{"id":3220,"date":"2012-09-29T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2012-09-29T12:13:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T12:13:53","slug":"james-oates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/james-oates\/","title":{"rendered":"James Oates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Brigflatts (6-6-10)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Braggadocio !<\/p>\n<p>not here my friend<br \/>\nno fools call to higher powers<br \/>\nno rant, save for the<br \/>\npique-ish bulls<br \/>\nwho care not for silent prayer<br \/>\nnor Rawthey,<br \/>\nmixing lap and rush<br \/>\nto song-thrush backdrop,<br \/>\nnor hen, inquisitive in front<br \/>\nof camera,<br \/>\nnor Bruce scratching into sized paper<br \/>\nall fever and forgetfulness.<\/p>\n<p>poets at the grave of poet<br \/>\nfind words curious, alien,<br \/>\nno narrative to mind so<br \/>\ndigitise source material;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>eroding headstone<\/li>\n<li>two mowed pathways<\/li>\n<li>unkempt grass<\/li>\n<li>half-burnt clothes-horse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>talk of disrespect<br \/>\ndisrespectful<\/p>\n<p>talk of simplicity<br \/>\nsuperfluous.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Oates<\/strong> is a seasoned performer on the North East and Edinburgh poetry scene, winning the Solo section of the first Team Slam in Edinburgh and Semi-Finalist in the 2009 Radio 4 Slam Poetry Contest. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/0955402727\/ref=nosim?tag=inswte0f-21\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wideyback<\/em> <\/a>was published by Red Squirrel Press\u00a0 in 2007. You can find James\u2019s work on <a href=\"http:\/\/seahampoet.blogspot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">seahampoet.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At Brigflatts (6-6-10) Braggadocio ! not here my friend no fools call to higher powers no rant, save for the pique-ish bulls who care not for silent prayer nor Rawthey, mixing lap and rush to song-thrush backdrop, nor hen, inquisitive in front of camera, nor Bruce scratching into sized paper all fever and forgetfulness. [&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-3220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220","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=3220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}