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Something bright for you. I hope you enjoy it.<\/em><\/p>\n

The stars sing in the gloaming
\nTo little fairy ears
\nThe dragon pauses his roaming
\nAnd remembers all he hears.<\/p>\n

The children come to the window
\nThough they should be in bed,
\nAnd in the light of the fire glow
\nHear all the stars have said.<\/p>\n

Soft some brave souls creeping
\nInto the moonless night
\nAnd in the evening\u2019s keeping
\nThey dance under faint star light.<\/p>\n

Simple hearts stand watching
\nWhile the cunning like in bed
\nAs the Fair Folk come marching
\nAnd greet them as guests instead!<\/p>\n

When the feast at last is over
\nAnd all find their way back home
\nThe wonder shines in the clover
\nAnd the stars burn bright, alone.<\/p>\n

Fairy Stars <\/em>copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2026 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Something bright for you. I hope you enjoy it. The stars sing in the gloaming To little fairy ears The dragon pauses his roaming And remembers all he hears. The children come to the window Though they should be in bed, And in the light of the fire glow Hear all the stars have said.… Read More Fairy Stars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":547,"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":[19,24,12,23,20,11,17,18,25],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-childrens","tag-fairies","tag-hope","tag-light","tag-mood","tag-poetry","tag-story","tag-whimsy","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-8O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":604,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/10\/07\/fairy-feast\/","url_meta":{"origin":546,"position":0},"title":"Fairy Feast","author":"Heather","date":"October 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A bit of whimsy and brightness for your day. 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