{"id":109302,"date":"2013-07-30T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/109302\/cpc-pick-apart-poetry-celebrates-a-special-pal-and-friendship-and-summer\/"},"modified":"2013-07-30T20:00:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T00:00:30","slug":"cpc-pick-apart-poetry-celebrates-a-special-pal-and-friendship-and-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/109302\/cpc-pick-apart-poetry-celebrates-a-special-pal-and-friendship-and-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC Pick-Apart Poetry Celebrates a Special PAL and Friendship and Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to the July 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry
\n as we celebrate Summer and Friendship
\n with the poetry of our eloquent and witty PAL,
\n Scotorum,
\n whose work is always
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\n and who works so hard
\n to challenge us
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Scotorum’s blogs are always a treat to visit
\n and he always posts a preview of each Friday’s
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And every other week he hosts “A Simple Sunday” here on CPC.<\/font><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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So without further ado,
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Hera’s Hero<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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In ancient legend Hera\u2019s love
\n shown down on him from up above
\n while brave Odysseus plied his way
\n through threats encountered day by day.
\n During his quest her blindness struck.
\n when faced with immortal bad luck.
\n As mad Medusa\u2019s spell was cast,
\n Hera could not see his ship\u2019s mast.
\n He on his voyage sallied forth.
\n Her tears rained south as he sailed north,
\n wreaking great havoc on his path.
\n Her hero drenched in sorrow\u2019s bath.
\n Hera\u2019s soul knew desolation,
\n until, in love\u2019s desperation,
\n she cast a paper transformation
\n on the surface of the ocean.
\n Reaching down from heaven\u2019s gate,
\n Hera grasped firm upon their fate:
\n she tore the paper cover up
\n and pulled to find her loving cup.
\n Odysseus was thus tossed out
\n when his ship capsized on its route.
\n A handy lifeboat saved his day,
\n but it kept moving the wrong way.
\n When Hera\u2019s godly fingertips
\n felt the goal of her mighty rips,
\n her great heart lept with divine joy
\n and he became the first boy toy.<\/p>\n

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But soon anon she put him back\u2019
\n to ride his tiny questing track
\n on new watercourse untattered.
\n She had discovered that size mattered.<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Copyright May 18th 2013 RGD<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Inspired by \u201cDrowning In A Sea Of Uncertainties\u201d by Tran Nyugen<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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A BALLAD OF MOTHER LOVE<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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When I was young my mother\u2019s love
\n was always quite apparent.
\n We both could see it in her eyes;
\n her kindness was transparent.<\/p>\n

My sister Randi was just five
\n when our dad deserted.
\n So mother raised us both herself
\n with effort well concerted.
\n Oh, motherhood is not a job
\n that\u2019s suited for the weak.
\n A mother\u2019s love encourages
\n parenting at its peak.
\n No single incident stands out
\n in those fine thriteen years.
\n Well maybe when my snakes got loose,
\n which drove her near to tears.
\n I felt so bad I\u2019d frightened her,
\n but she did not berate,
\n insisting that I take them out
\n inside a mesh-topped crate.
\n She let them stay in the garage,
\n rather than sack the lot,
\n Her budding herpetologist
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Oh, motherhood is not a job
\n that\u2019s suited for the weak.
\n A mother\u2019s love encourages
\n parenting at its peak.<\/p>\n

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Copyright May 9th 2013 RGD
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The poem you bring back can be about anything.<\/font><\/p>\n

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And while Cherie is out of town this week,<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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she is definitely with us in spirit today.<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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It’s always a joy to be here each month with you.<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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Looking forward to what we all create.<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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~Barbara K and Cherie~<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 Welcome to the July 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we celebrate Summer and Friendship with the poetry of our eloquent and witty PAL, Scotorum, whose work is always so very creative and who works so hard to challenge us and to give our muses a nudge and to inspire our own creativity. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6,10,19,2,11,29],"tags":[159,3751],"class_list":["post-109302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-friendburst","category-life","category-lifestyles","category-other","category-people","category-poems","tag-cpc","tag-pick-apart-poetry-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109302","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=109302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}