{"id":4315,"date":"2018-03-10T13:33:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2018-03-10T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T13:33:45","slug":"musings-before-the-save-the-eight-rally-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/musings-before-the-save-the-eight-rally-in-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings Before the Save the Eight Rally in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4316\" style=\"width: 142px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/musings-before-the-save-the-eight-rally-in-dublin\/the-writers-museum-in-dublin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Writers-Museum-in-Dublin-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Writers Museum in Dublin\" width=\"142\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Writers-Museum-in-Dublin-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Writers-Museum-in-Dublin-332x590.jpg 332w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Writers-Museum-in-Dublin.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Writers Museum in Dublin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Writers Ireland&#8217;s spirit caught<br \/>\nWeb of words in which they sought<br \/>\nThe Ireland in their eyes that aught<br \/>\nContemporaneously exist.<\/p>\n<p>Some said the Ireland of the day<br \/>\nWas decadent and lost its way<br \/>\nMoral and ethical decay<br \/>\nLost in a swirling mist.<\/p>\n<p>Other stated Ireland was oppressed<br \/>\nBy church to which sins were confessed<br \/>\nOf times when with others undressed<br \/>\nA most natural unsinful thing.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland today still wrangles identity<br \/>\nSome think us too liberal like me<br \/>\nMore think we without restraints should be<br \/>\nSo in pain in words we sing.<\/p>\n<p>The eternal song of the writers chant<br \/>\nIn rhyming and in free verse cant<br \/>\nIn which common sense if often scant<br \/>\nOur words the idle readers read..<\/p>\n<p>The tides at shore ebb and flow<br \/>\nIn and out in turn they go&#8230;<br \/>\nWhich writers are right we will never know&#8230;<br \/>\nThe debate we will not concede!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers Ireland&#8217;s spirit caught Web of words in which they sought The Ireland in their eyes that aught Contemporaneously exist. Some said the Ireland of the day Was decadent and lost its way Moral and ethical decay Lost in a swirling mist. Other stated Ireland was oppressed By church to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[234,475,446,233,3],"tags":[4103,2357,539,4106,4104,3693,4102,3692,4105,3706,4107,4108],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-dander-in-dublin","category-moral","category-writers","category-writing","tag-2018-abortion-referendum","tag-abortion","tag-abortion-in-ireland","tag-morality-debate","tag-repeal","tag-repealthe8th","tag-save8rally","tag-savethe8th","tag-the-8th-amendment","tag-writers","tag-writers-stance-on-abortion","tag-writers-stance-on-morality","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-17B","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3571,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-enchanted-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":4315,"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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