021-06-26T10:29:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=88757"},"modified":"2021-06-26T10:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:29:20","slug":"prompt-2-the-joy-of-unseen-things-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/prompt-2-the-joy-of-unseen-things-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt #2  (The Joy of Unseen Things title)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Science says other people see<\/p>\n<p>with their eyes closed. Remember<\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s house with the paint<\/p>\n<p>peeling. See the green shingles.<\/p>\n<p>See the stump of the tree (apricot)<\/p>\n<p>she planted when I was born.<\/p>\n<p>I only see in dreams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I can hear, which science<\/p>\n<p>says others don\u2019t. Music winds<\/p>\n<p>like birdsong through ears and mind<\/p>\n<p>and memory\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the chords\u00a0\u00a0 I struck<\/p>\n<p>on a piano \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0long since kindling<\/p>\n<p>are playing now\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am 8 years old.<\/p>\n<p>When you die<\/p>\n<p>will I still hear your voice?<\/p>\n<p>The soundtrack to these 40 years?<\/p>\n<p>Will your face <em>more familiar than my own<\/em><\/p>\n<p>at least haunt my dreams?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How much of you will fade<\/p>\n<p>when the tympani of breath &amp; heart<\/p>\n<p>cease? How will I reanimate this hour<\/p>\n<p>you in the kitchen\u00a0\u00a0 me at my desk<\/p>\n<p>and how will I know you were real<\/p>\n<p>when I cannot see you\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real &nbsp; Science says other people see with their eyes closed. Remember Grandma\u2019s house with the paint peeling. See the green shingles. See the stump of the tree (apricot) she planted when I was born. I only see in dreams. &nbsp; Sometimes I can hear,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1173,4167],"class_list":["post-88757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-half-marathon","tag-unseen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88757","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88757"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88801,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88757\/revisions\/88801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}