{"id":151,"date":"2022-06-20T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T11:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/?p=151"},"modified":"2022-07-26T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:49:49","slug":"1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/2022\/06\/20\/1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gentle Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blue spaces evoke a range of emotions. The poem and image below explore the softer side of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.1-Drawing-10-I-am-well-in-nature.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.1-Drawing-10-I-am-well-in-nature.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.1-Drawing-10-I-am-well-in-nature-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.3-Audio-Title_The-Gentle-Sea.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Gentle <\/strong><strong>Sea<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You glide like silk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You rise like an ocean, but still remain calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You feel like a child whispering into their mother\u2019s ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I feel your touch like a warm pat on the hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">My cheeks flush with your breeze, and make me stop for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A whistle drapes from my neck down to my spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I can see you, and I know you are there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You have a beautiful blue colour, I hear you and feel you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You are here, there and everywhere around me;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Walking with me as my Guardian and Companion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As I make my journey through the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (By Naheen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.2-Audio-Poem_The-Gentle-Sea.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.5-smaller-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.5-smaller-rotated.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.5-smaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2022\/06\/1.5-smaller-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue spaces evoke a range of emotions. 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