{"id":4832,"date":"2012-04-18T15:57:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T19:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsroundup.com\/wp\/?p=4832"},"modified":"2014-01-07T21:21:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T02:21:54","slug":"day-18-napowrimo2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=4832","title":{"rendered":"Day 18 #NaPoWriMo2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Was lucky enough to hear former Poet Laureate <a href=\"http:\/\/wamc.org\/post\/billy-collins-horoscopes-dead-poems\" title=\"Billy Collins on WAMC\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Collins on WAMC<\/a> radio this morning. What a pleasure. He read from Horoscopes for the Dead and had fun talking with AMC&#8217;r Joe Donohue who&#8217;s just great at interviewing authors. <\/p>\n<p>NaPoWriMo&#8217;s Maureen sounded like she could use a nap, here on the downward slope of National Poetry Month, and suggested writing a lullaby. I have to say it was fun and very calming to write.<\/p>\n<p>27.<\/p>\n<p>The day grows blue and quiet<br \/>\nthe shadows deep and violet<br \/>\nAll day the sun has watched you<br \/>\nNow the stars and I shall guard you<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve you in my arms<br \/>\nmy littlest child, go to sleep.<br \/>\nSweetest dreams, baby mine, good night<\/p>\n<p>The flowers have all gone to rest<br \/>\nThe birds are tucked safe in their nest<br \/>\nThe cat is safe in his bed at home<br \/>\nSoon you&#8217;ll be asleep in your own small home<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve you here in my arms<br \/>\nmy littlest child, go to sleep.<br \/>\nSweetest dreams, baby mine, good night<\/p>\n<p>The tall lady who lives nearby<br \/>\nsings to her own babe, lulalie<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re tucking you both in for the night<br \/>\nMay your dreams bring you smiles all through the night<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve you in my arms<br \/>\nmy littlest child, go to sleep.<br \/>\nSweetest dreams, baby mine, good night<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s your soft bed til returns the day<br \/>\nmoonlight and starbeams will light your way<br \/>\nDreams full of flowers and play will come true<br \/>\ntomorrow another day waits for you.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve you in my arms<br \/>\nmy littlest child, go to sleep.<br \/>\nSweetest dreams, baby mine, good night<\/p>\n<p>The magic that keeps thee shall shine<br \/>\nlike the stars above on my baby so fine<br \/>\nNaught to fear for you through the night<br \/>\nand tomorrow will be your joy and delight.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve you in my arms<br \/>\nmy littlest child, go to sleep.<br \/>\nSweetest dreams, baby mine, good night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The magic that keeps thee shall shine \u2022 like the stars above on my baby so fine <a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=4832\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4,14,28,65,66],"tags":[514,523,528,542],"class_list":["post-4832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-in-the-world","category-fae-and-elvish","category-in-the-neighborhood","category-napowrimo","category-national-haiku-day","tag-art-in-the-world","tag-fae-and-elvish","tag-in-the-neighborhood","tag-national-haiku-day"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3FVAs-1fW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9903,"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832\/revisions\/9903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}