{"id":4272,"date":"2018-02-02T22:58:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T22:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2018-02-07T23:41:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T23:41:26","slug":"elegy-for-a-poet-i-once-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/elegy-for-a-poet-i-once-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"Elegy for a Poet I Once Knew"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Paul<\/a>
Paul Curran at the Scene of the Rhyme at F15 Festival in Tullamore in 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alas,\u00a0 I learned of the passing of a poet Paul Curran I shared a stage with often at Scene of the Rhyme<\/em> and other events. I didn’t know him well, but enjoyed his works, and found him a pleasant down to earth person.<\/p>\n

He was part of the A-musing arts collective among others, and appeared and enjoyed festivals and arts events across the country. A loss to all and the Irish arts scene. RIP.<\/p>\n

Here is one of my favourite verses of his: “Four”<\/a>… I hope he met his friend wherever they both are now…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nothing travels faster than bad news…
\nEven more so in this modern age:
\nAlas I read of another death
\nOf one with whom I once shared the stage<\/p>\n

But, so young, best days to come
\nDays that were never to be
\nWe know not the day or hour
\nWe face our mortality.<\/p>\n

Memories left, times shared
\nWe didn’t know each other well
\nStories I shall in old age
\nOf him, his verse, to others tell.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Kavanagh , Frost
\nAll met death as all must do…
\nBut they did in proper time
\nUnlike him that I once knew…<\/p>\n

He passed at the age of Burns,
\nIf he was that age at all
\nA Super Moon fills the night sky
\nA gentle drizzle outside does fall.<\/p>\n

We don’t know when we paper take
\nWill these be last words we write
\nI remember a poet who went to soon
\nIn the gloomy shadows of the passing night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alas,\u00a0 I learned of the passing of a poet Paul Curran I shared a stage with often at Scene of the Rhyme and other events. I didn’t know him well, but enjoyed his works, and found him a pleasant down to earth person. 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