{"id":3283,"date":"2013-12-05T11:47:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2013-12-05T11:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:47:42","slug":"of-eros-and-arete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/poetry\/of-eros-and-arete\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Eros, and Arete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>~ <strong>Of Eros, and Arete<\/strong> ~<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ~<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of memories,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> of who once we were.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of quests,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> to find who we might become.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of thoughts we have,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> yet think should not.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of lines we draw,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> only to cross.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of searching,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> through the sands of time.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of thoughts,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> that are themselves sublime.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of texture,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> touch,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> and taste.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of sensual curve,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> to slender waist.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of perfect fit,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> and delight\u2019s slip.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of joyous dreams,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> to misery.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Of Eros,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> and Arete.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ~<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re here, look around. Though you might find something to your taste, I am more confident you&#8217;ll find things that present opportunity for reflection.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re interested in Poetry, there is a drop down on the right titled &#8220;Categories&#8221;, you might find more there&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~ Of Eros, and Arete ~ ~ Of memories, of who once we were. Of quests, to find who we might become. Of thoughts we have, yet think should not. Of lines we draw, only to cross. Of searching, through the sands of time. Of thoughts, that are themselves sublime. Of texture, touch, and taste. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[31,141],"class_list":["post-3283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-arete","tag-eros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}