{"id":2955,"date":"2012-09-06T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T10:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2012-09-06T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T17:12:15","slug":"cristina-a-girl-from-the-mountains-of-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/cristina-a-girl-from-the-mountains-of-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volcanic mists drift<br \/>\ndownward<br \/>\npalliative and pure<br \/>\nthey resonate with her<br \/>\nwarm heart<br \/>\nthat lass who<br \/>\nis demure<br \/>\ninclined to wild outpourings<br \/>\nbut gentle as a breeze<br \/>\nthat accompanies<br \/>\na sun lit glance<br \/>\nthat dances through<br \/>\nthe trees<br \/>\nThe Eucalyptus<br \/>\nrustle<br \/>\ntheir leaves<br \/>\nof myriad hue&#8217;s<br \/>\nshe wanders<br \/>\nthrough the patchwork quilt<br \/>\nof fields<br \/>\nsuch wondrous views<br \/>\ngrab the soul<br \/>\nand sanctify<br \/>\nfor she must never lose<br \/>\nher footing on these<br \/>\nhigh crags<br \/>\nshe just does effuse<br \/>\na joy, for with her babies<br \/>\npulling at her blouse<br \/>\nshe sucks in all that<br \/>\ncrisp fresh air<br \/>\nand her passion does arouse<br \/>\nI met her on the mountains<br \/>\nwhistling a tune<br \/>\nhigh up in the Andes<br \/>\nwhere the Condor&#8217;s sometimes<br \/>\ncroon<br \/>\ndesolate and rugged<br \/>\nthose mountains thereabout<br \/>\ndutiful and beautiful<br \/>\nleaving me, in little doubt.<br \/>\nof her strength and true sincerity<br \/>\nof her will and true desire<br \/>\nto rise to any challenge<br \/>\nand readily inspire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sideways look at a girl I know who marches forwards kids in tow <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/cristina-a-girl-from-the-mountains-of-ecuador\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethereal-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2955"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}