{"id":5869,"date":"2020-12-02T22:47:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T22:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2020-12-02T22:48:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T22:48:16","slug":"the-garden-that-i-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/02\/the-garden-that-i-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Garden That I Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
You are as nice as your house<\/div>\n
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I am homeless<\/div>\n
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What are you reading<\/div>\n
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Madonna’s Child by Alfred Austin<\/div>\n
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Who is Alfred Austin<\/div>\n
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Was<\/div>\n
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Who was Alfred Austin<\/div>\n
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An English poet who was the Poet Laureate for a number of years<\/div>\n
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My Great-Grandfather knew him well<\/div>\n
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Alfred Austin fell asleep on the 2nd of June 1913<\/div>\n
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Exactly fifty years later I travelled to Bishops Stortford<\/div>\n
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To see my Paternal Grandmother<\/div>\n
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That is not the only\u00a0connection<\/div>\n
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As Alfred died in Ashford in Kent<\/div>\n
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Ashford is about half an hour by train from Deal<\/div>\n
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May I spend the night with you<\/div>\n
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It is going to be cold tonight<\/div>\n
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About five degrees<\/div>\n
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We can share this doorway<\/div>\n
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You can have Ravens blanket<\/div>\n
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Raven<\/div>\n
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My dog<\/div>\n
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Where is Raven<\/div>\n
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He is dead<\/div>\n
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I am sorry<\/div>\n
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He was hit by a truck during the summer<\/div>\n
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What is your name<\/div>\n
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Marcus<\/div>\n
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My name is Veronica<\/div>\n
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I used to live in a garden<\/div>\n
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That I loved dearly<\/div>\n
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But became homeless last year<\/div>\n
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It is hard<\/div>\n
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I agree<\/div>\n
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Do you read poetry often Marcus<\/div>\n
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Not very often<\/div>\n
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Do you like Austin’s poetry<\/div>\n
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Yes<\/div>\n
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Was the book a gift<\/div>\n
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No it was thrown at me by a Danish student<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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