{"id":24339,"date":"2022-08-10T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=24339"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:37:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:37:11","slug":"arrias-his-muse-mermaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/arrias-his-muse-mermaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrias &#038; His Muse:\u00a0Mermaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/arrias_muse1.png\" width=\"214\" height=\"288\" \/>Author&#8217;s Note: I had a great dream &#8211; did not want to wake up\u2026 My Muse working at it, as sailors you perhaps might appreciate this.<\/p>\n<p>Arrias &amp; His Muse:\u00a0Mermaid<\/p>\n<p>Naked she sits upon a large, flat rock,<br \/>\nPerched on a tropic shore,<br \/>\nOff shore, waves pound the reef,<br \/>\nSerenaded by the sea\u2019s distant roar.<\/p>\n<p>A warm breeze stirs her long blond hair,<br \/>\nA glimpse of a perfect breast,<br \/>\nShe smiles at me and taps the rock,<br \/>\nShows me a place to rest.<\/p>\n<p>Who is this lissome sea nymph,<br \/>\nHer Siren\u2019s come hither looks?<br \/>\nWere we not warned from days of old,<br \/>\nIs she not spoke of in Homer\u2019s books?<\/p>\n<p>Who is this mermaid in the flesh?<br \/>\nDo I really care?<br \/>\nShe sits before me and smiles her smile,<br \/>\nAs if an answer to a sailor\u2019s prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Her smile lingers, her eyes flash,<br \/>\nShe sings her Siren\u2019s song,<br \/>\nNo Verdi aria can compare,<br \/>\nNo sailor is that strong!<\/p>\n<p>There is no wax for my ears,<br \/>\nNo crew to lash me to the mast,<br \/>\nWho would want to resist?<br \/>\nI rush to her at last!<\/p>\n<p>In her arms I yield to her,<br \/>\nShe promises we shall never part,<br \/>\nShe wraps me up in her arms,<br \/>\nMy Mermaid has my heart!<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2022 Arrias<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author&#8217;s Note: I had a great dream &#8211; did not want to wake up\u2026 My Muse working at it, as sailors you perhaps might appreciate this. Arrias &amp; His Muse:\u00a0Mermaid Naked she sits upon a large, flat rock, Perched on a tropic shore, Off shore, waves pound the reef, Serenaded by the sea\u2019s distant roar. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arrian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24340,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24339\/revisions\/24340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}