{"id":1234,"date":"2008-06-15T17:18:35","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T17:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2016-08-28T02:03:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T01:03:41","slug":"the-snowflake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-snowflake\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snowflake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Snowflake.jpg\" alt=\"Snowflake\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Snowflake.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Snowflake-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Snowflake-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a snowstorm, myself I once found<br \/>\nWith the fields and the trees all white around<br \/>\nDressed in black on this carpet of white<br \/>\nI slowly walked in the moons pale light.<br \/>\nAs around I gazed at this world of charm<br \/>\nA Single snowflake landed on my arm<br \/>\nI looked at it closely, saw how it was set,<br \/>\nAs slowly it melted in the heat of my breath<br \/>\nNow melted, about it I said in half jest,<br \/>\nLike the wine at Caana, the last was the best<br \/>\nIs it not wonderful how by nature we\u0092re deceived<br \/>\nEach looks like the other, yet each uniquely weaved!<br \/>\nOne in a million, none with a name..<br \/>\nAll different, peculiar, and yet: so much the same! <\/p>\n<p>This poem in <u> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/bulgarian-translation-of-the-snowflake\/\">Bulgarian<\/a> ! French <\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a snowstorm, myself I once found With the fields and the trees all white around Dressed in black on this carpet of white I slowly walked in the moons pale light. As around I gazed at this world of charm A Single snowflake landed on my arm I looked &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,90],"tags":[1397,12,1395,1394,1398,1396],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-2","category-walking-verses","tag-caana","tag-nature","tag-snow","tag-snowstorm","tag-walking-in-snow","tag-weather","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-jU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/snowflakes-in-another-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":1234,"position":0},"title":"Snowflakes in Another Land","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"2nd December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Her heart beats for another, Life goes on, he who has her hand, And her heart, makes it beat faster, Under snowflakes in another land. I have no love to give her, For Christmas all I can give is a silent prayer... 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