{"id":470,"date":"2013-07-06T00:02:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/?p=470"},"modified":"2015-08-24T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:21:18","slug":"monoglot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/monoglot\/","title":{"rendered":"Monoglot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Monoglot illustration\" src=\"http:\/\/draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pics-007.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nI approach a dull mountain;<br \/>\nbelow me,<br \/>\nfigures distant<br \/>\non an innate horizon<br \/>\nwave inscrutable gestures.<\/p>\n<p>In the valley below, people are whispering &#8211;<br \/>\ntheir eloquent dialect<br \/>\nand chill wind&#8217;s muttering<br \/>\nseem to relate.<\/p>\n<p>I attempt to converse<br \/>\nwith the shrill zephyr,<br \/>\nthe rushing stream seems indifferent &#8211;<br \/>\ntrees and turf nod to the skies.<\/p>\n<p>A colloquial shepherd emerges<br \/>\nabsently chiding the mist,<br \/>\nhis crook, forked and silent<br \/>\ndenies my ascent.<\/p>\n<p>I acquiesce, the path deepens;<br \/>\ninchoate fumes<br \/>\nstifle my passage, glancing back<br \/>\nthere is no return.<\/p>\n<p>Silence enfolds me &#8211;<br \/>\nan aloof companion;<br \/>\nmy vernacular cry<br \/>\nechoes over dull waters.<\/p>\n<p>I have trod bridges &#8211;<br \/>\ncrossing the guttural clamour<br \/>\nand an abeyance of voices,<br \/>\nthe discord of words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I approach a dull mountain; below me, figures distant on an innate horizon wave inscrutable gestures. In the valley below, people are whispering &#8211; their eloquent dialect and chill wind&#8217;s muttering seem to relate. I attempt to converse with the shrill zephyr, the rushing stream seems indifferent &#8211; trees and turf nod to the skies. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}