{"id":4359,"date":"2018-05-11T01:18:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T00:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2018-05-11T01:18:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T00:18:15","slug":"afloat-on-little-vixen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/afloat-on-little-vixen\/","title":{"rendered":"Afloat on Little Vixen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4360\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/afloat-on-little-vixen\/little-vixen-on-the-river-shannon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Little-Vixen-on-the-River-Shannon-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Little Vixen on the River Shannon... she is to be renamed &quot;Wyvern&quot;\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Little-Vixen-on-the-River-Shannon-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Little-Vixen-on-the-River-Shannon-332x443.jpeg 332w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Little-Vixen-on-the-River-Shannon.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little Vixen on the River Shannon&#8230; she is to be renamed &#8220;Wyvern&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rocking on the river<br \/>\nAs the speedboats hurried by<br \/>\nThe crowds of clouds raced cross<br \/>\nThe ever changing canvas sky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I lay there contented<br \/>\nOn my little boat&#8230;<br \/>\nNow a sailor according to himself&#8230;<br \/>\nWho calls himself a poet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocking on the river As the speedboats hurried by The crowds of clouds raced cross The ever changing canvas sky&#8230; I lay there contented On my little boat&#8230; Now a sailor according to himself&#8230; Who calls himself a poet!<\/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":[2290,4133],"tags":[3187,4135,442,4124,4134],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-killaloe","tag-boat","tag-little-vixen","tag-river-shannon","tag-sailing","tag-the-good-life","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-18j","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4419,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/year-of-graves-and-waves\/","url_meta":{"origin":4359,"position":0},"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":4120,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/shannon-silver-goddess-flow-to-sea\/","url_meta":{"origin":4359,"position":1},"title":"Shannon, Silver Goddess, Flow To Sea","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Shannon, silver goddess, flow to sea And life bring you with thee To the oceans loud and proud swell Thy waters come, as if from a well From which all of the midlands drinks Your waters pure, the midlands links With the seas wide expanse With whose waters yours joins\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nature&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Nature","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/nature-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"River Shannon at Portumna in Galway","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/River-Shannon-at-Portumna-in-Galway.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/River-Shannon-at-Portumna-in-Galway.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/River-Shannon-at-Portumna-in-Galway.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3114,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-longford-ark\/","url_meta":{"origin":4359,"position":2},"title":"The Longford Ark","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"5th November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.donedeal.ie\/windows-for-sale\/boat\/5856940 This is a real advertisement from Donedeal... inspired the doggerel verse below. 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