{"id":3099,"date":"2012-09-16T05:10:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T05:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2012-09-16T05:19:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T05:19:01","slug":"a-fairy-story-for-a-sunday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/a-fairy-story-for-a-sunday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"A fairy story for a Sunday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the quietness<br \/>\nof the morning<br \/>\nbefore the birds<br \/>\ndid sing<br \/>\nwhen all was calm<br \/>\nand most of us<br \/>\nappeared to be<br \/>\nlying, eyes closed<br \/>\nsleeping<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s when<br \/>\nthe fairies stir<br \/>\nthey come out<br \/>\nof their little homes<br \/>\nand dance<br \/>\nto scents of myrrh<br \/>\nand Sandlewood<br \/>\npossessing a tribute<br \/>\nto those who<br \/>\nfell and became memories<br \/>\nin the sod<br \/>\nwe never knew <\/p>\n<p>where the furry<br \/>\nbeasties scamper<br \/>\nand the chosen few<br \/>\ndo crawl<br \/>\nin the dawning<br \/>\nof the morning<br \/>\nat the base<br \/>\nof Braddon&#8217;s wall.<br \/>\nwas a burrow<br \/>\nnear a furrow<br \/>\nmade by Sawyers tractor<br \/>\nwhen<br \/>\nhe turned round<br \/>\non a sixpence<br \/>\nand was never seen agen<br \/>\nthe tractor<br \/>\nlost its bearings<br \/>\nand crashed down<br \/>\non poor Jack<br \/>\nbroken<br \/>\nand in so much pain<br \/>\nhe lay there<br \/>\non his back<br \/>\nhis world had crumbled<br \/>\nsuddenly<br \/>\nhis spirit died as well<br \/>\nand with his sister<br \/>\nGertude he was buried<br \/>\nin the dell<\/p>\n<p>lost to sight<br \/>\nand even<br \/>\nthought<br \/>\nbeneath<br \/>\nthe creaking gate<br \/>\nwhere lovers came to ponder<br \/>\ntheir future&#8217;s<br \/>\nand relate<br \/>\nwhere peaceful recollections<br \/>\nwere maintained constantly<br \/>\nand Jack&#8217;s apparent passing<br \/>\nwas remembered with a tree<br \/>\nplanted near the wall<br \/>\nbeside the burrow<br \/>\nin the gleam<br \/>\nof sunlight and of moonlight<br \/>\nwhere the fairies seem<br \/>\nto dance and play accordion&#8217;s<br \/>\nwhere Buttercups embrace<br \/>\ntwas there whilst I lay<br \/>\npining<br \/>\nthat I saw her pretty face<\/p>\n<p>she was dancing<br \/>\nwith the others<br \/>\nto a tune I&#8217;d never heard<br \/>\nher tiny hands were holding<br \/>\na wand<br \/>\nand it occurred<br \/>\nto me<br \/>\nit was of Labradorite<br \/>\na feldspar, from a place<br \/>\nknown only as Paul&#8217;s island<br \/>\nwhere silent sea birds grace<br \/>\nflaxen haired with hints of fire<br \/>\nher tresses full on, she<br \/>\ndanced with so much spirit<br \/>\nand with much vivacity<\/p>\n<p>committed to a second thought<br \/>\nthis place became for me<br \/>\na favourite place<br \/>\nwhere fire fles chase<br \/>\nand the moths all like to be<br \/>\na certain light apparent<br \/>\nwhere Gertrude and brother Jack<br \/>\nlie quietly now together<br \/>\nwith the old wall at their back<br \/>\nand that tree produces Apples<br \/>\ngreen apples some desire<br \/>\ndappled with the magic<br \/>\nof the fire flies fervent fire<br \/>\nof the scampering of Bunnies<br \/>\nand the moths that mingle there<br \/>\nand the memory of sweetness<br \/>\nand of, the lass with flaxen hair. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a poem about a place and a person and a dream <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/a-fairy-story-for-a-sunday-morning\/\">Continue reading <span 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