{"id":104748,"date":"2013-03-22T21:05:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T01:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/104748\/poem-second-look\/"},"modified":"2013-03-22T21:05:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T01:05:58","slug":"poem-second-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/104748\/poem-second-look\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: SECOND LOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><strong><em>This is my composition for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge.  Angel Love&#8217;s featured line is the first one in this poem.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/double%20take\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i482.photobucket.com\/albums\/rr183\/dandeeway\/Corolla%20and%20Boat\/double_take.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"double take photo: Double Take double_take.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\"><strong>SECOND LOOK<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong>Things are not always as they appear.<br \/>\nThey can look worse till you come near.<br \/>\nSome look better after drinking beer.<br \/>\nSometimes a big front hides a small rear.<br \/>\nA closer look may relieve your fear.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong>You may feel trapped, and it&#8217;s unclear:<br \/>\n&#8220;How the heck do I get out of here?&#8221;<br \/>\nIt might even bring on a tear.<br \/>\nTo this notion you should adhere:<br \/>\nYou will make it if you persevere. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong>The second stanza was off topic<br \/>\nWhich if you think, is quite ironic.<br \/>\nBut first impressions can play a trick<br \/>\nIt may take longer for it to click.<br \/>\nKeep at it, soon the truth will stick.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\">Copyright March 20th 2013 RGD<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>The persistent optimists who rallied a line: Angel Love (3), Bettie, Silver Lining.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my composition for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge. Angel Love&#8217;s featured line is the first one in this poem. SECOND LOOK Things are not always as they appear. They can look worse till you come near. Some look better after drinking beer. Sometimes a big front hides a small rear. A closer [&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-104748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104748","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=104748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}