{"id":1751,"date":"2009-06-23T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2009-06-23T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T12:09:00","slug":"mandy-pannett-is-looking-at-the-leftovers-from-a-downpour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/mandy-pannett-is-looking-at-the-leftovers-from-a-downpour\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy Pannett is looking at the leftovers from a downpour"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEAVINGS<\/span>

Before the downpour and the flood, this stream was meant <\/span>
for sparrows as a spa. Now insects bubble <\/span>
in its yellow scum. <\/span>

Irresistible the side roads, like this mucky pocket-park<\/span>
where leaves of Merovingian gold still lurk <\/span>
like scratch-cards in the mud.  <\/span>

Silver foil\u2019s a metal dagger, trampled down between the roots, <\/span>
reds and blues of ice-cream wraps <\/span>
are banners in the grime. <\/span>

In one soft corner of the wood a plastic bag\u2019s a thin white owl, <\/span>
puddles flecked in shattered glass a small <\/span>
and sparkling green.    <\/span>


<\/font>* Mandy Pannett<\/span> is a<\/font> regular contributor to IS&T. She runs an arts cafe, supports local writing groups and
\nenjoys giving readings and running writing workshops.<\/font> <\/font>She has two
\npoetry collections from Oversteps Books \u2013 Bee Purple<\/span> and Frost Hollow<\/span>.<\/font>
<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEAVINGSBefore the downpour and the flood, this stream was meant for sparrows as a spa. Now insects bubble in its yellow scum. Irresistible the side roads, like this mucky pocket-parkwhere leaves of Merovingian gold still lurk like scratch-cards in the mud.  Silver foil\u2019s a metal dagger, trampled down between the roots, reds and blues of […]<\/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-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751","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=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}