{"id":451,"date":"2020-07-03T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:08:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T15:08:36","slug":"serpentine-meditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/?page_id=451","title":{"rendered":"Serpentine Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pit viper below,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">you\u2019ve left your arbor <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">for the streambed bath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Soaking in coolness <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">you couldn\u2019t find in <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">dry woodland branches, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">you repose in tranquility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Noticing our presence<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">on the footbridge above,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">you lift your head <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">but do not move <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">from mindfulness, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">or soothing waters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">May we be so wise <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">as to meet the unknown <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">not with fangs, but <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">a gaze of wonder<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/poetry\/\">Return to poetry menu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pit viper below, you\u2019ve left your arbor for the streambed bath. Soaking in coolness you couldn\u2019t find in dry woodland branches, you repose in tranquility. Noticing our presence on the footbridge above, you lift your head but do not move <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/?page_id=451\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-451","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnaspringgulick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}