{"id":3677,"date":"2017-04-21T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2017-04-21T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T10:01:15","slug":"long-walk-in-edenmore-bog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/long-walk-in-edenmore-bog\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Walk in Edenmore Bog"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Walking the bog in Longford brought this reflection on life to mind &#8211; a rare nonrhyming poem from me!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3678\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/long-walk-in-edenmore-bog\/stack-of-turf-in-edenmore-bog-with-cairn-hill-in-background-in-north-longford\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3678\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford.jpg\" alt=\"Stack of turf in Edenmore Bog with Cairn Hill in background in North Longford\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford.jpg 480w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford-332x332.jpg 332w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford-432x432.jpg 432w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stack of turf in Edenmore Bog with Cairn Hill in background in North Longford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Walking the long way home<br \/>\nBrought me to a beauty<br \/>\nThat I had not seen for years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Having not walked this path<br \/>\nMeaning to do so later<br \/>\nWhen weathers better&#8230; or ground drier<\/p>\n<p>But that day did not dawn<br \/>\nThough many fine dawns did<br \/>\nI preferred to laze&#8230; and sleep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Night owl, day cat<br \/>\nNeath the noon day sun<br \/>\nHiding from its brightness<br \/>\nBehind a veil of drapes&#8230; drawn.<\/p>\n<p>But today: of all days!<br \/>\nA wrong turn, fate and chance<br \/>\nThere I walked, took in the beauty<br \/>\nEnjoyed it moreso maybe<br \/>\nThe walk, the scene, being rare.<\/p>\n<p>As beauty is in a bog &#8211; so too is life<br \/>\nWhat we plan we rare do<br \/>\nBut fate, nonetheless, brings it to us<\/p>\n<p>Should that day for you dawn<br \/>\nRegardless of the weather<br \/>\nEnjoy your long walk in the bog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking the bog in Longford brought this reflection on life to mind &#8211; a rare nonrhyming poem from me! Walking the long way home Brought me to a beauty That I had not seen for years&#8230; Having not walked this path Meaning to do so later When weathers better&#8230; or &#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":[109,3429,7,120,23,3583],"tags":[3604,42,1212,2072,3603,3602],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-lesser-known-ireland","category-life","category-non-rhyming-poems","category-north-longford","category-reflection","tag-irish-poem","tag-longford","tag-non-rhyming-poem","tag-reflection","tag-refletion-on-life","tag-walk-in-the-bog","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Xj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1546,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/she-walks-not-the-paths-i-find-familiar\/","url_meta":{"origin":3677,"position":0},"title":"She Walks Not the Paths I Find Familiar","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"She walks not the paths I find familiar Underfoot clear ground and sound stone That I have walked heretofor in life Foot worn slabs trod often and alone. 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