{"id":392,"date":"2014-05-22T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T10:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2014-08-29T10:13:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T10:13:22","slug":"libraries-burned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/libraries-burned\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries Burned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDevoured by flame, hopes and dreams,<\/span>
Not destroyed, no, but delayed<\/span>
As if an old man died, the library burned<\/span>
Phoenixlike it will be made<\/span>
In time rise from the ashes there<\/span>
Where brittle burned paper blows in the breeze<\/span>
Smokes smell hangs putrid in the air<\/span>
Where the air is blocked by trees<\/span>
That wont allow the chimneys to draw,<\/span>
When in the grate was the fire\u2026<\/span>
Yet by horrid twist of cruel fate,<\/span>
When the house ablaze, drove the flames higher…<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Devoured by flame, hopes and dreams,Not destroyed, no, but delayedAs if an old man died, the library burnedPhoenixlike it will be madeIn time rise from the ashes thereWhere brittle burned paper blows in the breezeSmokes smell hangs putrid in the airWhere the air is blocked by treesThat wont allow the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[620,619,618],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-biography","tag-fire","tag-library","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-6k","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3571,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-enchanted-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":392,"position":0},"title":"The Enchanted Library","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The dead do not talk Silent: lips sealed, unspeaking Conversation ended. 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Theories, expressions of a time Offended a powerful few They too offered Sparks of knowledge to the air As pyres are known to do\u2026 Collections\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Folklore and Legend"","block_context":{"text":"Folklore and Legend","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/folklore-and-legend\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Old-Couple-by-Fireside-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Old-Couple-by-Fireside-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Old-Couple-by-Fireside-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3365,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/under-the-fading-lamp-second-issue-published-in-print-and-as-a-pdf-file-launched-online-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":392,"position":2},"title":"“Under the Fading Lamp” Second Issue published in print – and as a PDF file launched online today","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th July 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The second issue of the chapbook \"Under the Fading Lamp\" was recently launched in Tullamore Library. 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