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The Falcon<\/strong><\/p>\n The falcon flies<\/strong><\/p>\n upward toward the sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n The falcon dives<\/strong><\/p>\n toward the rodent on the run.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n His graceful wings<\/strong><\/p>\n spread to reflect the sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n The wind sings<\/strong><\/p>\n as he swoops and dives for fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The falcon knows<\/strong><\/p>\n as he\u2019s soaring through the air.<\/strong><\/p>\n Wherever he goes<\/strong><\/p>\n he must avoid the snare.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n To be free.<\/strong><\/p>\n To fly on wings up high.<\/strong><\/p>\n Able to see<\/strong><\/p>\n forever in a cloudless sky.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This is all <\/strong><\/p>\n a falcon lives to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n Should he fall,<\/strong><\/p>\n his earthly life is through.—————-R. W. Johnson—–(2002)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Falcon The falcon flies upward toward the sun. The falcon dives toward the rodent on the run. \u00a0 His graceful wings spread to reflect the sun. The wind sings as he swoops and dives for fun. \u00a0 The falcon knows as he\u2019s soaring through the air. Wherever he goes he must avoid the … Continue reading The Falcon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}