{"id":1264,"date":"2022-09-10T00:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T00:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/?page_id=1264"},"modified":"2022-09-19T12:52:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:52:30","slug":"cornish-bits-and-pieces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/?page_id=1264","title":{"rendered":"Cornish Bits and Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-container-8 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-7 wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-6 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-5 wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"544\" height=\"872\" src=\"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bits-and-pieces.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bits-and-pieces.png 544w, http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bits-and-pieces-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-column\">\n<h6><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>If it is true that poetry should touch the heart, open the eyes, and make the reader see things in a new light, this collection fails miserably.<\/p><p>A poet friend told me that a true poem should demand to be written &#8211; again these verses do not qualify &#8211; in fact they may be pleading to be left in decent obscurity. However, I am a great admirer of my own work, so here they are, warts and all. I can only hope they raise a smile.<\/p><cite>Michael Power<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Written and illustrated by Michael Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed by Roz Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring verses on a wide range of topics, including people and places of great importance &#8230; and a truly Disgraceful Incident at the Croquet Club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it is true that poetry should touch the heart, open the eyes, and make the reader see things in a new light, this collection fails miserably. A poet friend told me that a true poem should demand to be written &#8211; again these verses do not qualify &#8211; in fact they may be pleading &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/?page_id=1264\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cornish Bits and Pieces<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"dominic.power1@btinternet.com","author_link":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"If it is true that poetry should touch the heart, open the eyes, and make the reader see things in a new light, this collection fails miserably. A poet friend told me that a true poem should demand to be written &#8211; again these verses do not qualify &#8211; in fact they may be pleading&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1264"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1264\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hovelpress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}