{"id":2717,"date":"2013-07-14T15:40:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T20:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2016-03-17T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T21:53:29","slug":"nature-poetry-by-dr-jedidiah-krauss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=2717","title":{"rendered":"Nature Poetry by Dr. Jedidiah Krauss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mayan Solstice<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blueBird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2718\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blueBird-155x300.jpg\" alt=\"blueBird\" width=\"155\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 Retrieved from the long silence<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Of mourning for the forever lost,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0A new, ancient sound is re-birthed in a sigh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Both the end of a whimper and the beginning of a song.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 Gestated at the end of time<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 And born again with the birth of the new time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0The freedom to be whole again is possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heard in the sound within the sound<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Of a bird singing to the dawn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Birthday Blessing<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May the earth be pleased at the touch of your feet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">May your song mingle with the songs of birds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May the winds touch softly on your cheeks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And may your birthday remind you how good it is to be alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HalloweenPennent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2700\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HalloweenPennent-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"HalloweenPennent\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HalloweenPennent-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HalloweenPennent-1024x735.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HalloweenPennent.jpg 1212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mayan Solstice \u00a0 Retrieved from the long silence \u00a0Of mourning for the forever lost, \u00a0A new, ancient sound is re-birthed in a sigh. \u00a0Both the end of a whimper and the beginning of a song. \u00a0 Gestated at the &hellip; 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