{"id":736,"date":"2017-02-27T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T01:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/?p=736"},"modified":"2017-02-27T11:32:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T01:32:33","slug":"possum-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/27\/possum-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Possum Circus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One night as I lay in bed trying to get to sleep, the possums on my roof were making such a din that I yelled at my ceiling &#8230;\u00a0<em>What&#8217;s going on up there? Are you in training for the circus? &#8230;<\/em> and then the idea struck for a poem that I quickly scribbled into the notebook beside my bed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-740\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"FullSizeRender\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here it is (after lots of fiddling for rhythm and rhyme), illustrated by Gabriel Evans, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The School Magazine,<\/span> for you to commiserate with during those noisy, sleepless nights &#8230; <em>Possum Circus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Please click on the link.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear your possum stories.<\/p>\n<p>And &#8230; the possums are still performing on my roof &#8211; I think they&#8217;re now training for the Possum Olympics!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Possum-Circus.pdf\">Possum Circus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One night as I lay in bed trying to get to sleep, the possums on my roof were making such a din that I yelled at my ceiling &#8230;\u00a0What&#8217;s going on up there? 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