{"id":899,"date":"2013-05-21T01:15:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T01:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2014-10-21T01:19:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T01:19:25","slug":"modern-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/modern-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dDLTPvfytHY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Inspired by the painting by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/rozmcq\">Roz McQuillan<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She sits there, a modern Venus<br \/>\nThe seashell thrown to the tossing seas<br \/>\nAnd to the viewer she is enticing<br \/>\nAnd see seeks to seduce and tease<br \/>\nAnd this modern Venus is waiting<br \/>\nIt seems for a man<br \/>\nEyes closed, as if she is dreaming<br \/>\nImagining if she can<br \/>\nShe is running through a field of flowers<br \/>\nAs when young, without a care<br \/>\nAnd she had not the worries of the world<br \/>\nThat are on her shoulders there<br \/>\nBut in the coming moments<br \/>\nShe will think of them not<br \/>\nIn life&#8217;s hot passions she&#8217;ll enjoy<br \/>\nHer worries will be forgot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by the painting by Roz McQuillan She sits there, a modern Venus The seashell thrown to the tossing seas And to the viewer she is enticing And see seeks to seduce and tease And this modern Venus is waiting It seems for a man Eyes closed, as if she &#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":[223,145,6],"tags":[1102,362,293],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-inspired-poetry","category-love-poems","category-video-poetry","tag-eros","tag-love","tag-romance","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ev","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/video-poetry\/","url_meta":{"origin":899,"position":0},"title":"Video Poetry","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Video poetry is a genre Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh has been working in for the past few years, with a selection online on site. 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