{"id":1684,"date":"2015-05-08T02:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2015-05-08T02:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:25:58","slug":"a-future-vision-when-no-future-we-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-future-vision-when-no-future-we-see\/","title":{"rendered":"A Future Vision When No Future We See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Future Vision When No Future We See\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nbrlHcTVW9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Old Folks parties will be great craic when we are of age!!! Geriatric ravers&#8230; what can possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1690\" style=\"width: 1226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver.jpg\" alt=\"This Japanese woman was a well known raver. We are trying to find the article on her...\" width=\"1226\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Granny-is-a-Raver-1024x411.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Japanese woman was a well known raver. We are trying to find the article on her&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A youth, ranks of alcoholics<br \/>\nTomorrows aged, will enjoy recreational narcotics<br \/>\nIf today&#8217;s youth tomorrows aged will be<br \/>\nWhat kind of world will I live to see?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1692\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Crazy-Raver.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Crazy-Raver.gif\" alt=\"When the rush comes...\" width=\"411\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the rush comes&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Granny&#8217;s dislocating hips<br \/>\nDancing to trance music on cruise ships<br \/>\nGetting down and dirty with the crew<br \/>\nOh, what with them will we do?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1694\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude-Tripping.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude-Tripping.gif\" alt=\"Rave Dude Tripping\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rave Dude Tripping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oh, no future can I see at all<br \/>\nBack to the monkey we will fall<br \/>\nBut if that regress we do<br \/>\nWell enjoy the fun of life too!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Rave-Dude.gif\" alt=\"Rave Dude\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And maybe our grandchildren will rebel<br \/>\nBy preaching to us of repentance and tell<br \/>\nAnd well shake our grey heads, and hold out little hope<br \/>\nSaying the world with the youth is on a downward slope!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Folks parties will be great craic when we are of age!!! Geriatric ravers&#8230; what can possibly go wrong? A youth, ranks of alcoholics Tomorrows aged, will enjoy recreational narcotics If today&#8217;s youth tomorrows aged will be What kind of world will I live to see? Granny&#8217;s dislocating hips &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,376,54,7],"tags":[1838,93,1837,1841,1840,1836,1842,1839,1761],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-funny-poems-18","category-ireland","category-life","tag-aged","tag-funny-poem","tag-getting-old","tag-old-people","tag-party","tag-poem-on-aging","tag-positive-outlook","tag-raving","tag-secret-sounds","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ra","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1929,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-pope-rides-to-longford-raving-to-leftfield-becoming-a-blacksmith-at-body-and-soul\/","url_meta":{"origin":1684,"position":0},"title":"The Pope Rides to Longford, Raving to Leftfield, Becoming a Blacksmith at Body and Soul","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"22nd June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Even by my standards, that's quite a title, and takes some explanation of the Body and Soul experience this year... where I read as part of the Tullamore Rhymers, also taking part in The Circle Sessions in the grounds of the Walled Garden Situated in a place beyond Delvin, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Richard Brennan, Thomas Carty (Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh) and Cormac Lally take the stage at Body and Soul in the Bulmers Lounge","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tullamore-Rhymers-take-the-stage-at-the-Bulmers-Lounge-in-Body-and-Soul.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tullamore-Rhymers-take-the-stage-at-the-Bulmers-Lounge-in-Body-and-Soul.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tullamore-Rhymers-take-the-stage-at-the-Bulmers-Lounge-in-Body-and-Soul.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tullamore-Rhymers-take-the-stage-at-the-Bulmers-Lounge-in-Body-and-Soul.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3083,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/salmon-fisherman-in-river-corrib\/","url_meta":{"origin":1684,"position":1},"title":"Salmon Fisherman in River Corrib","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"5th August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"On taking a picture of salmon fishers at the Salmon Wier in the Corrib a few days ago, I thought of Yeats poem \"The Fisherman\"... and thought to write one for the fisherman of the modern age. 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