{"id":61993,"date":"2023-12-25T10:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T10:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=61993"},"modified":"2023-12-25T10:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T10:23:58","slug":"christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/12\/christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was up at the crack of Dawn<br \/>\nWriting away<br \/>\nI shall be alone<br \/>\nBut I will be ok<br \/>\nIt\u2019s pretty still<br \/>\nLow down anyway<br \/>\nI have done a few chores<br \/>\nThe old sky is grey<\/p>\n<p>Not many cars about<br \/>\nLots stay put, they<br \/>\nLay in and rest<br \/>\nMums I guess, work away<br \/>\nMy mum passed years ago<br \/>\nIt is a time<br \/>\nSpent with our families<br \/>\nMine spent with a rhyme<\/p>\n<p>I am going to cat sit<br \/>\nSomething to do<br \/>\nShops are all closed<br \/>\nNot even a few open<br \/>\nA good thing<br \/>\nPeople can rest<br \/>\nEat too much probably<br \/>\nWhatever is best<\/p>\n<p>I think now of Palestine<br \/>\nOf the people there<br \/>\nWhose families murdered<br \/>\nSo much despair<br \/>\nHatred is evident<br \/>\nWhat it must be<br \/>\nLosing wives losing parents<br \/>\nAnd friends, destiny<br \/>\nPaid for, and lost<br \/>\nIn explosions and more<br \/>\nIn Gaza The West Bank<br \/>\nThe worst kind of war<\/p>\n<p>It sickens me so<br \/>\nLoved ones blown in the air<br \/>\nCrushed by the bombs<br \/>\nWhere is the care<br \/>\nThe love, the respect<br \/>\nFor animals too<br \/>\nWho are murdered in cold blood<br \/>\nThis factor is true<\/p>\n<p>I have made up the fire<br \/>\nWashed up pots from last night<br \/>\nWrote a few poems<br \/>\nThat\u2019s my delight<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a very quiet time<br \/>\nFor me I can say<br \/>\nMight be my last Christmas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was up at the crack of Dawn Writing away I shall be alone But I will be ok It\u2019s pretty still Low down anyway I have done a few chores The old sky is grey Not many cars about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/12\/christmas-day\/\">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":[562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yule"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61993","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=61993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61996,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61993\/revisions\/61996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}