{"id":4640,"date":"2020-03-19T17:32:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T17:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2020-06-02T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:05:22","slug":"the-wide-world-beyond-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-wide-world-beyond-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wide World Beyond the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wide wild world we would love to walk
\nStretches out beyond our door
\nThat we in moods a walk would have cured
\nIn sulking lazyness ignored before.<\/p>\n

The world is wild with a virus scare:
\nShowing symptoms, we must stay inside –
\nLet us learn to enjoy what we take as normal…
\nWhen this issue does subside.<\/p>\n

We don.t appreciate what we have till we lose it:
\nA Corny saying, maybe, but true…
\nLet that be the lesson that we learn
\nWhen this Corona Virus thing is through.<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/a>
Black Headed Gulls on the Claddagh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One good thing about #covid19 is that we should be able to get a bit of writing done. 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