{"id":152,"date":"2017-01-22T21:45:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T21:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2017-01-22T21:46:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T21:46:21","slug":"letters-from-bosnia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/letters-from-bosnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters From Bosnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"poemBlack\">Wales\u00a0spelt\u00a0Vales<br \/>\non\u00a0the\u00a0brown\u00a0envelope<br \/>\nfrom\u00a0Vites\u00a0to\u00a0Llanidloes.<br \/>\nInside\u00a0a\u00a0bundle\u00a0of\u00a0pages,<br \/>\nlittle\u00a0illuminated\u00a0manuscripts<br \/>\nof\u00a0gilded\u00a0Easter\u00a0eggs,<br \/>\nscenes\u00a0from\u00a0a\u00a0European\u00a0spring<br \/>\nwe\u2019d\u00a0all\u00a0know\u00a0anywhere,<br \/>\nan\u00a0afternoon\u2019s\u00a0work\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0class\u00a0in\u00a0Vites.<br \/>\nDear\u00a0Ben\u2019,\u00a0says\u00a0one,<br \/>\nYou\u00a0are\u00a0my\u00a0friend.\u00a0Write\u00a0me.\u00a0Misha.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"poemBlack\">Quietly,\u00a0heads\u00a0bent\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0pages,<br \/>\nthe\u00a0children\u00a0write\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0draft\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0poem.<br \/>\nOutside\u00a0April\u00a0is\u00a0all\u00a0indecision,<br \/>\ndaffodils\u00a0over,\u00a0lawns\u00a0blurred\u00a0with\u00a0speedwell,<br \/>\nthe\u00a0cherries\u00a0torn\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0sharp\u00a0rain.<br \/>\nIn\u00a0the\u00a0photograph,\u00a0yesterday\u2019s\u00a0Misha\u00a0is\u00a0smiling.<br \/>\nA\u00a0class\u00a0group\u00a0grinning,\u00a0pulling\u00a0faces.<br \/>\nThey\u00a0wave,\u00a0thumbs\u00a0up\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0future.<br \/>\nBehind\u00a0them,\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0rendered\u00a0wall\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0school,<br \/>\nare\u00a0the\u00a0bullet\u00a0holes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"poemBlack\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/notes-letters-from-bosnia\/\">Notes&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales\u00a0spelt\u00a0Vales on\u00a0the\u00a0brown\u00a0envelope from\u00a0Vites\u00a0to\u00a0Llanidloes. Inside\u00a0a\u00a0bundle\u00a0of\u00a0pages, little\u00a0illuminated\u00a0manuscripts of\u00a0gilded\u00a0Easter\u00a0eggs, scenes\u00a0from\u00a0a\u00a0European\u00a0spring we\u2019d\u00a0all\u00a0know\u00a0anywhere, an\u00a0afternoon\u2019s\u00a0work\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0class\u00a0in\u00a0Vites. Dear\u00a0Ben\u2019,\u00a0says\u00a0one, You\u00a0are\u00a0my\u00a0friend.\u00a0Write\u00a0me.\u00a0Misha.\u2019 Quietly,\u00a0heads\u00a0bent\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0pages, the\u00a0children\u00a0write\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0draft\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0poem. Outside\u00a0April\u00a0is\u00a0all\u00a0indecision, daffodils\u00a0over,\u00a0lawns\u00a0blurred\u00a0with\u00a0speedwell, the\u00a0cherries\u00a0torn\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0sharp\u00a0rain. In\u00a0the\u00a0photograph,\u00a0yesterday\u2019s\u00a0Misha\u00a0is\u00a0smiling. A\u00a0class\u00a0group\u00a0grinning,\u00a0pulling\u00a0faces. They\u00a0wave,\u00a0thumbs\u00a0up\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0future. Behind\u00a0them,\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0rendered\u00a0wall\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0school, are\u00a0the\u00a0bullet\u00a0holes. Notes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8lhFD-2s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gillianclarke.co.uk\/gc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}