{"id":196686,"date":"2021-10-04T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=196686"},"modified":"2021-10-02T07:08:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T06:08:41","slug":"ode-to-a-dove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/10\/ode-to-a-dove\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to a Dove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dove-pombo-pigeon.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-196650 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dove-pombo-pigeon-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dove-pombo-pigeon-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dove-pombo-pigeon-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dove-pombo-pigeon-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dove-pombo-pigeon.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Everyday, a gentle dove comes\u00a0 to visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">he perches his head and stares at me.<br \/>\nTrying to give me a message.<br \/>\nI watch him visiting as I glance his gentle eye.<br \/>\nNodding his head, which is so impressive.<br \/>\nThe \u00a0gentle dove has found a place in my patio<br \/>\nnot in the paths of the forest that are quiet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But right here, in the city!<br \/>\nOne feels his divine \u00a0love and pity.<br \/>\nHe comes to \u00a0visit gentle and calm<br \/>\nhis visitation like\u00a0 a healing\u00a0 balm.<br \/>\nHis feathers white and grey<br \/>\nHe \u00a0comes to visit every day.<br \/>\nSimplicity, purity and perfectness \u00a0symbolizing the spirit<br \/>\nGod has set him apart.<br \/>\nHis \u00a0sublime nature can melt a stubborn heart.<br \/>\nHe is gentle and dare not stare<br \/>\nAngelic in appearance, perched on a tree<br \/>\nEveryone wishes to see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Even the great book has written about thee!<br \/>\nSo, fly away, be free,<br \/>\nyou will certainly come back to me.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-186568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Dr Usha Roopnarain \u2013 Former parliamentarian in the National Assembly of South Africa, social activist and passionate about human rights and gender equality.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyday, a gentle dove comes\u00a0 to visit.<br \/>\nhe perches his head and stares at me.<br \/>\nTrying to give me a message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":196650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[868],"class_list":["post-196686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}