{"id":20381,"date":"2019-11-08T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=20381"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:50:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:50:24","slug":"peter-daniels-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/peter-daniels-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Daniels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moments of Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ultrafuturistic train glides in, and the station<br \/>\ncrystallises round it, sparkling marble and sky blue daylight.<\/p>\n<p>We glide out, the track beneath us imperceptibly smooth.<br \/>\nEngland is becoming Tuscany by stealth.<\/p>\n<p>The cities opening their windows, the values<br \/>\nevident and shining; we are renewed, resettled.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not all you can do here, gaze at views.<br \/>\nThe nightlife! The bars and caf\u00e9s! Come again at twilight!<\/p>\n<p>The local satisfactions, the nuggets of flavour, pools of joy.<br \/>\nNot for nothing the world\u2019s most intelligent toilet.<\/p>\n<p>Knaves are made emperors, the aces higher<br \/>\nthan the angels. Virtue as enticing as adultery.<\/p>\n<p>As you squeeze the toothpaste at bedtime,<br \/>\nyou can\u2019t fault this day on vision, heart or utility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Daniels<\/strong> has now had his third collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/products\/my-tin-watermelon-9781784632090\"><em>My Tin Watermelon<\/em><\/a>, published by Salt.\u00a0 He has also translated Russian poetry and written obscene poems. Website:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterdaniels.org.uk\/\">www.peterdaniels.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Moments of Vision The ultrafuturistic train glides in, and the station crystallises round it, sparkling marble and sky blue daylight. We glide out, the track beneath us imperceptibly smooth. England is becoming Tuscany by stealth. The cities opening their windows, the values evident and shining; we are renewed, resettled. But it&#8217;s not [&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":[138,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2019-poetry-picks","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381","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=20381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20472,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381\/revisions\/20472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}