{"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":"

A little whimsy to brighten your day.<\/em><\/p>\n

Touch a star, tuck it away
\nSave it for a rainy day.
\nPull it out when days are sad
\nIt\u2019s shining glow will make you glad.<\/p>\n

Find a fairy\u2019s secret hoard
\nLook all about when you are bored.
\nA touch of thought and you will find
\nA bit of wonder ready to mind.<\/p>\n

Forgotten in a dusty room
\nThere lurks many a secret tome
\nThere many an adventure lay
\nOnly a single thought away.<\/p>\n

A thought that takes life of it\u2019s own
\nAnd leads us all far from home
\nInto worlds we\u2019ve never known
\nTo gates and perils never shown.<\/p>\n

Yet when we\u2019re done we come once more
\nTo our home\u2019s familiar shore
\nAnd find ourselves safe instead
\nRight at home in our beds.<\/p>\n

Flight of Fancy<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… Read More 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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_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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