{"id":12074,"date":"2016-11-15T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=12074"},"modified":"2016-09-23T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T15:06:23","slug":"anthony-keers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/anthony-keers\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Keers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crabbing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The technique for the life skill my father taught me,<br \/>\nlike shaving correctly or changing a tire quickly,<br \/>\nran through my mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t go too close to the rocks\u2019<br \/>\nI stood close<br \/>\n\u2018Find a nice alcove and dangle it in the middle\u2019<br \/>\nlowered the weight<br \/>\n\u2018Try not to get the line tangled whilst it\u2019s down there\u2019<br \/>\nwith a stretched out arm<br \/>\n\u2018Leave it for 5 minutes and pull it up\u2019<br \/>\nand waited.<\/p>\n<p>White horses galloped<br \/>\nabove the one-way mirror and sliced<br \/>\nthrough my line as they<br \/>\ncrashed into the rocks<br \/>\nbelow.<br \/>\n5 minutes became 6<br \/>\nto be safe,<br \/>\nand I winched<br \/>\nup the line<br \/>\nwith an anticipated catch.<\/p>\n<p>Muffled by the Welsh sea breeze,<br \/>\nmy father added a new step to his<br \/>\ntechnique and pointed toward<br \/>\na different spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Try again.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Anthony Keers<\/strong> lives in the city of Manchester, England. Currently working as a Warehouse Operator, he has a passion for environmental sustainability and exploring new ways in which humanity can promote an environmentally healthier lifestyle. Anthony writes poetry and short stories in his spare time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Crabbing The technique for the life skill my father taught me, like shaving correctly or changing a tire quickly, ran through my mind. \u2018Don\u2019t go too close to the rocks\u2019 I stood close \u2018Find a nice alcove and dangle it in the middle\u2019 lowered the weight \u2018Try not to get the line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12571,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12074\/revisions\/12571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}