{"id":317,"date":"2024-12-30T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=317"},"modified":"2024-12-28T09:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:33:04","slug":"chinchilla-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/12\/30\/chinchilla-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinchilla of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Because I needed something worth writing in sparkly gold ink that I got for Christmas. And the Chinchilla of Hope is a common thing in an online community that I participate in. (Yes, some poems come from silly places.) I hope you like it, and that it sparkles enough without the ink.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bright dance the Fairies<br \/>\nIn the still of the night.<br \/>\nTheir furry voices ring<br \/>\nThrough hope\u2019s guiding light.<\/p>\n<p>Their fluffy pelts still shimmer<br \/>\nBeneath the gleaming stars<br \/>\nAnd the chinchilla spreads wonder<br \/>\nWe can still claim as ours.<\/p>\n<p>There are many Fairy creatures<br \/>\nOf fear and woe and dread<br \/>\nThere are others dancing joy<br \/>\nIf you seek for them instead.<\/p>\n<p>Among these shinning beings<br \/>\nOne out shines them all in both reach and scope<br \/>\nThe strangest beast in underhill:<br \/>\nThe Chinchilla of Hope.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chinchilla of Hope<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because I needed something worth writing in sparkly gold ink that I got for Christmas. And the Chinchilla of Hope is a common thing in an online community that I participate in. (Yes, some poems come from silly places.) I hope you like it, and that it sparkles enough without the ink. Bright dance the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/12\/30\/chinchilla-of-hope\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chinchilla of Hope<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318,"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":[19,11,18],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-childrens","tag-poetry","tag-whimsy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chinchilla-of-Hope.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-57","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":426,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/08\/01\/story-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":317,"position":0},"title":"Story Time","author":"Heather","date":"August 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Or what grandpa said about fairy stories. 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