{"id":2899,"date":"2012-07-27T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2012-07-22T14:12:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T14:12:45","slug":"ann-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/ann-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If present trends continue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientists believe, predict, that if and should,<br \/>\nwe\u2019ll all be &#8211; that\u2019s a proven fact.<br \/>\nScientists assert (and to a man,<br \/>\nor possibly a woman) even if, or when,<br \/>\nor by some chance, Black Swan Event, a blip,<br \/>\nan unforeseen, a bolt from out of &#8211;<br \/>\nit <em>will<\/em> all be so. No doubt about it,<br \/>\nAfter 2050 it will <em>all<\/em> be, and if not<br \/>\nbecause it\u2019s now too late, too soon;<br \/>\n(and in a year or three or when<br \/>\ngrandchildren have grown, or if or why),<br \/>\nThe figures show, the graphs foretell,<br \/>\nthe data proves, the maths add up,<br \/>\nthe tests reveal, computer models demonstrate<br \/>\nbeyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt,<br \/>\na poem <em>will<\/em> be written, even though<br \/>\n(if present trends continue)<br \/>\nno-one will be left on earth to read it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ann Alexander<\/strong> lives in Cornwall but spent many years in London as an advertising copywriter. \u00a0She has three collections:<em>Facing Demons <\/em>(2002) <em>Nasty, British &amp; Short (2006) <\/em>from Peterloo, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wardwoodpublishing.co.uk\/titles-poetry-aa-tc.htmhttp:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Too Close<\/em><em> <\/em><\/a>from Ward Wood (2011).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; If present trends continue Scientists believe, predict, that if and should, we\u2019ll all be &#8211; that\u2019s a proven fact. Scientists assert (and to a man, or possibly a woman) even if, or when, or by some chance, Black Swan Event, a blip, an unforeseen, a bolt from out of &#8211; it will all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899","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=2899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2901,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions\/2901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}