{"id":5028,"date":"2019-06-24T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=5028"},"modified":"2019-06-24T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T12:00:08","slug":"stays-ablaze-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/stays-ablaze-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stays Ablaze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190624_lotus_blossom_3_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5031\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So happy to have a lotus pond in the neighborhood. And the blossoms are just beginning. A lot of joy to look forward to this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190624_lotus_blossom_1_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5029\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The excerpt below is from <em>When a Sissy Climbs a Mountain in May<\/em>, to be published early July, 2019. The narrator is a songwriter . . . of sorts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">The lotus flower's veined pink skin<br>Is lit up bright from within.<br>You have to stop and feel amazed--<br>It doesn't burn but stays ablaze.<br>Eyes are ears and ears are eyes,<br>Helping us to empathize.<br>Paradise is what you feel,<br>And what you feel is all that's real.<br><br>Who's your enemy? Who's your friend?<br>When will this talk ever end?<br>For 2000 years we've wondered hard--<br>Now we can't play any card.<br>Paradise is what you see,<br>What you see is all you need.<br>Just your eyes can make you kneel,<br>'Cause what you feel is all that's real.<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190624_lotus_blossom_2_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5030\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about <em>When a Sissy Climbs a Mountain in May<\/em>, visit us at <a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/press\">Persimmon Dreams Press<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So happy to have a lotus pond in the neighborhood. And the blossoms are just beginning. A lot of joy to look forward to this summer. The excerpt below is from When a Sissy Climbs a Mountain in May, to be published early July, 2019. The narrator is a songwriter . . . of sorts! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/stays-ablaze-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stays Ablaze<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5033,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5028\/revisions\/5033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}