{"id":10122,"date":"2019-02-03T12:53:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T11:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=10122"},"modified":"2019-02-15T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T18:59:10","slug":"three-poems-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=10122","title":{"rendered":"Three Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Theme [    gathered<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\t    not gathered]<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<p>how you have lived in my house like an assassin <\/p>\n<p>as if hardly here<br \/>\nas if innocent of a blade<\/p>\n<p>I can only be one with a heart<br \/>\nonce you are gone you say<\/p>\n<p>don\u2019t let me down I reply I will never let you down<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h5>Shallow<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<p>I think I must be some kind of shallow girl<br \/>\nI can be pulled down in melancholy<br \/>\nsomething in me is fine anything<br \/>\nand forge briskly<\/p>\n<p>the dog is shallow too<br \/>\noh look here is something we will appreciate we say<br \/>\nit&#8217;s annoying to be shallow<br \/>\nbut what must it be to be an indifferent person?<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h5>Exorcism of the eye<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<p>Salt in the face,<br \/>\nHow do you put a lamb on blade,<br \/>\nAs you burn on burn,<br \/>\nHow do you go to sea-hog,<br \/>\nAs the army was going,<br \/>\nHow will the army go?<\/p>\n<p>I have plenty of rain,<br \/>\nI have a heather,<br \/>\nI have a fire on it,<br \/>\nI have plenty of sorrow,<br \/>\nI have strong strength,<br \/>\nI am very clear,<br \/>\nI have the strength of my cell,<br \/>\nI have the strength of my spear,<br \/>\nThe strength of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Thread on the top of the green,<br \/>\nOne third on the beaches,<br \/>\nShingle on the brine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Acknowledgements to A Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica II<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme [ gathered &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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