{"id":3769,"date":"2018-11-20T06:45:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T04:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenix-em.com\/mariyakoleva\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2018-11-20T06:45:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T04:45:33","slug":"day-18-a-toy-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenix-em.com\/mariyakoleva\/day-18-a-toy-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 18 – A Toy Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teddy Bear<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t love them?
\nWho wouldn\u2019t care
\nFor a furry, fluffy, cutie bear?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All cuddly toys, your bunny most of all
\nUse up their fluff in blotting in the whole
\nBarrel of regrets, complaints, harsh secrets
\nAnd the rest of your growing up
\nTo be what I am today
\nA middle-aged auntie who remained.<\/em><\/span>
\n~~~<\/p>\n

Out of curiosity, I searched my poems for my other Teddy-bear piece, for I remember writing one. It turns out it was written for November Poem-a-Day again, in 2013. Here it is<\/a>, I hope you enjoy, and, well, it does have a different ring to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teddy Bear Who doesn\u2019t love them? Who wouldn\u2019t care For a furry, fluffy, cutie bear? All cuddly toys, your bunny most of all Use up their fluff in blotting in the whole Barrel of regrets, complaints, harsh secrets And the rest of your growing up To be what I am today A middle-aged auntie who … Continue reading “Day 18 – A Toy Poem”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1242],"tags":[1147,1195,98,1148],"class_list":["post-3769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-november-pad","tag-cuddling-toy","tag-growing-up","tag-novpad","tag-teddy-bear"],"yoast_head":"\nDay 18 - A Toy Poem - Sweet and Bitter Stuff of Wonder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenix-em.com\/mariyakoleva\/day-18-a-toy-poem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Day 18 - A Toy Poem - Sweet and Bitter Stuff of Wonder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Teddy Bear Who doesn\u2019t love them? 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