{"id":1109,"date":"2021-11-01T20:26:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2021-11-01T20:26:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:26:40","slug":"halloween-by-leticia-silva-2021-spooktacular-writing-contest-3rd-place-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/2021\/11\/01\/halloween-by-leticia-silva-2021-spooktacular-writing-contest-3rd-place-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween by Leticia Silva (2021 Spooktacular Writing Contest: 3rd Place Poetry)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">clouds engulf the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">rain patters on the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">wind whispers through the air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">heat is absent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">cheeks are pink<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">noses disappear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">breaths are sharp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">fingertips disintegrate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">ears feel scorched<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">leaves sweep across yards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">footsteps are erratic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">and bountiful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">children\u2019s laughter echoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">creaking comes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">from open doors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">crackling is followed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">by hands grabbing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">sweetness is stripped<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">from wrappers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">it hurts&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>clouds engulf the sky rain patters on the ground wind whispers through the air heat is absent cheeks are pink noses disappear breaths are sharp fingertips disintegrate ears feel scorched leaves sweep across yards footsteps are erratic and bountiful children\u2019s laughter echoes creaking comes from open doors crackling is followed by hands grabbing sweetness is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":434,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[281389,281492,281388],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-281389","tag-3rdplace","tag-spooktacularwritingcontest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/434"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1110,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}