{"id":196,"date":"2014-01-30T15:59:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T15:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/wordpress_marcus\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2014-01-30T16:16:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:16:32","slug":"running-towards-a-new-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?page_id=196","title":{"rendered":"Running Towards a New Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Taken from the cover note)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> &#8230;covers his work from 1962-69 , presenting a poet with an impressive command of a variety of themes, moods and styles &#8211; from formal lyrics and satires to prose poems, expressionist poems and cut-up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79 alignright\" alt=\"P8094034c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/P8094034c-192x300.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/P8094034c-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/P8094034c.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SIGNS<\/p>\n<p>Signs beckon you, wherever you may look,<br \/>\nFormations in the sky and on the floor;<br \/>\nThe phrasing on the spine of Auden&#8217;s book,<br \/>\nA street name, and the number on your door.<\/p>\n<p>Words speak to us, whenever we may hear,<br \/>\nOdd chit-chat on the wireless and the bus.<br \/>\nStrange messages arrive from far and near &#8211;<br \/>\nWho sends them? Are they really meant for us?<\/p>\n<p>Listen! The world is calling, loud and clear!<br \/>\nLook out! These &#8216;charming kids&#8217; are armed with flowers!<br \/>\nThe Lyons van comes roaring round the square.<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s garden gate unlocks. The key is ours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Taken from the cover note) &#8230;covers his work from 1962-69 , presenting a poet with an impressive command of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}