{"id":4465,"date":"2023-11-26T20:26:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=4465"},"modified":"2023-11-28T22:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:56:38","slug":"recipe-for-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/r-poems\/recipe-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Recipe for Life<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on March 5, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nWhat man could ask for more than this<br \/>\nTo live his life well loved with friends<br \/>\nA little pain and then some bliss<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To make amends<\/p>\n<p>To grow to adult life unspoiled<br \/>\nA childhood filled with love and charm<br \/>\nIf all his evil schemes are foiled<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 There&#8217;ll be no harm<\/p>\n<p>To find a wife who loves the same<br \/>\nSweet company through all his days<br \/>\nThe wit to see that life&#8217;s a game<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A lover plays<\/p>\n<p>To raise his children, staying sane<br \/>\nThen see them set out on their own<br \/>\nTo have their loving hearts remain<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 On long-term loan<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps to find a second wind<br \/>\nAnother tilt at having fun<br \/>\nThough hair is grey and rather thinned<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 New tales begun<\/p>\n<p>And who can say what follows next<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s there behind each new found door<br \/>\nThese questions leave us all perplexed<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re for!!!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Author notes<br \/>\nA &#8220;sapphic&#8221; ode, a la Alexander Pope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe for Life by cricketjeff on March 5, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved What man could ask for more than this To live his life well loved with friends A little pain and then some bliss \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9738,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4465","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4465","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=4465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7043,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4465\/revisions\/7043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}