{"id":2546,"date":"2024-04-12T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:35:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:35:03","slug":"tulip-blossom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2546","title":{"rendered":"Tulip blossom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tulip blossoms in the spring<br>The beech leaves wait their turn to fling<br>Their verdure o&#8217;er their golden dress<br>Which spoke of winter&#8217;s weariness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beach then beckons those who run<br>To come to join in all the fun<br>Of summer days and sandy feet<br>Which quickly come, but soon do fleet,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A year has passed, another day<br>So what then shall we now convey?<br>We cannot let this day pass by<br>Without a tear found in the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tear of joy, of hope, of love<br>A tear which points us far above<br>This world and all that is therein<br>Unto the One who inhabits heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, for your good I now must pray.<br>In words the Spirit shall relay,<br>That in all your ways you may know<br>The power of him who lived below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/purechocolate.org.uk\/freespace.virgin.net\/putneyevan.church\/bbc\/bbc.co.uk\/news\/img\/800px-Okinami_by_hokusai_19th_century.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Great Wave off Kanagawa<\/a><br>1831 Katsushika Hokusai<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tulip blossoms in the springThe beech leaves wait their turn to flingTheir verdure o&#8217;er their golden dressWhich spoke of winter&#8217;s weariness. The beach then beckons those who runTo come to join in all the funOf summer days and sandy feetWhich quickly come, but soon do fleet, A year has passed, another daySo what then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2547,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions\/2547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}