{"id":4300,"date":"2018-02-24T22:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T22:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4300"},"modified":"2018-02-24T22:27:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T22:27:59","slug":"death-makes-its-cruel-presence-felt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/death-makes-its-cruel-presence-felt\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Makes Its Cruel Presence Felt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As death makes its cruel presence felt<br \/>\nWe talk as numb of those who have gone&#8230;<br \/>\nWe think of recent times now past&#8230;<br \/>\nPonder&#8230; Yet another one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>These caverns in the earth we dig<br \/>\nFor those we knew in which to sleep<br \/>\nWe see too many for too many now&#8230;<br \/>\nFour foot wide and six foot deep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>They are not dead,these now dead poets<br \/>\nThey are alive when their words are read&#8230;<br \/>\nWhen we remember fondly, stories tell<br \/>\nOf them who now are dead&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In our time we all will go&#8230;<br \/>\nBut why must some go before their time&#8230;<br \/>\nNo poets or philosophers have answered that yet&#8230;<br \/>\nWe file out of church neath ringing bells chime&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4301\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/death-makes-its-cruel-presence-felt\/received_10214340247434554\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4301\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/received_10214340247434554.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/received_10214340247434554.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/received_10214340247434554-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/received_10214340247434554-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/received_10214340247434554-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/received_10214340247434554-332x249.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camillus Boland RIP. Late of the Tullamore Rhymers&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/cpV0d_9_icw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As death makes its cruel presence felt We talk as numb of those who have gone&#8230; We think of recent times now past&#8230; Ponder&#8230; Yet another one&#8230; These caverns in the earth we dig For those we knew in which to sleep We see too many for too many now&#8230; &#8230;<\/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":[308],"tags":[4094,313,1901,365],"class_list":["post-4300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-camillus-boland","tag-obituary","tag-poet","tag-tullamore-rhymers","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-17m","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":383,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/busy-september-for-tullamore-rhymers\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":0},"title":"Busy September for Tullamore Rhymers","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th August 2014","format":"status","excerpt":"Its shaping up to be a busy Septemnber in 2014 for the Tullamore Rhymers Club, with Scene of the Rhyme on tonight, the Offaly Culture Night launch tomorrow at 3pm, the Camillus Boland Fundraiser Night after that at 8pm or so, and then a busy few weeks of which the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1489,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/giltraps-of-kinnitty-and-the-fureys-in-tullamore-filming-a-weekend-with-the-tullamore-rhymers-club\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":1},"title":"Giltraps of Kinnitty and The Fureys in Tullamore &#8211; Filming A Weekend with the Tullamore Rhymers Club","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As cameras panned out on the Tullamore Rhymers taking a bow after a reading for the opening of The Fureys in Tullamore, I reflected on an intense weekend as James Delaney collated material for a promotion video to be sent into Glastonbury for their spoken word section, and for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tullamore Rhymers - Taking a bow at The Fureys in Tullamore","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tullamore-Rhymers-Taking-a-bow-at-The-Fureys-in-Tullamore.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tullamore-Rhymers-Taking-a-bow-at-The-Fureys-in-Tullamore.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tullamore-Rhymers-Taking-a-bow-at-The-Fureys-in-Tullamore.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tullamore-Rhymers-Taking-a-bow-at-The-Fureys-in-Tullamore.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tullamore-Rhymers-Taking-a-bow-at-The-Fureys-in-Tullamore.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4419,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/year-of-graves-and-waves\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":2},"title":"Year of Graves and Waves","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"2018 was the year for graves and waves - we lost two members of the Tullamore Rhymers, and my little boat brought me from Killaloe to Lanesbo","rel":"","context":"In \"2018\"","block_context":{"text":"2018","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/tag\/2018\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Little Vixen on the River Shannon... she is to be renamed \"Wyvern\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Little-Vixen-on-the-River-Shannon.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1432,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/where-ever-i-leave-my-pen-is-my-creative-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":3},"title":"Where ever I leave my pen&#8230; is my  Creative Space","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"27th November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some people have an area to go to,where they have the time and the peace to write. 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