{"id":108007,"date":"2013-06-22T23:23:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T03:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108007\/poem-the-forgotten-bride\/"},"modified":"2013-06-22T23:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T03:23:59","slug":"poem-the-forgotten-bride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108007\/poem-the-forgotten-bride\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: The Forgotten Bride"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was composed for the CPC Simple Sunday Picture challenge<\/a>. \u00a0The featured work this week is titled the same as this poem, and is by Canadian artist Jessica Allain.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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THE FORGOTTEN BRIDE<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tenth Marquis of Ballantrae
\npossessed great masculinity.
\nWhile riding on the road to Perth,
\nencountered coach of excess girth.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A glance inside bestirred his heart,
\nfor Lady Mead sat in that cart
\nwith Pearl, her perspicacious cat,
\nwhose eyes fixed like it saw a rat.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The bold Marquis smiled, tipped his Tam,
\nand grinned like wolf who\u2019d seen a lamb.
\nThe lonely Lady nodded back
\nwhile freeing curtain from its slack.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

But further on, coach was too wide,
\nand Ballantrae had offered ride.
\nOn horseback riding through the glen,
\nher love was born like egg from hen.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A marriage promise soon was made,
\narrangments set and great plans laid.
\nUntil her laird was called away
\nto lead an army to Calais.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

When date they\u2019d set arrived at last,
\nthe Lady waited as time passed.
\nStill dressed in her white wedding gown
\nshe glanced at Pearl, who seemed to frown.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Sad news arrived that Ballantrae
\nhad found a bride in Normandy.
\nThe Lady fainted at the news
\nand fell from terrace to the mews.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The tale is told at Mead estate
\nfor tourists of the Lady\u2019s fate.
\nAnd some say when the sky is right,
\nher appartition comes in sight.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Still waiting for her liard to wed
\nwith naught a hint of doubt or dread.
\nA moment caught in timeless trance
\nas cat and Lady shared a glance.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright June 22nd 2013 RGD<\/font><\/p>\n

Inspired by the image \u201cThe Forgotten Bride\u201d by Jessica Allain<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was composed for the CPC Simple Sunday Picture challenge. \u00a0The featured work this week is titled the same as this poem, and is by Canadian artist Jessica Allain. THE FORGOTTEN BRIDE The Tenth Marquis of Ballantrae possessed great masculinity. While riding on the road to Perth, encountered coach of excess girth. A glance inside […]<\/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-108007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108007","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=108007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}