{"id":2425,"date":"2015-11-23T00:05:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T00:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2015-11-23T00:06:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T00:06:46","slug":"every-book-has-its-last-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/every-book-has-its-last-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Book Has Its Last Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Dedicated to the memory of the late writer, artist and musician Ingrid Andrew&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Every book has its last page<br \/>\nWhen turned, signifies the end<br \/>\nSuch is life, and its many chapters<br \/>\nWe turn the last page on our friend<br \/>\nBut life, unlike a look, its length we know not<br \/>\nWhen finished ask in surprise, is that it?<br \/>\nBe sure to read each chapter and page, each line<br \/>\nMiss not the tears, the tales, worry and wit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2426\" style=\"width: 944px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ingrid-Andrew-RIP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ingrid-Andrew-RIP.jpg\" alt=\"The late Ingrid Andrew. We published her verse &quot;They Are Tearing Down the Mountains&quot; in Cartys Poetry Journal a few years aback along with some artwork, if I remember correct... always sad to hear of someones passing, but heartning to see the tributes on their wall...\" width=\"944\" height=\"293\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ingrid-Andrew-RIP.jpg 944w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ingrid-Andrew-RIP-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The late Ingrid Andrew. We published her verse &#8220;They Are Tearing Down the Mountains&#8221; in Cartys Poetry Journal a few years aback along with some artwork, if I remember correct&#8230; always sad to hear of someones passing, but heartening to see the tributes on their wall&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cartyspoetryjournal.com\/Past_Issues\/2010-02\/CPJ---Feb_2010.pdf\">Cartys Poetry Journal, Feb 2010, &#8220;They Are Tearing Down the Mountains&#8221; (PDF)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ingridandrew.wordpress.com\/\">WordPress website<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dedicated to the memory of the late writer, artist and musician Ingrid Andrew&#8230; Every book has its last page When turned, signifies the end Such is life, and its many chapters We turn the last page on our friend But life, unlike a look, its length we know not When &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[308,233],"tags":[2011,2544,2543,313],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","category-writers","tag-artist","tag-cartys-poetry-journal","tag-ingrid-andrew","tag-obituary","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-D7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2191,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/double-dutch-and-gaelic-at-tin-jug-reading-in-birr-and-portrait-of-the-poet-as-a-not-young-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":2425,"position":0},"title":"Double Dutch and Gaelic at Tin Jug Reading in Birr and Portrait of the Poet as a Not Young Man","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th August 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It is not often you get to listen to verse in both Dutch and Gaelic, and the Fannings poetry night in The Tin Jug gallery in Birr as part of Vintage Week was priceless, to an intimate, captive, and participative audience. 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