{"id":3360,"date":"2023-11-26T20:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3360"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:04:47","slug":"the-night-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-night-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"The night of the dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The night of the dead<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on November 3, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nThe single stone stands strong and tall<br \/>\nThe hill is bleak and bare<br \/>\nThe worshippers seem weak and small<br \/>\nThe dead are every where<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And on this night the dead may walk<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And guide the lives of men<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And all the elders come to talk<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And meet the ghosts again<br \/>\nThe worshippers now start to dance<br \/>\nThe dance to raise the dead<br \/>\nThe priestess falls into her trance<br \/>\nThe bride will soon be wed<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And on this night the year will end<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And then begin anew<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And every ghost will find a friend<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And one is there for you<br \/>\nThe wisdom of these ancient souls<br \/>\nThe peace of life and death<br \/>\nThe time to seek the new year&#8217;s goals<br \/>\nThe peace to draw a breath<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And still the ancient world&#8217;s alive<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And rules the modern world<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And all of us can only strive<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And keep our banners furled<br \/>\nThe walking dead return to Earth<br \/>\nThe world can now renew<br \/>\nThe powers of nature show their worth<br \/>\nThe world is there for you<\/p>\n<p> Author notes<br \/>\nPrompt<br \/>\nIn tribute to the Season and especially the observance of:<br \/>\nAll Hallows Eve<br \/>\nAll Saints&#8217; Eve<br \/>\nSamhain<br \/>\nHallowed End<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The night of the dead by cricketjeff on November 3, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved The single stone stands strong and tall The hill is bleak and bare The worshippers seem weak and small The dead are every where \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And on this night the dead may walk \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3360","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8147,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3360\/revisions\/8147"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}