{"id":298,"date":"2013-10-15T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2014-09-23T13:53:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:53:19","slug":"the-sad-broken-little-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-sad-broken-little-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sad Broken Little Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sad Little Clock\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o8HkhNnQKlU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There was a little clock<br \/>\nThat could not tell the time<br \/>\nIt could not keep the pace<br \/>\nAnd could not ring or chime<br \/>\nAnd it sat there on the mantle<br \/>\nAll alone and sad<br \/>\nAnd never cared for was it<br \/>\nAnd that was the fate it had&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But one day a little boy<br \/>\nTrying to amuse himself<br \/>\nReached up and took down the clock<br \/>\nFrom its perch on the shelf&#8230;<br \/>\nAnd winding it he marveled<br \/>\nAs quickly as it unwound it did sing<br \/>\nAnd at the hands flying round the face<br \/>\nThe boy thought it a wondrous thing!<\/p>\n<p>Every clock has a worth even when broken<br \/>\nAs proved by the little boy<br \/>\nIt brought him more happiness when it did not work<br \/>\nAs for him&#8230;. it was a toy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a little clock That could not tell the time It could not keep the pace And could not ring or chime And it sat there on the mantle All alone and sad And never cared for was it And that was the fate it had&#8230; But one day &#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":[64,7,446,6],"tags":[492,967,493,544,491],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-poetry","category-life","category-moral","category-video-poetry","tag-childhood","tag-lesson","tag-memories","tag-moral-2","tag-poem-on-clock","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-4O","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/video-poetry\/","url_meta":{"origin":298,"position":0},"title":"Video Poetry","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Video poetry is a genre Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh has been working in for the past few years, with a selection online on site. 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