{"id":101760,"date":"2012-12-27T00:38:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T05:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101760\/poem-a-christmas-corral\/"},"modified":"2012-12-27T00:38:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T05:38:17","slug":"poem-a-christmas-corral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/101760\/poem-a-christmas-corral\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: A Christmas Corral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>This was written for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/100262\/thematic-attic-thursday-years-resolutions\/\">CPC Thematic Attic Thursday poetry challenge<\/a>.  New Year&#8217;s resolutions is the topic. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=CPCBanner.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/CPCBanner.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Banner\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong>A CHRISTMAS CORRAL<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>As twenty-twelve is nearly dead,<br \/>\nand twenty-thirteen looms ahead,<br \/>\nLet us make a resolution<br \/>\nto bring about a greater fusion<br \/>\nof CPC pals in collusion<br \/>\nto stimulate a greater musin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>What might be done to make improvements<br \/>\nin our movements and our groovements<br \/>\nto increase participation,<br \/>\nand poetic innovation,<br \/>\navoiding undesired stagnation<br \/>\nin having fun by penned creation?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>Consider what will help expand<br \/>\nthe size of our expressive band,<br \/>\nso more can benefit at will<br \/>\nfrom view from this constructed hill<br \/>\nwith no case of deserving spared<br \/>\nencouragement and friendship shared.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Copyright December 27th 2012 RGD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was written for the CPC Thematic Attic Thursday poetry challenge. New Year&#8217;s resolutions is the topic. A CHRISTMAS CORRAL As twenty-twelve is nearly dead, and twenty-thirteen looms ahead, Let us make a resolution to bring about a greater fusion of CPC pals in collusion to stimulate a greater musin&#8217;. What might be done to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}