{"id":502,"date":"2012-06-06T16:16:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T16:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2014-09-06T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T16:18:47","slug":"the-fields-of-vojvodina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-fields-of-vojvodina\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fields of Vojvodina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-310\" title=\"Vojvodina\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Vojvodina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"120\" \/>The fields of\u00a0Vojvodina are as flat as the world is round<br \/>\nA fairer land bar Ireland is rarer to be found&#8230;<br \/>\nBy a tapestry of all the people of the area this land is blessed<br \/>\nAnd its borders by the blue Danube itself is caressed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A tinderbox under bad leaders, waiting to explode<br \/>\nAll peaceful now&#8230; but quickly can go the other road<br \/>\nHopefully all will learn a lesson from the years before<br \/>\nAnd let the politics of hatred not make these lands land of bloodshed any more<\/p>\n<p>Look with love to your brother, though your faith and tongue are not the same,<br \/>\nLook for the solution to the fault, not for someone to blame,<br \/>\nToo many have grieved for their lost, their dead&#8230;<br \/>\nMy god guide you and keep you in these troubled times ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fields of\u00a0Vojvodina are as flat as the world is round A fairer land bar Ireland is rarer to be found&#8230; By a tapestry of all the people of the area this land is blessed And its borders by the blue Danube itself is caressed&#8230; A tinderbox under bad leaders, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[205,453],"tags":[409,740,2355,739,738,741],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-serbia","category-yugoslav-wars","tag-balkans","tag-pannonia","tag-serbia","tag-travels-in-the-balkans","tag-vojvodina","tag-vrsac","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-86","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1839,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-fall-of-the-germans-of-vrsac\/","url_meta":{"origin":502,"position":0},"title":"The Fall of the Germans of Vrsac","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2RENHWS1diY The Banat Germans dispapperaered after WWII. 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