{"id":1309,"date":"2020-02-14T08:35:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T13:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2020-02-14T08:35:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T13:35:43","slug":"poetry-challenge-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/14\/poetry-challenge-125\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Challenge #125"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cloudy with a Chance of . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hold onto your hat! Your umbrella! Your snazzy two-button blazer! and grab your microphone! It\u2019s National Weatherperson Day!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis annual holiday commemorates the birthday of John Jeffries who was born on this day, February 5th, in 1744. Dr. Jeffries, a scientist and a surgeon, is considered to be one of America\u2019s first weather observers. He kept weather records from 1774 to 1816. Jeffries took his first balloon observation in 1784.\u201d\u2014National Day Calendar<\/p>\n<p>In honor of National Weatherpersons\u2019 Day, forecast the weather in poetry. Write your poem in a Weatherperson\u2019s voice (or channel Anchorman\u2019s Ron Burgundy). Make your forecast factual or fantastical\u2014creator\u2019s choice!<\/p>\n<p>For inspiration\u2014and a few laughs\u2014view these <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KEjOme9ucRs?t=4\"><strong><em>Weatherperson Out-Takes!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Set your timer for 7 minutes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Start writing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kelly Bennett and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1300 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>Cloudy with a Chance of . . . Hold onto your hat! Your umbrella! Your snazzy two-button blazer! and grab your microphone! It\u2019s National Weatherperson Day! \u201cThis annual holiday commemorates the birthday of John Jeffries who was born on this day, February 5th, in 1744. Dr. Jeffries, a scientist and a surgeon, is considered to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/14\/poetry-challenge-125\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Poetry Challenge #125&#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\/1309"}],"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=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}