{"id":4754,"date":"2020-10-18T13:11:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T12:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4754"},"modified":"2020-10-18T13:13:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T12:13:49","slug":"the-plague-paths-are-fading-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-plague-paths-are-fading-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plague Paths are Fading Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4773\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/index.php\/the-plague-paths-are-fading-now\/plague-path\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4773\" src=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Plague-Path.jpg\" alt=\"Walking across lawns, pitches and along hedgegrows to avoid people, folk went where they normally never walked, due to COVID. This was to get excercise, get out, but not be at or to cause risk. The paths, and our patterns, are fading now.\" width=\"218\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking across lawns, pitches and along hedgegrows to avoid people, folk went where they normally never walked, due to COVID. This was to get excercise, get out, but not be at or to cause risk. The paths, and our patterns, are fading now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plague paths are fading now<br \/>\nThat were worn by feet<br \/>\nOf folk who sought to avoid<br \/>\nThe people that they would meet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We have gone back to our ways before&#8230;<br \/>\nNewly grown now the fresh dark green grass<br \/>\nWhere feet before beat a track for each<br \/>\nSo that close they would not pass&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Strange times, that are far from over,<br \/>\nNo matter how the plague paths fade&#8230;<br \/>\nWe live in hope, and hope to live<br \/>\nIn times when of plague we are not afraid.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: An Roinne Mh\u00f3r (Renmore), Co. Galway<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plague paths are fading now That were worn by feet Of folk who sought to avoid The people that they would meet&#8230; We have gone back to our ways before&#8230; Newly grown now the fresh dark green grass Where feet before beat a track for each So that close 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