{"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"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_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-17B","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4320,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/no-difference-between-us-save8rally-in-dublin-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":4315,"position":0},"title":"No Difference Between Us &#8211; Save8Rally in Dublin &#8211; Blog","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/t.co\/WgE4tXPaoG\u2014 Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh (@tomasocarthaigh) March 10, 2018 \"Theres no difference between us\" said a Protestant from Donegal, who while chatting to a man next to me confessed the only other political demonstration he was at in his life was the local annual Orange Walk. 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