{"id":4704,"date":"2020-06-15T01:50:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T00:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2020-06-14T02:13:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T01:13:47","slug":"revelations-on-a-limerick-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/revelations-on-a-limerick-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Revelations on a Limerick Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10215655396392456%26set%3Da.2707199753705%26type%3D3&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"641\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brown grey, the streets meander<br \/>\nOver waters seeking sea<br \/>\nI walking, amble aimless<br \/>\nAs if anywhere else to be<br \/>\nWould be as good<br \/>\nIn that moment<br \/>\nIn that place I realized<br \/>\nIts where you are in your heart and head that matters<br \/>\nMore sprightly now, being surprised<br \/>\nI walked on, up a narrow backstreet<br \/>\nFor no reason, just on a whim<br \/>\nI walked streets on a dat that now seemed more pleasant<br \/>\nThat to that moment appeared a little grim.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4705\" style=\"width: 949px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/?attachment_id=4705\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Quays-at-Limerick.jpg\" alt=\"The Quays at Limerick\" width=\"949\" height=\"255\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Quays-at-Limerick.jpg 949w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Quays-at-Limerick-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Quays-at-Limerick-768x206.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Quays-at-Limerick-700x188.jpg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Quays-at-Limerick-332x89.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Quays at Limerick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown grey, the streets meander Over waters seeking sea I walking, amble aimless As if anywhere else to be Would be as good In that moment In that place I realized Its where you are in your heart and head that matters More sprightly now, being surprised I walked on, &#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":[7,4299],"tags":[1154,4298,4297,65,4296],"class_list":["post-4704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-mental-health","tag-depression","tag-inner-peace","tag-its-ok-not-to-be-ok","tag-life-2","tag-peace-of-mind","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1dS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4627,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/future-english-king-on-galways-streets\/","url_meta":{"origin":4704,"position":0},"title":"Future English King on Galway&#8217;s Streets","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th March 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The royal visit to Galway brought mixed feelings - 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