{"id":89915,"date":"2021-06-26T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T16:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=89915"},"modified":"2021-06-26T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T16:59:09","slug":"hour-4-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/hour-4-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 4: Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-89915-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VID_20210607_162504572-copy.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VID_20210607_162504572-copy.mp4\">https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VID_20210607_162504572-copy.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was the ancestors\u2019 water<\/p>\n<p>Yours and mine<\/p>\n<p>They protected it from harm.<\/p>\n<p>Flowing clean, unimpeded<\/p>\n<p>To the sea,<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it offered up richness<\/p>\n<p>For they fished, they drank, they washed<\/p>\n<p>In this water<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it gave too much,<\/p>\n<p>Overflowed in anger, brought death<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-90791\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/river_pollution-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/river_pollution-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/river_pollution.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>This was their water \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Quenching and flooding &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>And they tended to its needs<\/p>\n<p>And now it\u2019s ours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was the ancestors\u2019 air<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90786 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_09_32_02_AIR-WE-BREATHE_1_H@@IGHT_480_W@@IDTH_641-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_09_32_02_AIR-WE-BREATHE_1_H@@IGHT_480_W@@IDTH_641-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_09_32_02_AIR-WE-BREATHE_1_H@@IGHT_480_W@@IDTH_641.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yours and mine<\/p>\n<p>They drank it in with every breath<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it gave a soft breeze<\/p>\n<p>On hot summer days<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it whipped a whirlwind<\/p>\n<p>And brought down what they\u2019d built<\/p>\n<p>And snatched lives<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90787 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CostofAir21_Desk_a-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CostofAir21_Desk_a-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CostofAir21_Desk_a-1024x533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CostofAir21_Desk_a-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CostofAir21_Desk_a-1536x800.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CostofAir21_Desk_a-2048x1067.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This was their air \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Gentle and wild \u2013<\/p>\n<p>And they tended to its needs<\/p>\n<p>And now it\u2019s ours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90788 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EH-BACKGROUND-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EH-BACKGROUND-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EH-BACKGROUND-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EH-BACKGROUND-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EH-BACKGROUND-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EH-BACKGROUND.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This was the ancestors\u2019 earth<\/p>\n<p>Yours and mine<\/p>\n<p>They tended it with care<\/p>\n<p>Unsure of reciprocity<\/p>\n<p>For sometimes it lavished them with<\/p>\n<p>Sustenance, sufficiency<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes scarcity and pains<\/p>\n<p>Of hunger and want<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90789 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Polluted-Earth-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Polluted-Earth-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Polluted-Earth-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Polluted-Earth-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Polluted-Earth.png 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/>This was their earth &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Abundant and barren &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>And they tended to its needs<\/p>\n<p>And now it\u2019s ours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now it\u2019s ours.\u201d from <em>Legacy<\/em> by Nora Roberts (page 434)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This was the ancestors\u2019 water Yours and mine They protected it from harm. Flowing clean, unimpeded To the sea, Sometimes it offered up richness For they fished, they drank, they washed In this water Sometimes it gave too much, Overflowed in anger, brought death&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4101],"class_list":["post-89915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2021poetrymarathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89915","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\/853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89915"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90948,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89915\/revisions\/90948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}