{"id":135628,"date":"2023-09-02T19:47:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T23:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=135628"},"modified":"2023-09-03T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:27:15","slug":"the-extraordinary-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-extraordinary-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"The Extraordinary Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>going off to the flower nursery<\/p>\n<p>to fill my empty garden with a mix of flowers<\/p>\n<p>I have to start with a design<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>so much to consider<\/p>\n<p>color scheme, height and sunlight<\/p>\n<p>when and how long they will bloom<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>standing by itself, a flower is basically ordinary, lonely<\/p>\n<p>if only one was planted, the garden would be sorrowfully sad<\/p>\n<p>it has to be enhanced, livened up to be special, not ordinary<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we need flowers to attract bees and butterflies<\/p>\n<p>to flutter over my garden<\/p>\n<p>kiss the petals as they pass<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>birds will sing sweet melodies<\/p>\n<p>tell their secrets as they sway above<\/p>\n<p>land on my flowers to chirp symphonic songs to one another<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>arranging the flowers is like a puzzle<\/p>\n<p>each piece has to fit in just right<\/p>\n<p>together they create an exquisite and extraordinary masterpiece<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the marigolds are just yellow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>going off to the flower nursery to fill my empty garden with a mix of flowers I have to start with a design &nbsp; so much to consider color scheme, height and sunlight when and how long they will bloom &nbsp; standing by itself, a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5351,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135628"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144259,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135628\/revisions\/144259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}