{"id":33772,"date":"2017-08-12T15:22:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=33772"},"modified":"2017-08-12T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:27:27","slug":"the-salmon-and-the-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/the-salmon-and-the-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"The salmon and the bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Resoluteness and determination<br \/>\nThe zeal of suggestion<br \/>\nAnd concentration<br \/>\nSwimming up river<br \/>\nAssiduously<br \/>\nEnduring unflagging<br \/>\nUnwaveringly<br \/>\nThis is the salmon<br \/>\nWanting to be<br \/>\nAble to spawn<br \/>\nAnd to die graciously<\/p>\n<p>Dogged and gutsy the current<br \/>\nIs strong<br \/>\nMoving heaven and earth<br \/>\nHang on in there belong<br \/>\nTo the great wave and frenzy<br \/>\nThe unceasing way<br \/>\nTo be undiscouraged<br \/>\nAt the end of the day<\/p>\n<p>With valour they fight<br \/>\nThe white water the cream<br \/>\nWith a great deal of chivalry<br \/>\nAnd the whole team<br \/>\nAre fighting the rapids<br \/>\nBrave hearts on fire<br \/>\nWith the black bears all waiting<br \/>\nDare devils dire<\/p>\n<p>To be bold to have guts<br \/>\nConfronting the pain<br \/>\nEyeball to eyeball<br \/>\nA constant refrain<br \/>\nNobody&#8217;s cautious<br \/>\nNobody cares<br \/>\nBoth have their target<br \/>\nAnd innermost prayers<\/p>\n<p>The bears need the feast<br \/>\nThe fish need to fly<br \/>\nThose eaten by bears<br \/>\nOfcourse they will die<br \/>\nThose that escape<br \/>\nWill die anyway<br \/>\nUnloading their eggs<br \/>\nIn the calm of the day<\/p>\n<p>Spellbinding magic<br \/>\nThe natural world<br \/>\nUp stream the panic<br \/>\nSuch energy hurled<br \/>\nSkywards noteworthy<br \/>\nFor their fine display<br \/>\nA meritorious spirit<br \/>\nAt the end of the day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resoluteness and determination The zeal of suggestion And concentration Swimming up river Assiduously Enduring unflagging Unwaveringly This is the salmon Wanting to be Able to spawn And to die graciously Dogged and gutsy the current Is strong Moving heaven and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/the-salmon-and-the-bear\/\">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":[147,98,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals-used-for-food","category-bears","category-wild-and-farmed-fish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33772","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=33772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33774,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33772\/revisions\/33774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}