{"id":92196,"date":"2021-06-26T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=92196"},"modified":"2021-07-19T01:51:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T05:51:58","slug":"trudging-on-hour-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/trudging-on-hour-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudging On (Hour 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calm settles upon us,<\/p>\n<p>and the shrill of the night is<\/p>\n<p>heard on both hemispheres.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In these four extant corners of convergence,<\/p>\n<p>the earth, the wind, the fires, and the waters<\/p>\n<p>melt into our virtual migrations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even as cardinal points make synaptic sketches,<\/p>\n<p>with desert storms and monsoon winds in fierce clashes,<\/p>\n<p>the centre still remains where we all belong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We will trudge on,<\/p>\n<p>through mist and fog, dust and dew,<\/p>\n<p>under clear and cloudy skies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From my differential desk of divergent words,<\/p>\n<p>a periscope captures the fleeting motion<\/p>\n<p>of us all, in this global feast of virtual migration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Written from a combination of the two parts of Hour 6 text prompt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calm settles upon us, and the shrill of the night is heard on both hemispheres. &nbsp; In these four extant corners of convergence, the earth, the wind, the fires, and the waters melt into our virtual migrations. &nbsp; Even as cardinal points make synaptic sketches,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1389,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92196","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\/1389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104540,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92196\/revisions\/104540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}