{"id":1580,"date":"2022-06-07T00:52:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T04:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/?page_id=1580"},"modified":"2024-11-01T22:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T02:22:07","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/for-kids\/poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Sometimes I write poetry.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aa6fc2a7-fdc6-4a31-be0c-8eb8e94c1269.jpg?resize=1440%2C1079\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1703 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Poetry is fun. And writing poems for you is even more so. Do you write poetry?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"fade\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1079\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1703\" data-id=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aa6fc2a7-fdc6-4a31-be0c-8eb8e94c1269.jpg?resize=1440%2C1079\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Noon Tiger<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1620\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1588\" data-id=\"1588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/untitled_artwork-7-1.jpg?resize=2160%2C1620\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Good Night, Ghosts<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1581\" data-id=\"1581\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/layered.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The Big Balloon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1582\" data-id=\"1582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/layered-1.jpg?resize=2732%2C2048\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Time Enough<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"1390\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2062\" data-id=\"2062\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Minotaur-Poem.jpeg?resize=1118%2C1390\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Minotaur (from Gnomes and Gnomes and Ungnomes: Poems of Hidden Creatures)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev 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Poetry is fun. And writing poems for you is even more so. Do you write poetry?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1595,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1580","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1595,"url":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/for-kids\/","url_meta":{"origin":1580,"position":0},"title":"For Kids","author":"Melissa Mwai","date":"June 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore these fun pages for kids! 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