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ON A MORNING LIKE THIS<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n On a morning \n The pre-dawn darkness \n And as the clouds \n (c) barbara kausteklis 10-5-12<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n Written for CPC “Friday Fling #200.”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/97402\/friday-fling-celebrates-200th-poetry-challenge\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n Congratulations, Bob and Michelle, <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n on your 200th!!<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n And thanks always for all visits and comments.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n Aloha Friday and Big Hugs.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n ~barb~<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ON A MORNING LIKE THIS On a morning that could easily have been just like any other, we awoke before dawn, before the birds’ symphony, before we even had a chance to hear their morning song. The pre-dawn darkness that met our steps didn’t deter our resolve as we silently got our things together and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10,19,837,11,42,29],"tags":[63,2571,159,4260,41,4,5706],"class_list":["post-97462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-life","category-lifestyles","category-nature-2","category-people","category-photography","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-beach","tag-cpc","tag-friday-fling","tag-photography","tag-poetry","tag-sunrise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97462","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=97462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthat could easily have been
\njust like any other,
\nwe awoke before dawn,
\nbefore the birds’ symphony,
\nbefore we even had a chance
\nto hear their morning song.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
\nthat met our steps
\ndidn’t deter our resolve
\nas we silently got
\nour things together
\nand headed to the beach.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
\nbegan to break,
\nthe brilliant torch
\nof early morn
\nonce again lighting up
\nthe eastern sky,
\nI could only stand
\nin wonder and awe
\nupon that beach,
\ngiving thanks for this day
\nand what I saw;
\ngiving thanks for the health
\nthat allowed us to be here
\nand for the family
\nand friends
\nwe hold so very dear.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n