{"id":266,"date":"2024-09-18T08:38:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=266"},"modified":"2024-09-18T08:38:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:38:38","slug":"flight-of-fancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/09\/18\/flight-of-fancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight of Fancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A little whimsy to brighten your day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Touch a star, tuck it away<br \/>\nSave it for a rainy day.<br \/>\nPull it out when days are sad<br \/>\nIt\u2019s shining glow will make you glad.<\/p>\n<p>Find a fairy\u2019s secret hoard<br \/>\nLook all about when you are bored.<br \/>\nA touch of thought and you will find<br \/>\nA bit of wonder ready to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Forgotten in a dusty room<br \/>\nThere lurks many a secret tome<br \/>\nThere many an adventure lay<br \/>\nOnly a single thought away.<\/p>\n<p>A thought that takes life of it\u2019s own<br \/>\nAnd leads us all far from home<br \/>\nInto worlds we\u2019ve never known<br \/>\nTo gates and perils never shown.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when we\u2019re done we come once more<br \/>\nTo our home\u2019s familiar shore<br \/>\nAnd find ourselves safe instead<br \/>\nRight at home in our beds.<\/p>\n<p><em>Flight of Fancy<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little whimsy to brighten your day. Touch a star, tuck it away Save it for a rainy day. Pull it out when days are sad It\u2019s shining glow will make you glad. Find a fairy\u2019s secret hoard Look all about when you are bored. A touch of thought and you will find A bit&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/09\/18\/flight-of-fancy\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flight of Fancy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269,"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":[14,13],"tags":[11,18],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-poetry","tag-whimsy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Flight-of-Fancy.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-4i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":360,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/03\/31\/wandering-dreams\/","url_meta":{"origin":266,"position":0},"title":"Wandering Dreams","author":"Heather","date":"March 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A bit of whimsy for your day. 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The Titans that hide behind them On ships as vast as moons We\u2019ll bring to battle e\u2019er\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poetry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poetry","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/category\/writing\/poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SaturnsDragons.jpg?fit=600%2C600&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SaturnsDragons.jpg?fit=600%2C600&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SaturnsDragons.jpg?fit=600%2C600&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":263,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/09\/17\/book-hoard\/","url_meta":{"origin":266,"position":5},"title":"Book Hoard","author":"Heather","date":"September 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Because books are doors to magic. 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