{"id":2019,"date":"2025-04-22T23:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/blown-away-by-the-grace-and-the-beauty-of-this-tahitian-dance\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T23:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:13:34","slug":"blown-away-by-the-grace-and-the-beauty-of-this-tahitian-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/blown-away-by-the-grace-and-the-beauty-of-this-tahitian-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Blown Away by the Grace and the Beauty of This Tahitian Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red and blue long dresses<br>\nFlowered leis around their necks<br>\nFloral arrangement on their heads<br>\nSoft harmonious music playing<br>\nSinger has a mellow, enchanting voice<br>\nSinging in a language I don&#8217;t understand<br>\nBut it doesn&#8217;t matter because<br>\nThe singing and the music is so good<br>\nSeven women dancing on a beach on a sunny day<br>\nSwaying to the music like Tahitian goddesses<br>\nTransported to earth from some other world<br>\nOh how beautiful their movements look<br>\nOh how peaceful it makes me feel<br>\nWatching them dance and hearing the music<br>\nIf only the world could be as<br>\nPeaceful as this music and this dancing<br>\nMakes my mind and my soul feel:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gv5JyCuHmSY?si=LJbypRZu1x8aN0Rf\">Fare Ha&#8217;api&#8217;ira&#8217;a Ori Turereura &#8211; E Ruaragi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red and blue long dresses Flowered leis around their necks Floral arrangement on their heads Soft harmonious music playing Singer has a mellow, enchanting voice Singing in a language I don&#8217;t understand But it doesn&#8217;t matter because The singing and the music is so good Seven women dancing on a beach on a sunny day&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/blown-away-by-the-grace-and-the-beauty-of-this-tahitian-dance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}