{"id":2561,"date":"2012-12-02T04:09:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T04:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?page_id=2561"},"modified":"2012-12-02T04:09:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T04:09:48","slug":"poetry-martin-squibbs-natures-permission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/poetry-martin-squibbs-natures-permission\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry &#8211; Martin Squibbs &#8211; Natures Permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Natures Permission<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A void at birth, a mind in waiting<br \/>\nJust eternal infinity, without inflating<br \/>\nEmotions flowing with a Universe sensed<br \/>\nExperiences settle, as yet unfenced<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yet now the mind reveals some form<br \/>\nIn pasts of truth memories adorn<br \/>\nAnd bring with them hopes yet to come<br \/>\nAnd so we plan what must be done<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then struggle from these lives confined<br \/>\nAs building dreams of others&#8217; lives, we find<br \/>\nAnd fight for futures of better causes<br \/>\nWith battles of wills and other forces<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For what we fight and protect so dear<br \/>\n&#8216;With truth and knowledge, the weapons clear<br \/>\nWith compassion and justice our guiding vision<br \/>\nTowards joy in balance, within nature&#8217;s permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natures Permission A void at birth, a mind in waiting Just eternal infinity, without inflating Emotions flowing with a Universe sensed Experiences settle, as yet unfenced Yet now the mind reveals some form In pasts of truth memories adorn And bring with them hopes yet to come And so we plan what must be done &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/poetry-martin-squibbs-natures-permission\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Poetry &#8211; Martin Squibbs &#8211; Natures Permission&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2561\/revisions\/2564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}