{"id":2046,"date":"2015-07-10T01:43:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T01:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2015-07-10T01:47:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T01:47:51","slug":"written-beside-a-stone-to-paul-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/written-beside-a-stone-to-paul-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Written Beside a Stone to Paul Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Offices
Offices across the canal from Charlemont Street in Dublin. Photo Tomas O Carthaigh (c)2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The latest of the poems restored to the website, its from the “Dander in Dublin” series, from way back in 2010…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Opposite this stone he lived it says
\nOf him I have not read before
\nOpposite the canalbanks where I sit, but behind
\nOn hinge, was his hall door<\/p>\n

Beside the Canal at Charlemeont Street
\nNew offices shining stand
\nWhat contrast: the ruined economy of today
\nAnd the bright future that was planned.<\/p>\n

Wary I walked past the flats
\nBeside which I wished not to stop
\nBut for refreshment I had to
\nTo go into the open opposite shop.<\/p>\n

And past me a woman walks
\nWith a dalmatian dog on a lead
\nAnonymous and unknowing
\nThat a poet commits the deed<\/p>\n

About her writing, that she was there
\nAt the same time as I
\nWrite poetry on a park bench
\nAs she and her dog walk by…<\/p>\n

Such is life, but coincidence
\nAs by each other we pass
\nEach going about their day
\nWalking on pavement and grass…<\/p>\n

Perhaps in Birr or Tullamore
\nOr even in Banagher town
\nA plaque to me for writing might be placed
\nFor by vandals to be torn down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest of the poems restored to the website, its from the “Dander in Dublin” series, from way back in 2010… Opposite this stone he lived it says Of him I have not read before Opposite the canalbanks where I sit, but behind On hinge, was his hall door Beside …<\/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":[475],"tags":[2230,1028,2229,815,2231],"class_list":["post-2046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dander-in-dublin","tag-charlemont-street","tag-dublin","tag-paul-smith","tag-pondering-a-writers-legacy","tag-writers-legacy","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-x0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2381,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-muses-cafe\/","url_meta":{"origin":2046,"position":0},"title":"The Muses Caf\u00e9","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"16th October 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Easons on Dublins O' Connell Street has a Cafe called Muses... appropiate for a bookshop! 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