{"id":425,"date":"2011-03-25T07:45:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/?p=425"},"modified":"2011-03-25T07:45:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:45:23","slug":"friday-poetry-the-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"Friday Poetry &#8212; The Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Cat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to see grace<br \/>\nTo see a certain regal flair<br \/>\nIn their aloof poise<br \/>\nThat somehow captures the soul<br \/>\nI understand well<br \/>\nHow maligned they have been<br \/>\nFor stealing the hearts<br \/>\nOf those who have known them<br \/>\nThey brook no argument<br \/>\nThey have the courage of the curious<br \/>\nBeauty is in their eyes<br \/>\nDanger is in their claws<br \/>\nTrust them not, for they know how to pounce<br \/>\nLove them deeply, for they know how to return it<br \/>\nMany animals I have known<br \/>\nHuman and otherwise<br \/>\nAbove them all, on a high pedestal<br \/>\nThe feline is perched<br \/>\nAccepting adoration well deserved<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>****<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was looking for inspiration and looked over and saw Sylvie, my Russian Blue, perched atop an old cat tower we have.\u00a0 She wasn&#8217;t doing anything more than sitting there, but she looked so regal, and thus I was inspired to write today&#8217;s poem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now.\u00a0 See you Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cat It&#8217;s easy to see grace To see a certain regal flair In their aloof poise That somehow captures the soul I understand well How maligned they have been For stealing the hearts Of those who have known them They brook no argument They have the courage of the curious Beauty is in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}