{"id":773,"date":"2017-01-30T15:37:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T15:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=773"},"modified":"2021-06-01T17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:04:27","slug":"turning-posts-into-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=773","title":{"rendered":"Turning posts into poems&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Papa claims that he&#8217;s not a writer, but I think his posts prove that wrong. I took his last post and created a poem out of his words.<\/p>\n<p>Running<br \/>\nThe wind and I traded excited cries<br \/>\nWhile the waves crashed on the shore<br \/>\nTrying to interrupt our conversation<br \/>\nWho says the earth isn&#8217;t alive?<br \/>\nThe beach, with stones scattered in jagged fragments like lies<br \/>\nOr smooth and round like promises<br \/>\nThe forest with leaves that rustle like whispers<br \/>\nAnd flowers that bloom with abandon<br \/>\nThe wind calls to me to come out<br \/>\nTo be wild and unafraid<br \/>\nTo feel the bones of the Mother under my feet<br \/>\nTo run free from the books and artificial lights<br \/>\nThat make me feel old and withered<br \/>\nAnd so I listen, and I leave the warmth of the house<br \/>\nAnd I run<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papa claims that he&#8217;s not a writer, but I think his posts prove that wrong. I took his last post and created a poem out of his words. Running The wind and I traded excited cries While the waves crashed on the shore Trying to interrupt our conversation Who says the earth isn&#8217;t alive? The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=773\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turning posts into poems&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}