{"id":5234,"date":"2000-12-13T19:40:31","date_gmt":"2000-12-13T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2023-12-13T19:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:49:53","slug":"roses-lamented-long-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/roses-lamented-long-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Roses Lamented Long Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5235\" style=\"width: 1804px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/roses-lamented-long-gone\/roses-lamented-long-gone\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5235\" src=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone.jpg\" alt=\"Roses Lamented Long Gone\" width=\"1804\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone.jpg 1804w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone-1024x233.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone-768x175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone-1536x349.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone-700x159.jpg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Roses-Lamented-Long-Gone-332x75.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1804px) 100vw, 1804px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roses Lamented Long Gone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>The issue of housing developed in an area where traditions such as Orange Walks are objectionable to the new residents is something that is still being worked on in the North of Ireland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The old woman looks upon the houses<br \/>\nWhere roses grew before<br \/>\nNow the screams of playing children<br \/>\nWhere the roses grow no more<br \/>\nAs they did in former times<br \/>\nWhen folk marched up to Drumcree<br \/>\nWithout objection for no folk lived<br \/>\nWhere now houses, not roses, we see.<\/p>\n<p>He who built them, tied to a chair,<br \/>\nHis house set in flame<br \/>\nBy those whose folk got the houses<br \/>\nWho attacked him without shame.<br \/>\nSuch repayment for the good works<br \/>\nSuch ingratitude it shows<br \/>\nTo the folk who lived here when there was no houses<br \/>\nWhere now no longer the roses grows.<\/p>\n<p>Drumcree, to us it is evocative<br \/>\nAs we see the Orange cosh weilded<br \/>\nBeing struck down on us mere Fenians<br \/>\nBy the British masses feilded.<br \/>\nPrehaps there is truth on both sides<br \/>\nStopped clocks are right twice a day&#8230;<br \/>\nBut I think more beautiful than mere roses<br \/>\nAre happy families at play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issue of housing developed in an area where traditions such as Orange Walks are objectionable to the new residents is something that is still being worked on in the North of Ireland.<\/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":[53,55,54,20],"tags":[2529,4532,4531,1629,3021,1883,3694,1095],"class_list":["post-5234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-ireland","category-irelands-wars","tag-12th-of-july","tag-armagh","tag-lurgan","tag-marching-season","tag-north-of-ireland","tag-northern-ireland","tag-orange-day","tag-ulster","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1mq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/real-activists-real-risks-morocco-and-100tpc\/","url_meta":{"origin":5234,"position":0},"title":"Real Activists &#8211; 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