{"id":10172,"date":"2026-07-18T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=10172"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:49:10","slug":"poem-leaves-waving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/18\/poem-leaves-waving\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Leaves Waving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enjoying nature — sow much better than civilization…<\/p>\n

Leaves Waving<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are times I miss
\nTake leaves
\nWaving at passing spirits
\nEnveloping invitations
\nAs open secrets
\nEmptied of ambition
\nIn udder silence
\nTranscendent in awhirl
\nSell dumb herd
\nBeyond the buy and buy
\nThat infinite purchase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enjoying nature — sow much better than civilization… Leaves Waving There are times I miss Take leaves Waving at passing spirits Enveloping invitations As open secrets Emptied of ambition In udder silence Transcendent in awhirl Sell dumb herd Beyond the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Leaves Waving | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: Leaves Waving, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/18\/poem-leaves-waving\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Top Pun\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/18\\\/poem-leaves-waving\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/18\\\/poem-leaves-waving\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Top Pun\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"headline\":\"POEM: Leaves Waving\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T19:49:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/18\\\/poem-leaves-waving\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":49,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Poems\",\"Political and Philosophical Musings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/18\\\/poem-leaves-waving\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/18\\\/poem-leaves-waving\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/18\\\/poem-leaves-waving\\\/\",\"name\":\"POEM: Leaves Waving | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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