{"id":8492,"date":"2026-06-15T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8492"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:29:25","slug":"motley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8492","title":{"rendered":"Motley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"800\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8593 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motley-the-wanderer-575x800.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motley-the-wanderer-575x800.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motley-the-wanderer-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motley-the-wanderer.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#cad2d5\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>The wanderer who chose to stay<br>That quirky fur ball friend<br>Squinted eyes recognise<br>Beckon in her inimitable way<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Commanding from her throne<br>Doors open in her wake<br>Sentry, comfort and confidant<br>A friendly hi to start each day<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Like a shaman of the tribe<br>The guardian of the realm<br>Totally oblivious<br>To the place she has in our hearts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Everything\u2019s on her terms<br>Wouldn\u2019t have it any other way<br>Stubborn, headstrong, introverted<br>A classic family trait<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Nothing budges her steadfastness<br>Except maybe the vacuum<br>Her arch nemesis<br>Soon scarpers to her secret place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Concern whenever she\u2019s out of sight<br>Then miraculously appears<br>Where could you have possibly been?<br>Never mind. A family once again whole<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2e1011d367ee7821634e2db90b0db1f4\"><em><em>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\"><em>M<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\">ore Poems<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026 More Poems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8492"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8595,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8492\/revisions\/8595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}