{"id":364,"date":"2025-04-01T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:57:25","slug":"dew-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/04\/01\/dew-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Dew in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>I don\u2019t tend to do April Fools so, instead, have a poem about roses and morning. I hope you enjoy it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The wind rings through field and flower<br \/>\nLike a silver fairy chime.<br \/>\nThe dew lies on the garden bower<br \/>\nAnd the mist enshrouds the thyme.<\/p>\n<p>The roses turn their blushing blooms<br \/>\nAs the sun breaks through the cloud.<br \/>\nTheir thorns drop fire on nightly gleam<br \/>\nAs the thrush\u2019s call ring\u2019s loud.<\/p>\n<p>The roses stretch and unfold in joy<br \/>\nTheir petals gladly spread.<br \/>\nThe leaves uncurl a concealing ploy<br \/>\nAnd the thorns hide their heads.<\/p>\n<p>The day comes like a waking rose<br \/>\nWith both bloom and thorn.<br \/>\nThe joy it plants grows and grows<br \/>\nPruned only when we mourn.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dew in the Garden<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t tend to do April Fools so, instead, have a poem about roses and morning. I hope you enjoy it. The wind rings through field and flower Like a silver fairy chime. The dew lies on the garden bower And the mist enshrouds the thyme. The roses turn their blushing blooms As the sun&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/04\/01\/dew-in-the-garden\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dew in the Garden<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365,"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":[12,20,11],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-hope","tag-mood","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ThornMistChime.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-5S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":422,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/07\/30\/golden-trumpets\/","url_meta":{"origin":364,"position":0},"title":"Golden Trumpets","author":"Heather","date":"July 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A simple bit of awe and wonder for your day. 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