{"id":111462,"date":"2013-09-23T18:42:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T22:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/111462\/within-these-walls-a-simple-sunday-piece\/"},"modified":"2013-09-23T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T22:42:48","slug":"within-these-walls-a-simple-sunday-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/111462\/within-these-walls-a-simple-sunday-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"WITHIN THESE WALLS — a “Simple Sunday” piece"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Old Schoolhouse Summer” by coldasylum<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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WITHIN THESE WALLS<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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She stands alone now,
\n her classrooms empty,
\n her swings clanging
\n one against the other
\n as the hot August winds
\n carry with them
\n memories of another day,
\n another time.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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And as I approach
\n her now-silent walls,
\n I still hear the laughter
\n of children playing
\n their games of tag
\n and hide-and-seek
\n and marbles
\n in the dusty yard.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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And the dry days of August
\n begin to give way
\n to brilliant golds and reds,
\n as the children of autumn
\n return to begin a new
\n school year adventure,
\n sunburned and eager
\n to share another
\n summer vacation
\n before being tucked away
\n for safekeeping
\n in that place
\n where precious memories
\n of youth are kept.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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(c) barbara kausteklis 9-23-13<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Written for yesterday’s CPC “Simple <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Sunday Finds a Home on the Range.”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Thanks always for visiting and commenting<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

as I once more attempt to catch up <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

with your pieces posted <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

over the past few weeks.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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Aloha from Oahu <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

on this Monday afternoon.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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Love and Aloha Hugs.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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~barb~<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Old Schoolhouse Summer” by coldasylum \u00a0 WITHIN THESE WALLS She stands alone now, her classrooms empty, her swings clanging one against the other as the hot August winds carry with them memories of another day, another time. And as I approach her now-silent walls, I still hear the laughter of children playing their games of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,10,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-life","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111462","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=111462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}