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\"Moravian<\/a>
Moravian Church in Belfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baby’s birth remembered:
\nThe snow falls on the ground.
\nLights are lit: bells peal,
\nI listen to the sound.<\/p>\n

Belfast of the Churches
\nOf the Papishers, and the Prod
\nThey hate each other to show their love
\nOf a bemused common God.<\/p>\n

Among it all, approaching walks
\nA woman a Burka wears
\nA common enemy for both to hate:
\nThe taxi driver swears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baby’s birth remembered: The snow falls on the ground. Lights are lit: bells peal, I listen to the sound. Belfast of the Churches Of the Papishers, and the Prod They hate each other to show their love Of a bemused common God. Among it all, approaching walks A woman a …<\/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":[54,20,102,56,81],"tags":[319,1630,2350,1631,2098,3928,4046],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-irelands-wars","category-islam","category-racism-in-ireland","category-travel-poems","tag-belfast","tag-catholic","tag-islam","tag-protestant","tag-racism","tag-sectarianism","tag-taxi-driver","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-15M","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":205,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/willie-rimes-goes-to-belfast-to-protest-at-the-parades\/","url_meta":{"origin":4202,"position":0},"title":"Willie Rimes Goes to Belfast to Protest at the Parades","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"19th July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Willie Rimes is just back from Belfast, his eyes both black and blue His nose is broken, the whites of his eyes a reddish hue His left arm is in a sling, he is walking slow with a limp He's grand according to himself, not wanting to sound a wimp...\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Funny Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Funny Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/funny-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Orange Order protest in Belfast","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Orange-Order-protest-in-Belfast.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Orange-Order-protest-in-Belfast.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Orange-Order-protest-in-Belfast.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Orange-Order-protest-in-Belfast.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Orange-Order-protest-in-Belfast.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3125,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-fourth-funnel\/","url_meta":{"origin":4202,"position":1},"title":"The Fourth Funnel","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Proud men of Belfast built her Rivets driven blow by blow Built with inner savage pride Workers today seldom know... 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