{"id":24558,"date":"2016-08-13T20:57:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T00:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=24558"},"modified":"2016-08-13T20:57:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T00:57:20","slug":"the-stoic-pelican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-stoic-pelican\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stoic Pelican"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pelican-pic\"<\/p>\n

Upon the placid, darkened lake<\/p>\n

and beneath the huge, bright moon<\/p>\n

there sat a stoic Pelican<\/p>\n

whose chicks would die too soon.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

They clamored in a panic<\/p>\n

for there was no food to spare.<\/p>\n

The Pelican’s wings were broken<\/p>\n

so the nest was bare.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Looking with pity at her brood<\/p>\n

she knew what must be done.<\/p>\n

Striking her breast, out poured blood<\/p>\n

upon each and every one.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The chicks gobbled hungrily<\/p>\n

at this sacred food.<\/p>\n

And the Pelican, in her glory,<\/p>\n

smiled upon her brood.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

That’s the ancient legend<\/p>\n

which saints of old did tell<\/p>\n

to describe how God<\/p>\n

indeed feeds us just as well.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He comes down from highest Heav’n<\/p>\n

to altars on the earth<\/p>\n

from which He pours forth Himself<\/p>\n

to nourish and give new birth.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For, our hungry souls are fed<\/p>\n

like chicks in a nest<\/p>\n

And our Stoic Pelican<\/p>\n

provides Food Most Blessed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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