{"id":94296,"date":"2021-06-26T17:01:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T21:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=94296"},"modified":"2021-06-26T17:01:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T21:01:34","slug":"an-ode-to-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/an-ode-to-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ode to New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, New York!<\/p>\n<p>I know that bridge.<br \/>\nI know that rock<br \/>\nwhere he first kissed me.<\/p>\n<p>Not really\u2026 I made that up.<\/p>\n<p>But, I know that bridge.<br \/>\nAnd, I know that rock.<\/p>\n<p>I know that beautiful<br \/>\nbustling place where the muses live.<\/p>\n<p>I know the snow, and the sleet,<br \/>\nand the 24\/7 noise of night music.<\/p>\n<p>I know the theaters, and the stages,<br \/>\nand the late night coffee shops<br \/>\nof street musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, New York!<\/p>\n<p>The place where new and knockoffs<br \/>\nmeet to mingle and dance<br \/>\nthe way no one has danced before.<\/p>\n<p>I know the devil\u2019s destruction<br \/>\nand the place where angels met<br \/>\nfor poetry the night before.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, New York!<\/p>\n<p>I know this place<br \/>\nand how you grew beyond the blues<br \/>\nwhen news of Satan\u2019s play<br \/>\nbecame old hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, New York! I know that bridge. I know that rock where he first kissed me. Not really\u2026 I made that up. But, I know that bridge. And, I know that rock. I know that beautiful bustling place where the muses live. I know the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[109,1488,1560,4436,3941],"class_list":["post-94296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-art","tag-city","tag-new-york","tag-poetry-prompt-3","tag-poetry-prompt-response"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94296","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\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94334,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94296\/revisions\/94334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}