{"id":3227,"date":"2026-01-11T05:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:37:25","slug":"sunday-morning-verses-sunflowers-1-11-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=3227","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: ‘Sunflowers’ (1\/11\/2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RAHN ADAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

for Joseph R. Biden Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n

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‘SUNFLOWERS’ (1994), a limited-edition print by Timberley Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the edge of the ocean \/ On the cusp of sea and sky and spit \/ Lived the old lighthouse keeper; \/ Ever faithful Charlie Swan kept the Cape Fear beacon lit.<\/p>\n

Three square little houses \/ In a row with unobstructed ocean views, \/ Like pieces on a game board, \/ Sheltered Captain Charlie and his beach-borne lifesaving crews.<\/p>\n

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CAPT. CHARLIE’S II on Bald Head Island, one of three historic cottages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This fearsome washboard of shoals \/ Has always sent swabbies to their knees \/ On the decks of sailing ships \/ Seeking safe harbor from dark or stormy seas.<\/p>\n

That blessed beacon in its day \/ Was more than hope and saving grace; \/ It was a confident beam, \/ A blinding pinpoint of trust in that barren, windswept place.<\/p>\n

But the captain and his light are gone; \/ God only knows where his crewmen now abide. \/ Left are their vacant dwellings \/ With sand and sunflowers on every side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By RAHN ADAMS for Joseph R. Biden Jr. At the edge of the ocean \/ On the cusp of sea and sky and spit \/ Lived the old lighthouse keeper; \/ Ever faithful Charlie Swan kept the Cape Fear beacon lit. Three square little houses \/ In a row with unobstructed ocean views, \/ Like … Continue reading SUNDAY VERSES: ‘Sunflowers’ (1\/11\/2025)<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3227"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3240,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions\/3240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}