{"id":1952,"date":"2012-06-04T19:10:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2012-06-04T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T19:10:46","slug":"my-copper-beech-and-the-rape-fields-around-towns-in-the-uk-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/06\/my-copper-beech-and-the-rape-fields-around-towns-in-the-uk-these-days\/","title":{"rendered":"My Copper Beech and the Rape fields around towns in the UK these days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s hardly any wind tonight<br \/>\nMy Copper Beech is at rest<br \/>\nBathed in a light sunshine<br \/>\nAnd very aptly dressed<br \/>\nSome olive leaves, some crimson<br \/>\nsome vibrant copper too<br \/>\nDriven I&#8217;d say<br \/>\nDriven, to create a splendid view<\/p>\n<p>Skywards is its energy<br \/>\nIts trunk smooth as can be<br \/>\nProud and strong. with a lilting song<br \/>\nand a willingness to see<br \/>\nFar across the valley<br \/>\nEvery which way too<br \/>\nAshridge with its mass of trees<br \/>\nAnd the Rape fields what they do<br \/>\nA million plants with just one gaze<br \/>\nA gilded ocean view<\/p>\n<p>These vast plains of obnoxiousness<br \/>\nThat recreate through wind<br \/>\nA sense of psychic strategy<br \/>\nAs it determined<br \/>\nWhy would native species<br \/>\nEver feel this way<br \/>\nThey see a complex issue<br \/>\nWhen aliens do stray<\/p>\n<p>But the commonplace occurrence<br \/>\nOf this corrupted weed<br \/>\nThat receives a massive hand out<br \/>\nAnd with that it does succeed<br \/>\nAnd often at the real expense<br \/>\nOf our precious fruiting trees<br \/>\nGrubbed up so that the Rape<br \/>\nCan now be grown<br \/>\nWith somewhat ease<\/p>\n<p>Who wants all this oil<br \/>\nits local but it matters not<br \/>\nErucic acid penetrates<br \/>\nthe dermis, it has got<br \/>\nSome, and may cross pollinate<br \/>\nWith the fields of industrial rape<br \/>\nso toxic but it looks the same<br \/>\nwith all its golden drape<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary on the sights so easily seen from and by my beautiful Copper Beech <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/06\/my-copper-beech-and-the-rape-fields-around-towns-in-the-uk-these-days\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1953,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions\/1953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}