{"id":95266,"date":"2021-06-26T18:27:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T22:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=95266"},"modified":"2021-06-26T18:27:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T22:27:11","slug":"harvest-surya-t-poetry-marathon-poem-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/harvest-surya-t-poetry-marathon-poem-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest | Surya T | Poetry Marathon Poem 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sankranti, the harvest festival of India, is celebrated in Mid-January. It has many names across the country but the purpose is the same. It is the time of harvest and each state has its own set of customs and traditions through which it celebrates this festival.<\/p>\n<p>Mid-January, before the schools officially reopen<br \/>\nall the kids run into the yard<br \/>\nwith broken wooden chairs and newspapers<br \/>\nto put in the Bhogi fire<\/p>\n<p>The fire that cleanses the useless items<br \/>\nand reduces the deadwood in the home<br \/>\nA time to add new joy into our life<br \/>\nand celebrate the cleansing process<\/p>\n<p>Winter is halfway done<br \/>\nin a few more weeks, it shall be flowers and sun<br \/>\nthe world&#8217;s cold melts a little<br \/>\nand warmth spreads across<\/p>\n<p>The sun is turning<br \/>\nand the kites are high up in the air<br \/>\nsky filled with many different patterns and colors<br \/>\nand the streets filled children&#8217;s excitement<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for the harvest<br \/>\nand the arrival of Haridas<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time for the harvest<br \/>\nand the cleansing of our own lives<\/p>\n<p><em>-Surya T<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sankranti, the harvest festival of India, is celebrated in Mid-January. It has many names across the country but the purpose is the same. It is the time of harvest and each state has its own set of customs and traditions through which it celebrates this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3791,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95266","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\/3791"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95266"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95490,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95266\/revisions\/95490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}