{"id":13311,"date":"2023-03-12T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=13311"},"modified":"2023-03-12T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T17:36:10","slug":"stephen-masefields-final-unfinished-poem-september-the-14th-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/12\/stephen-masefields-final-unfinished-poem-september-the-14th-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Masefield&#8217;s Final Unfinished Poem (September the 14th 1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a land of plenty that was suggested <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not a country recovering from a terrible war <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything was soft and quite quite English <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each day was a summers day with the fields green and full <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women wore colourful 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