{"id":159,"date":"2011-02-06T10:28:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T10:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=159"},"modified":"2011-02-06T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T10:28:48","slug":"short-cuts-for-a-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/short-cuts-for-a-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Short cuts for a Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">A selection of three short pieces for you on a Sunday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Hourglass<\/span><\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">The glass drips with sand<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Continuously<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Time wasted<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Time spent<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">* Paula Jordan<\/span> says &#8220;I hail from Dublin, Ireland. I love tea and chocolate digestives. My motto in life always laugh when you can as it\u2019s the best medicine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold;\" size=\"2\">* * * * * <\/font><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/div>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br \/><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-weight: bold;\">STUCK ON A MEMORY<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Dying now&#8230;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Smiling&#8230;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Remembering<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">the first time<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">you saw your wife<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">naked&#8230;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">pricking her with a red rose.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br \/><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">* Stephen Jarrell Williams<\/span> has been called &#39;The Poet of Doom&#39;. He says &#8220;I&#39;m glad we&#39;re done with 2010. This year will be better. (I&#39;m trying to be optimistic.)&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">* * * * * <\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><br \/><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">windswept in woolly hats<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">on Abergele beach<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">day-tripper poets<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">* Maureen Weldon<\/span> was recently walking on Abergele beach, windy but delightful.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"> After some hard work she has just had some forty poems accepted for <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Sons of Camus Journal 2011<\/span>. Her latest collection <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Breakfast At Kilumney<\/span> published by Poetry Monthly Press has almost sold out.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of three short pieces for you on a Sunday morning&#8230; The Hourglass&nbsp;The glass drips with sandContinuouslyTime wastedTime spent * Paula Jordan says &#8220;I hail from Dublin, Ireland. I love tea and chocolate digestives. 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