{"id":226,"date":"2024-08-14T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2024-08-14T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T16:23:19","slug":"a-dancing-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/14\/a-dancing-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dancing Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>An exercise in mood, I hope you find it as fun as I did.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">A gentle breeze spins playfully and tosses high the leaves<br \/>\nA laughing wind comes gaily to comfort the bereaved.<br \/>\nThe gentle sun is shining before the noonday heat<br \/>\nAnd the birds all are calling to the morning that they greet.<\/p>\n<p>The dancing wind now revels over meadow, range, and field<br \/>\nAnd whispers new found wonders that to mortals now appealed.<br \/>\nLuring hearts to follow, she spins upwards as she goes<br \/>\nPromising new secrets in every thing she shows.<\/p>\n<p>In palace and in cottage her joyful song she sings<br \/>\nAnd bring coolness with her dancing to crafter and to king,<br \/>\nAnd too the poor old lady bent double now with age<br \/>\nAnd to the doleful prisoner locked within his cage.<\/p>\n<p>Noonday cannot quench her, nor even stall her dance<br \/>\nAnd forest, road and, valley welcome where e\u2019er she chance.<br \/>\nWith bright sun beating downward forsaking gentle morn,<br \/>\nThe wind revels onward bringing relief to the forlorn.<\/p>\n<p>Evening comes to greet her and the lamps begin to light<br \/>\nAnd still she rambles onward heedless of the night.<br \/>\nAs sleep comes to the valley she dances on her way<br \/>\nThe moon alone to greet her as she revels on \u2018til day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A Dancing Wind<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024 all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exercise in mood, I hope you find it as fun as I did. A gentle breeze spins playfully and tosses high the leaves A laughing wind comes gaily to comfort the bereaved. The gentle sun is shining before the noonday heat And the birds all are calling to the morning that they greet. The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/14\/a-dancing-wind\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Dancing Wind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dancing-Wind.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-3E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":530,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/01\/26\/falling-of-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":226,"position":0},"title":"Falling of Night","author":"Heather","date":"January 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Something more gentle than most have been of late. 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