{"id":299,"date":"2024-11-11T10:31:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2024-11-11T10:31:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:31:42","slug":"glimpses-of-gryphons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/11\/11\/glimpses-of-gryphons\/","title":{"rendered":"Glimpses of Gryphons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Being a veteran, and this being veteran\u2019s day I should do something veteran related. So what comes to mind? Gryphons in Scottland from the perspective of a child of indeterminant age. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Gryphons play in Aberdeen<br \/>\nWhere such creatures are rarely seen<br \/>\nAmid castles, steeples, and rocky shore<br \/>\nWhere wonders danced, alas no more.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the Gryphons came once more to play.<br \/>\nPerhaps they\u2019ll come another day<br \/>\nAnd bring with them a dragon\u2019s trove<br \/>\nOr a fairy bard that likes to rove.<\/p>\n<p>Today I saw a fiery bird<br \/>\nA phoenix, of which I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard.<br \/>\nIt swooped above the cathedral grand<br \/>\nAnd bowed to the cross as it came to land.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps tomorrow the merfolk play<br \/>\nThough I hope the Kelpies stay away.<br \/>\nThe Gryphons came again to Aberdeen<br \/>\nAfter so many years in between.<\/p>\n<p><em>Glimpses of Gryphons<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a veteran, and this being veteran\u2019s day I should do something veteran related. So what comes to mind? Gryphons in Scottland from the perspective of a child of indeterminant age. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The Gryphons play in Aberdeen Where such creatures are rarely seen Amid castles, steeples,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/11\/11\/glimpses-of-gryphons\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glimpses of Gryphons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"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":[19,12,16,11,18],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-childrens","tag-hope","tag-odd","tag-poetry","tag-whimsy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glimpses-of-Gryphons.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-4P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":397,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/06\/19\/397\/","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":0},"title":"Wooden Sword","author":"Heather","date":"June 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In the hands of a righteous heart, a wooden sword is a mighty weapon against foes only children see. 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