{"id":3171,"date":"2016-09-24T01:05:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T00:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2016-09-24T01:05:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T00:05:44","slug":"this-could-be-ireland-through-which-im-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/this-could-be-ireland-through-which-im-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"This Could Be Ireland Through Which Im Passing"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a train journey from Macedonia into Serbia back in 2010, at the border crossing we entered the Presevo Valley. Reflecting on the Albanian wars in the region, I wrote this Haiku sequence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Low mountains, green fields:
\nThis, it could be Ireland
\nThrough which I am passing.<\/p>\n

Children herding cows:
\nThis, it could be Ireland
\nThrough which I am passing.<\/p>\n

Hatred from religion:
\nThis, it could be Ireland
\nThrough which I am passing.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>
View from a Train Carraige of the Presevo Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a train journey from Macedonia into Serbia back in 2010, at the border crossing we entered the Presevo Valley. Reflecting on the Albanian wars in the region, I wrote this Haiku sequence. Low mountains, green fields: This, it could be Ireland Through which I am passing. Children herding cows: …<\/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":[82,83,205],"tags":[3227,1082,3226,3230,2355,3229,3228],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-balkan-odyssey","category-macedonia","category-serbia","tag-albanians","tag-presevo","tag-presevo-valley","tag-railway","tag-serbia","tag-train","tag-train-journey","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-P9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/old-soviet-trains-in-macedonia\/","url_meta":{"origin":3171,"position":0},"title":"Old Soviet Trains in Macedonia","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th August 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Before only seen on the television While watching James Bond on TV Now the English speaking stranger Is no secret agent, far less glamorous, it is me\u2026 In this land that is modernising fast Little of the soviet time remains\u2026 But a remnant still working of the former days Are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Balkan Odyssey"","block_context":{"text":"Balkan Odyssey","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/travel-poems\/balkan-odyssey\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":502,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-fields-of-vojvodina\/","url_meta":{"origin":3171,"position":1},"title":"The Fields of Vojvodina","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th June 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The fields of\u00a0Vojvodina are as flat as the world is round A fairer land bar Ireland is rarer to be found... 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