{"id":98381,"date":"2021-06-26T22:16:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T02:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=98381"},"modified":"2021-06-26T22:16:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T02:16:13","slug":"hour-14-the-stone-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/hour-14-the-stone-buddha\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 14: The Stone Buddha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A painting with blue hues<br \/>\nPortrays a stone buddha in all his glory<br \/>\nSerenity, tranquility, contentment<br \/>\nThe expression not unknown<br \/>\nA show of benevolence<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s me, who looks at this visage<br \/>\nReaching for, wishing for<br \/>\nWho knows what?<br \/>\nMaybe the peace reflected<br \/>\nMaybe it&#8217;s the thought of mercy?<\/p>\n<p>Praying, without words<br \/>\nAsking, without opening arms<br \/>\nThinking, is it possible<br \/>\nTo have something without paying for it<br \/>\nIn this world\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Of Gods, made of stone<br \/>\nOf people, made of greed<br \/>\nOf my own soul, made of avarice<br \/>\nAnd a heart, full of blood and life<br \/>\nWhose price was the death of a star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A painting with blue hues Portrays a stone buddha in all his glory Serenity, tranquility, contentment The expression not unknown A show of benevolence And it&#8217;s me, who looks at this visage Reaching for, wishing for Who knows what? Maybe the peace reflected Maybe it&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":843,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98381","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\/843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98393,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98381\/revisions\/98393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}