{"id":385,"date":"2010-11-27T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=385"},"modified":"2010-11-27T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T16:13:45","slug":"tumbleweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"Tumbleweed"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, this is the first time I’ve ever posted poetry on this site. Be interested to see what the response is.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Stitched across the heavens ran
\nA marker and a sign
\nIt was writ large, in holy hand
\nAnd it spoke a great design<\/p>\n

A mountain here, a fire there
\nAll part of one great plan
\nThe plains go north, the seas go south
\nEverything placed about<\/p>\n

One little thing, fit not so well
\nAnd tucked away, in a dell
\nIt was not noticed for years and years
\nUntil one day, flush with tears<\/p>\n

A little girl, perhaps of twelve
\nLooked in that dell, sought to delve
\nPast the brush and bracken deep
\nAnd found a toy, a thing to keep<\/p>\n

She brought it home and showed it round
\nAnd by and by, it was found
\nTo be a strange and unusual thing
\nFor upon each dawn, it would bring<\/p>\n

A single strand of darkened hair
\nRight up to her, sitting there
\nSoon that pile grew and grew
\nUntil the house it spread all through<\/p>\n

Years went by and still it climbed
\nStriving high, the house all bound
\nWithin a giant ball of twine
\nA tumbleweed, across a land divine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, this is the first time I’ve ever posted poetry on this site. Be interested to see what the response is.” Stitched across the heavens ran A marker and a sign It was writ large, in holy hand And it spoke a great design A mountain here, a fire there All part of one great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4,44],"tags":[45],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pRIK4-6d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":441,"url":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=441","url_meta":{"origin":385,"position":0},"title":"Sacred Arrow","date":"February 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Let fly thy sacred arrow Pierce me 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