{"id":3513,"date":"2021-12-09T01:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2022-02-07T17:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T09:36:00","slug":"john-cooper-clarke-apart-from-the-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/john-cooper-clarke-apart-from-the-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cooper Clarke &#8211; Apart from the Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/johncooperclarke.com\/poems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jcc-stances-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jcc-stances-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jcc-stances-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jcc-stances-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jcc-stances-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/johncooperclarke.com\/poems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/johncooperclarke.com\/poems\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">APART FROM THE REVOLUTION\n\nEach drop of blood a rose shall be\nall sorrow shall be dust\nblown by breezes to the sea\nwhose fingers thrust\ninto the corners of restless night\nwhere creatures of the deep\navoid the flashing harbour lights\nin search of endless sleep\nthere were executions\nsomebody had to pay\napart from the revolution\nit\u2019s another working day\n\na million angels sing\npeasants eating cake\nwedding bells are ringing\nthe room begins to shake\nthe children free from measles all\nhave healthy teeth and gums\nthey live in the cathedrals\nand worship in the slums\npoverty and pollution\nhave all swept away\napart from the revolution\nit\u2019s another working day<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also has a new book out which has received very good reviews. Could be a great Christmas gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Wanna Be Yours\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"584\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=df0&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_L4ddmYnfuOkQGk&#038;asin=1509896120&#038;tag=googshopuk-21\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APART FROM THE REVOLUTION Each drop of blood a rose shall be all sorrow shall be dust blown by breezes to the sea whose fingers thrust into the corners of restless night where creatures of the deep avoid the flashing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/john-cooper-clarke-apart-from-the-revolution\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-3513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-poetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3786,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513\/revisions\/3786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}