{"id":126,"date":"2011-01-08T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T09:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=126"},"modified":"2011-01-08T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T09:31:44","slug":"ruth-smith-makes-a-new-year-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/ruth-smith-makes-a-new-year-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Smith makes a New Year resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Year Resolution<\/span>
 <\/span>

I vow not to waste my time on eBay.<\/span>
I will forgo the bale of twenty<\/span>
Egyptian Cotton towels, in various<\/span>
sizes, eschew all Jasperware<\/span>
and onyx , stifle my craving<\/span>
for  kitchenalia, especially teapots<\/span>
and, though it\u2019s hard, the satin underwear<\/span>
my husband neglects to buy.<\/span>
 <\/span>
Never again will I be known as <\/span>Guzzlepip<\/span>
or <\/span>Flickberry<\/span>  (my second string).<\/span>
Or be online, heart hammering<\/span>
at an auction\u2019s end. \u2018Congratulations<\/span>
you  won six stunning novelty eggcups.\u2019<\/span>
No more will I compose arresting<\/span>
phrases for a seller\u2019s delectation,<\/span>
something better than A++,<\/span>
Good comms! Brilliant! Superb!<\/span>
 <\/span>
In time my password will be defunct,<\/span>
my four hundred and thirty positive<\/span>
feedbacks read like a roll of honour<\/span>
my purchases upgrade to <\/span>antique<\/span> or <\/span>retro<\/span>
and who knows, when I have passed on,<\/span>
my children (<\/span>Missingpigs<\/span> and <\/span>Cybervortex<\/span>),<\/span>
will, as my executors, list and relist<\/span>
at prices I never bargained for.<\/span>
 <\/span>
 <\/span>
<\/font>* Ruth Smith <\/span>says
\n “I used to teach English but now spend my time travelling and writing
\npoems. I've had poems published here, there and not very often including, most recently, Magma<\/span> and Orbis<\/span>. Other work has appeared in anthologies including Entering The Tapestry<\/span> produced by The Poetry School.”<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Year Resolution I vow not to waste my time on eBay.I will forgo the bale of twentyEgyptian Cotton towels, in varioussizes, eschew all Jasperwareand onyx , stifle my cravingfor  kitchenalia, especially teapotsand, though it\u2019s hard, the satin underwearmy husband neglects to buy. Never again will I be known as Guzzlepipor Flickberry  (my second string).Or be online, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}