{"id":90796,"date":"2021-06-26T13:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T17:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=90796"},"modified":"2021-06-29T22:13:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T02:13:15","slug":"soaring-hour-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/soaring-hour-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Soaring &#8211; HOUR FIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91344\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3761-Soaring-Oil-on-Canvas-20-x-16-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3761-Soaring-Oil-on-Canvas-20-x-16-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3761-Soaring-Oil-on-Canvas-20-x-16-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Soaring<\/h3>\n<p>(Inspired by my painting, SOARING)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Above the azure waters<\/p>\n<p>along the granite shores<\/p>\n<p>you soar with screeching, gurgling calls<\/p>\n<p>your feathers glistening white<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We watch your graceful swoops and dives<\/p>\n<p>With envy in our hearts<\/p>\n<p>to join you in your air ballet<\/p>\n<p>to float above the earth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is man\u2019s dream to be like you<\/p>\n<p>to rise above his plights<\/p>\n<p>to lift on thermals in the sky<\/p>\n<p>away from all his strife<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though humankind has found the means<\/p>\n<p>we must depend on mechanical wings<\/p>\n<p>encased in boxes or lifted by kites<\/p>\n<p>not content with earthbound feet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Soaring (Inspired by my painting, SOARING) &nbsp; Above the azure waters along the granite shores you soar with screeching, gurgling calls your feathers glistening white &nbsp; We watch your graceful swoops and dives With envy in our hearts to join you in your air&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1411,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90796","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\/1411"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103796,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90796\/revisions\/103796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}