{"id":18,"date":"2014-03-02T23:31:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T23:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donagh.macdonagh.net\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2014-03-02T23:34:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T23:34:16","slug":"the-hungry-grass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/donagh.macdonagh.net\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"The Hungry Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Hungry Grass<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Note: It is a common belief in Ireland that anyone<\/p>\n<p><center>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who steps on a famine grave will have the strength<\/center><center>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sucked from their body by the hungry bones underneath<\/center><center>\u00a0<\/center><center><\/center><center>Crossing the shallow holdings high above sea<\/center><center>Where few birds nest, the luckless foot may pass<\/center><center>From the bright safety of experience<\/center><center>Into the terror of the hungry grass.<\/center><center>\u00a0<\/center><center>Here in a year when poison from the air<\/center><center>First withered in despair the growth of spring<\/center><center>Some skull-faced wretch whom nettle could not save<\/center><center>Crept on four bones to his last scattering,<\/center><center>\u00a0<\/center><center><\/center><center>Crept, and the shrivelled heart which drove his thought<\/center><center>Towards platters brought in hospitality<\/center><center>Burst as the wizened eyes measured the miles<\/center><center>Like dizzy walls forbidding him the city.<\/center><center>\u00a0<\/center><center><\/center><center>Little the earth reclaimed from that poor body<\/center><center>And yet remembering him the place has grown<\/center><center>Bewitched and the thin grass he nourishes<\/center><center>Racks with his famine, sucks marrow from the bone.<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hungry Grass Note: It is a common belief in Ireland that anyone \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who steps on a famine grave will have the strength\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sucked from their body by the hungry bones underneath\u00a0Crossing the shallow holdings high above seaWhere few birds nest, the luckless foot may passFrom the bright safety of experienceInto the terror of the hungry grass.\u00a0Here in a year when poison from the airFirst withered in despair the growth of springSome skull-faced wretch whom nettle could not saveCrept on four bones to his last scattering,\u00a0Crept, and the shrivelled heart which drove his thoughtTowards platters brought in hospitalityBurst as the wizened eyes measured the milesLike dizzy walls forbidding him the city.\u00a0Little the earth reclaimed from that poor bodyAnd yet&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/donagh.macdonagh.net\/?page_id=18\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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