{"id":1262,"date":"2019-11-11T00:20:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T05:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/faughnan\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2019-11-11T00:20:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T05:20:06","slug":"poetry-challenge-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/11\/poetry-challenge-110\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Challenge #110"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Boston Creme Pie . . . Oh My!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is said that the Boston Cream Pie was invented in Boston\u2014hence the name. More specifically, \u201cIn 1856, at Boston\u2019s Parker House Hotel, French chef Monsieur Augustine Francois Anezin created this pudding and cake combination.\u201d It was declared the official dessert of Massachusetts in 1996. (In case you need cause to celebrate, Oct 23rd is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kellybennett.com\/fishbowlblog\/2019\/10\/In%201856,%20at%20Boston%E2%80%99s%20Parker%20House%20Hotel,%20French%20chef%20Monsieur%20Augustine%20Francois%20Anezin%20created%20this%20pudding%20and%20cake%20combination.\"><strong><em>&nbsp;National Boston Creme Pie Day!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t live in Boston or in Massachusetts, but I love Boston Cream Pie. Those yellow cake layers, that creamy pudding filling, the smooth chocolate icing. Yum!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What might the official dessert of your town be if YOU got to name it? Write a poem describing your dessert. Make our mouths water just thinking about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Set the timer for 7 minutes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Start writing!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kellybennett.com\/blog\/\">Kelly Bennett&nbsp;<\/a>and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1200 days ago. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the 7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Creme Pie . . . Oh My! It is said that the Boston Cream Pie was invented in Boston\u2014hence the name. More specifically, \u201cIn 1856, at Boston\u2019s Parker House Hotel, French chef Monsieur Augustine Francois Anezin created this pudding and cake combination.\u201d It was declared the official dessert of Massachusetts in 1996. (In case &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/11\/poetry-challenge-110\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Poetry Challenge #110&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1263,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions\/1263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}