{"id":974,"date":"2007-02-23T19:57:24","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T19:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=974"},"modified":"2007-02-23T19:57:24","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T19:57:24","slug":"two-new-poems-by-chris-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-new-poems-by-chris-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new poems by Chris Major"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Easter Sacrifice In 2007<\/span>
 <\/span>
I've given up writing long<\/span>
poems for Lent….<\/span>
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 <\/span>
– – – – – – – – – <\/span><\/span>
 <\/span>
 <\/span>
Hospice<\/span>
 <\/span>
Not at all what<\/span>
was expected:<\/span>
chintz and soft furnishings,<\/span>
shag muffling the<\/span>
med trolley's rattle.<\/span>
A flower-filled lounge<\/span>
where we sat and talked,<\/span>
stretched imagination<\/span>
to happier times,<\/span>
snagging on a game,<\/span>
a girl,<\/span>
a party,<\/span>
its recoil slapping<\/span>
you to silence<\/span>
and misty eyes.<\/span>
 <\/span>
Amongst magazines<\/span>
and figurines,<\/span>
carpets and cushions<\/span>
we could be anywhere,<\/span>
just the mundane text<\/span>
of ordinary lives,<\/span>
'til sunlight brushes<\/span>
the pleasant room,<\/span>
highlights your skin<\/span>
in yellow…….<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Easter Sacrifice In 2007 I've given up writing longpoems for Lent….  – – – – – – – – –   Hospice Not at all whatwas expected:chintz and soft furnishings,shag muffling themed trolley's rattle.A flower-filled loungewhere we sat and talked,stretched imaginationto happier times,snagging on a game,a girl,a party,its recoil slappingyou to silenceand misty eyes. Amongst magazinesand figurines,carpets and cushionswe […]<\/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-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","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=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}