{"id":2577,"date":"2016-11-08T08:55:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T13:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2016-11-08T08:55:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T13:55:33","slug":"poem-hope-singular-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Hope – That Singular Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hope comes from high noon<\/strong>
\nAnd at night<\/strong>
\nFrom the sunlight skipping off the moon<\/strong>
\nHope slips through the concrete<\/strong>
\nLike a weed<\/strong>
\nJust being<\/strong>
\nA weed<\/strong>
\nHope grows on trees<\/strong>
\nSome falling as seeds<\/strong>
\nMost dropping as fertilizer<\/strong>
\nOnly ready after a winter’s rest<\/strong>
\nHope abides<\/strong>
\nAs signaled by a singular bird<\/strong>
\nReturned from far off lands<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem emanates from and for election day 2016, and sow far beyond. \u00a0\"Hope<\/a>\"Everything<\/a>Hope has an effervescence and patience that may seem poorly suited to our hurried and harried modern lifestyles. \u00a0We are captivated more by high noon than moonlight. \u00a0We are prone to pound the pavement with our souls rather than to grow life through, out that which inevitably cracks. \u00a0We are disposed to think that life is just won big oak rather than little nuts holding their ground. \u00a0And while hope springs eternal, its foremost sign is commonly a singular bird bringing tidings from a strange and largely mysterious place, that know one, quiet understands.<\/p>\n

\"Got<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hope comes from high noon And at night From the sunlight skipping off the moon Hope slips through the concrete Like a weed Just being A weed Hope grows on trees Some falling as seeds Most dropping as fertilizer Only … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[388,359,548,387,658,94],"class_list":["post-2577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-hope","tag-life","tag-modern","tag-patience","tag-poems","tag-poetry"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Hope - That Singular Bird | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: Hope - That Singular Bird, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Hope, Life, Modern, Patience, Poems, Poetry 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\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"POEM: Hope – That Singular Bird\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-08T13:55:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Peace\\\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif\",\"keywords\":[\"Hope\",\"Life\",\"Modern\",\"Patience\",\"Poems\",\"Poetry\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Poems\",\"Political and Philosophical Musings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/\",\"name\":\"POEM: Hope - That Singular Bird | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Peace\\\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-08T13:55:33+00:00\",\"description\":\"POEM: Hope - That Singular Bird, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Hope, Life, Modern, Patience, Poems, Poetry Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Peace\\\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/Peace\\\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/08\\\/poem-hope-singular-bird\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog HOME\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Poems\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/poems\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"POEM: Hope – That Singular Bird\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Political Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show!\",\"description\":\"Top Pun's Pun-filled Stuff, Satire, and Public Health Science\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\",\"name\":\"Top Pun\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Top Pun\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/TopPun.com\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"POEM: Hope - That Singular Bird | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","description":"POEM: Hope - That Singular Bird, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Hope, Life, Modern, Patience, Poems, Poetry Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"POEM: Hope – That Singular Bird","datePublished":"2016-11-08T13:55:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Peace\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif","keywords":["Hope","Life","Modern","Patience","Poems","Poetry"],"articleSection":["Poems","Political and Philosophical Musings"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/","url":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/","name":"POEM: Hope - That Singular Bird | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Peace\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif","datePublished":"2016-11-08T13:55:33+00:00","description":"POEM: Hope - That Singular Bird, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Hope, Life, Modern, Patience, Poems, Poetry Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Peace\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Peace\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/poem-hope-singular-bird\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog HOME","item":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Poems","item":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/category\/poems\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"POEM: Hope – That Singular Bird"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/","name":"Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Political Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show!","description":"Top Pun's Pun-filled Stuff, Satire, and Public Health Science","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e","name":"Top Pun","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Top Pun"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f78057fc29c98405f1474e223d51149b962df4af36cea20bf4ccbb189f621bb7?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/TopPun.com\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}