He stamped his feet and looked down
\nAt the unlaced familiar boots
\nAnd their soil. How he welcomed
\nIts clinging, its living, its smell
\nOf earth and its companionship
\nOn this journey of dying.
\nLike that year in its autumnal grace
\nOf harvesting and planting, he was
\nHarvesting his loving kindness from
\nHis midsummer field – and planting
\nPale tulips of hope
\nTo stand like sentinels at the door and
\nTo gaze upon the silence of
\nThis coming Infinity and
\nThis long goodbye. I say hello.<\/p>\n
Leigh Cook, Sliema, Malta, 8.11.2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He stamped his feet and looked down At the unlaced familiar boots And their soil. How he welcomed Its clinging, its living, its smell Of earth and its companionship On this journey of dying. Like that year in its autumnal grace Of harvesting and planting, he was Harvesting his loving kindness from His midsummer field … Continue reading In the Garden – October 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}