{"id":1867,"date":"2015-06-12T00:10:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T00:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2015-06-12T00:12:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T00:12:06","slug":"magpies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/magpies\/","title":{"rendered":"Magpies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Magpies\"<\/a>
Magpies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In times of trial once upon a time
\nWhen lost for direction myself did find
\nWhile walking away the woes of life
\nMagpies came to sight and mind<\/p>\n

As one was seen, where it was been
\nHastily I looked for another – sometimes not there
\nSometimes yes – omens of luck bad and good
\nThe folk of old said who of such were aware.<\/p>\n

When those times passed, and once I walked
\nNot to ease troubled heart, but to pass the time
\nA lone magpie flying low, its path
\nOf flight, ominously crossed mine.<\/p>\n

But I wondered not of luck to come
\nThough of the rhyme I said the words
\nMaybe as guiding spirits to comfort like angels some are sent:
\nAfter eased are the troubles, maybe they are mere birds?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In times of trial once upon a time When lost for direction myself did find While walking away the woes of life Magpies came to sight and mind As one was seen, where it was been Hastily I looked for another – sometimes not there Sometimes yes – omens of …<\/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":[168,7,232],"tags":[2042,65,2040,2041,865],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-legend","category-life","category-nature-2","tag-dinvination","tag-life-2","tag-magpies","tag-omens","tag-piseogs","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7EI4f-magpies","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1586,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/two-magpies-at-kilcormac\/","url_meta":{"origin":1867,"position":0},"title":"Two Magpies at Kilcormac","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th April 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two magpies to the sky took flight I passed by to Birr on the bus Joy up ahead but not here yet Natures oracles speak to us. 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