{"id":3809,"date":"2013-01-02T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2020-12-14T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:16:18","slug":"the-ninth-day-of-christmas-paul-sands-james-naiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/the-ninth-day-of-christmas-paul-sands-james-naiden\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ninth Day of Christmas: Paul Sands, James Naiden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many A Hog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>this twenty twelve<br \/>\nhas not ended quietly<\/p>\n<p>see dandelions of every hue<br \/>\nroar its surrender<br \/>\nand lanterns of hope carry prayers<br \/>\nto their oblivion<\/p>\n<p>while ill attired and worse tempered<br \/>\nthe <em>Wife Beaters<\/em> consorts<br \/>\nsurge clanging and clattering<br \/>\nthrough a wide awake slumber,<\/p>\n<p>where the revellers whoop and greet,<br \/>\nthough behind the curtains of the lonely<br \/>\nthere is weeping<\/p>\n<p>and I cannot sleep<br \/>\nfor fear of forgetting<br \/>\nyet I dare not write<br \/>\nfor fear<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Sands<\/strong> was born in 1962 and spent his formative years close to the River Trent in Nottingham. He began writing in 2010 and recently self-published his first collection of poetry,\u201d ego\u2026ergo\u201d. He is currently compiling a follow-up collection. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkmix.com\/\">http:\/\/www.yorkmix.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>December Brings the Holidays<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, I mean the Christmas holidays,<br \/>\nAlthough termed otherwise by others \u2013<br \/>\nJews, Muslims, non-believers. Who says,<br \/>\nThen, it doesn\u2019t matter what bothers<br \/>\nUs, such enjambing thoughts above the waist,<br \/>\nOnly in the head \u2013 one\u2019s brain \u2013 where denial<br \/>\nLurks as a ghost, other people\u2019s bright haste,<br \/>\nBut we need to adore, without trial,<br \/>\nA world beyond our constant fighting,<br \/>\nElections meant to calm but do not \u2013<br \/>\nJust look a century ago, the fling<br \/>\nWith Roosevelt and Asquith, quite unsought.<br \/>\nWill Obama, Cameron, Merkel ring<br \/>\nCheer in or out? Will they smile? Will they sing?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Naiden<\/strong> was Born 1943, American, currently in Minneapolis, MN.\u00a0 His most recent book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1462613225\/ref=nosim?tag=inswte0f-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Chafings of Mortals<\/em><\/a>, a novel was published\u00a0December 2011.\u00a0 He is a regular reviewer for IS&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many A Hog &nbsp; this twenty twelve has not ended quietly see dandelions of every hue roar its surrender and lanterns of hope carry prayers to their oblivion while ill attired and worse tempered the Wife Beaters consorts surge clanging and clattering through a wide awake slumber, where the revellers whoop and greet, though behind [&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":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twelve-days-of-christmas-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809","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=3809"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23936,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809\/revisions\/23936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}