{"id":91357,"date":"2021-06-26T14:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=91357"},"modified":"2021-07-06T09:53:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:53:14","slug":"gathering-of-elders-hour-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/gathering-of-elders-hour-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Gathering of Elders &#8211; HOUR SIX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91480\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3649-Gathering-of-the-Elders-Chinese-Ink-on-watercolour-Paper11-x-15-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3649-Gathering-of-the-Elders-Chinese-Ink-on-watercolour-Paper11-x-15-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3649-Gathering-of-the-Elders-Chinese-Ink-on-watercolour-Paper11-x-15-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gathering of Elders<\/p>\n<p>(inspired by my painting, GATHERING OF ELDERS)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I heard their whispers as I passed<\/p>\n<p>in throaty, deep and resonant tones<\/p>\n<p>They spoke of mankind\u2019s lack of care<\/p>\n<p>of genocide and lands stripped bare<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So many species gone for good<\/p>\n<p>Could we not see what harm we caused?<\/p>\n<p>I sensed their sorrow, the searing pain<\/p>\n<p>of generations lost in vain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They called on to me to share their plight<\/p>\n<p>to be left alone to nature\u2019s will<\/p>\n<p>their hope we will leave them to thrive,<\/p>\n<p>allowing all life on earth to revive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I made a vow to them that day<\/p>\n<p>with hand upon the tallest tree<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d do my part and change my ways<\/p>\n<p>to re-establish nature\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gathering of Elders (inspired by my painting, GATHERING OF ELDERS) &nbsp; I heard their whispers as I passed in throaty, deep and resonant tones They spoke of mankind\u2019s lack of care of genocide and lands stripped bare &nbsp; So many species gone for good Could&#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-91357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91357","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=91357"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104116,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91357\/revisions\/104116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}