{"id":276,"date":"2013-04-04T18:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T18:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2014-08-15T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T18:17:13","slug":"walking-as-one-with-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/walking-as-one-with-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking As One With the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2367\" alt=\"Edenmore \n\nWood_Ballinamuck_Longford_Ireland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Edenmore-\n\nWood_Ballinamuck_Longford_Ireland-232x300.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"414\" \/>From the branches, voices whisper<br \/>\nSinging soft low songs, in the breeze<br \/>\nThe more we listen,\u00a0 less we hear<br \/>\nFrom the low chorus of the trees<\/p>\n<p>When we don&#8217;t listen, more we hear<br \/>\nMusic echoes through the leaves<br \/>\nThe chorus of the Tree Spirits<br \/>\nHiding in shadows like thieves.<\/p>\n<p>Ghosts gone, of an age now long past<br \/>\nWhen druids loud chants echoed in the air<br \/>\nAppeal, appease, the ancient Gods<br \/>\nNow, nothing but peace, stillness there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As I walk, beneath, underfoot<br \/>\nLeaves crackling, the only sound<br \/>\nBirdsong, flapping of a bird wings&#8230;<br \/>\nI am as one with the sacred ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the branches, voices whisper Singing soft low songs, in the breeze The more we listen,\u00a0 less we hear From the low chorus of the trees When we don&#8217;t listen, more we hear Music echoes through the leaves The chorus of the Tree Spirits Hiding in shadows like thieves. Ghosts &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,23],"tags":[443,42,445,12,444],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-2","category-north-longford","tag-edenmore-bog-walk","tag-longford","tag-natural-ireland","tag-nature","tag-walking-in-longford","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-4s","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/walking-by-swans-at-lough-sallagh\/","url_meta":{"origin":276,"position":0},"title":"Walking by Swans at Lough Sallagh","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As if applause, a clap clap clap Echos the evening air As I walk past spectators And yet, there's no-one there. 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