{"id":3479,"date":"2017-01-11T07:43:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T07:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2017-01-11T07:43:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T07:43:19","slug":"i-have-seen-both-sides-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/i-have-seen-both-sides-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Seen Both Sides of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a child in Banagher – I never did make it in the soccer world!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another of my reflective poems, as I look back on life, more serious than “Once Upon a Time in Ballinasloe<\/a>“<\/u>: more along the lines of “Portrait of the Poet as a Not So Young Man<\/a>“<\/u>… these poems get easier to write as we get older!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have seen both sides of life
\nI saw youth in now distant days
\nNow into mid life I settle
\nMy hair a thousand whites and greys.<\/p>\n

I saw in youth good health
\nOthers ailing I could not understand
\nUnsure were they feigning or was it real
\nStill, bemused, Id lend a hand.<\/p>\n

Now I am the one who gets up stiff
\nCrippled every so often with back pains
\nOld age, early arrived and long to stay
\nWhere only the memories of litheness remains.<\/p>\n

I write tonight melancholic verse
\nIn these verses of retrospection
\nThoughts that cross the mind like never before
\nLife’s meaning and such reflection.<\/p>\n

It begins now they say is true
\nFor you take life as fate does give
\nMake the most of it, appreciate it
\nSo you truly start to live.<\/p>\n

I have seen both sides of life
\nIs there a third left to come?
\nI lay down my pen and set to sleep
\nDust of my lap each crumb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another of my reflective poems, as I look back on life, more serious than “Once Upon a Time in Ballinasloe“: more along the lines of “Portrait of the Poet as a Not So Young Man“… these poems get easier to write as we get older! I have seen both sides …<\/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":[7],"tags":[10,3439,3437,3436,3438],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-aging","tag-life-begins-at-forty","tag-life-reflection","tag-melancholy-verse","tag-memoir","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-U7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4581,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/christmas-reflection-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":3479,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Reflection 2019","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th December 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"What does He who died for us In his heart Sacred feel As we tell our kids that there is no God But Santa Claus is real?","rel":"","context":"In "Christmas Poetry"","block_context":{"text":"Christmas Poetry","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/christmas-poetry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rubens Adoration of the Magi (1609-1629) Photo: Wikimedia Commons","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Adoration-of-the-Magi-by-Reubens-from-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Adoration-of-the-Magi-by-Reubens-from-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Adoration-of-the-Magi-by-Reubens-from-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Adoration-of-the-Magi-by-Reubens-from-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3677,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/long-walk-in-edenmore-bog\/","url_meta":{"origin":3479,"position":1},"title":"Long Walk in Edenmore Bog","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"21st April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Walking the bog in Longford brought this reflection on life to mind - a rare nonrhyming poem from me! 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