{"id":2720,"date":"2014-12-30T16:41:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2014-12-30T16:41:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T16:41:25","slug":"skydive-without-parachute-ian-hollyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/skydive-without-parachute-ian-hollyer\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Skydive Without A Parachute by Ian Hollyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ih.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2721 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ih.jpg\" alt=\"ih\" width=\"608\" height=\"407\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ih.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ih-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ih-624x418.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 608px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 608\/407;\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">How To Skydive Without A Parachute<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Ian Hollyer<\/p>\n<p>Once you realize that both pull strings are broken, it\u2019s best not to panic.<br \/>\nYes, you\u2019re falling at 176 feet-per-second, but try and take a deep breath (even in the scarce oxygen).<br \/>\nScreaming may seem appropriate, but try and restrain yourself. It only makes you look insecure.<br \/>\nInstead, notice how the morning light plays on the emerald hills below.<br \/>\nFeel the sun warm your neck, and the wind scrambling your hair.<br \/>\nEven with all that air rushing by your eardrum, try turning your head.<br \/>\nYou might even hear the faint wisp of a church bell from the valley.<br \/>\nTry tilting your face upward to the clouds, and see how the rising light burns their edges pink and red.<br \/>\nTake in the freeness. Close your eyes, imagine, this is probably what an eagle feels like!<br \/>\nAnd don\u2019t over-think it. Remember,<br \/>\nit\u2019s not every day you get this kind of view.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Ian Hollyer is a scientist by training, and uses the creativity of poetry and fiction writing to balance the concrete nature of his research in molecular biology. When not in the laboratory, Ian enjoys reading and writing fantasy stories. He currently lives in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Hollyer is a scientist by training, and uses the creativity of poetry and fiction writing to balance the concrete nature of his research in molecular biology. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}