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Pour the wine of memory Drink deep of its joy. Sing within the reverie And all your hopes employ. Catch the tales in trembling light And seal them in a stone. Lest the moment takes to flight And leaves the heart alone. String the stories on&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/10\/07\/fairy-feast\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fairy Feast<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":605,"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":[28,24,11,17,18,25],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-adventure","tag-fairies","tag-poetry","tag-story","tag-whimsy","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-9K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":546,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/04\/20\/fairy-stars\/","url_meta":{"origin":604,"position":0},"title":"Fairy Stars","author":"Heather","date":"April 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Something bright for you. 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