{"id":1133,"date":"2024-02-26T17:09:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johntownshend.com\/wordpress\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2024-02-26T17:09:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:09:10","slug":"idiosyncratic-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/idiosyncratic-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiosyncratic Imagery (work in progress)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One final drink together under the placid moon<br>You died in my arms that night next to the still lake<br>Soon after the carefree clouds gathered below the heavens<br>Above strands of grass, willow trees and fallen flower petals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farewell my friend, I will take the advice of many fine poets<br>And become a lonesome traveller on winter&#8217;s everlasting road<br>I&#8217;ll walk up the hills away from my ancestral hometown<br>Missing the bonds forged when I found you crying in the boudoir <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Travelling across seas I feel a meloncholy motion rock me to sleep<br>This boat sailing north amid the dramatic snowfall<br>The wild geese flying above send me messages of home<br>Lost in a bubble in the night sky I awaken from this dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So then, awake I find you, my friend, alive and well<br>My joy ploclaimed at length from atop the ancient fortress<br>Fate builds and abandons me as I reflect above the motionless lake<br>With you by my side, my love, near the city of spring<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One final drink together under the placid moonYou died in my arms that night next to the still lakeSoon after the carefree clouds gathered below the heavensAbove strands of grass, willow trees and fallen flower petals Farewell my friend, I will take the advice of many fine poetsAnd become a lonesome traveller on winter&#8217;s everlasting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/idiosyncratic-imagery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Idiosyncratic Imagery (work in progress)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}