{"id":381201,"date":"2022-12-08T06:06:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=381201"},"modified":"2022-12-08T06:06:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:06:55","slug":"old-older-oldest-opus-1-2-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/old-older-oldest-opus-1-2-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Older Oldest, Opus # 1, 2, 3, 4\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Prelude by Bob Dylan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhile them that defends what they cannot see<br \/>\nWith a killer\u2019s pride, security It blows the mind<br \/>\nMost bitterly For them that think death\u2019s honesty<br \/>\nWon\u2019t fall upon them naturally<br \/>\nLife sometimes must get lonely\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Verse 14,\u2019It\u2019s Alright, Ma (I\u2019m Only Bleeding)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Man Winter Beard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There goes youth when I was brave and bold<br \/>\ngrowing old without paying much attention<br \/>\nin the winter of my life I often feel the cold<br \/>\ndementia onset hinders some comprehension<\/p>\n<p><strong>Older Violins Sweeter Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Funny things forgotten will never be told<br \/>\nshort term memory loss filled with frustration<br \/>\nas I slowly learn what it means to grow older<br \/>\ngradually feeling each and every manifestation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oldest Living Life Forgiving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>File all these in a \u2018fuggedaboutit\u2019 folder<br \/>\nchalk it up to brain drain and benign neglect<br \/>\nwith absolutely no chips on my shoulder<br \/>\nmy ego says what the hell did you expect<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some Old Shelter\/The Sum of Helter Skelter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My id seems insistent that I did my best<br \/>\nreality\u2019s road signs point to eternal rest<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Coda by Bob Dylan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf dogs run free, why not me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Across the swamp of time?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>My mind weaves a symphony<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And tapestry of rhyme<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oh, winds which rush my tale to thee<\/em><br \/>\n<em>So it may flow and be<\/em><br \/>\n<em>To each his own, it\u2019s all unknown<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If dogs run free.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<em>Joey aka Pepe Batbon Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Prelude by Bob Dylan \u201cWhile them that defends what they cannot see With a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":355846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19884,26,23673,133],"class_list":["post-381201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-bob-dylan","tag-cnmi","tag-nola","tag-run"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}