{"id":608,"date":"2020-10-07T18:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=608"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:19:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T13:19:43","slug":"608-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=608","title":{"rendered":"Dawn Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(&#8216;Dawn&#8217; by Thomas Ades, premiered at the BBC Proms)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Enter now the rising air, the<br \/>\nsounds of nature waking.<br \/>\nA myriad voices flowing round<br \/>\nme as the dawn is breaking.<\/p>\n<p>Open now my inner mind<br \/>\nto elemental beauty,<br \/>\na fresh new day is born,<br \/>\ngrowing resolutely.<\/p>\n<p>I feel the echoing basses<br \/>\nunderneath my feet,<br \/>\ndark, mysterious notes<br \/>\nthat endlessly repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, a squeal of joy, as<br \/>\nsunlight floods the earth, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nthe orchestra of life, playing<br \/>\nfor all its worth.<\/p>\n<p><em>September 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=121\">NEXT POEM &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>(&#8216;Dawn&#8217; by Thomas Ades, premiered at the BBC Proms)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Enter now the rising air, the<br \/>\nsounds of nature waking.<br \/>\nA myriad voices flowing round<br \/>\nme as the dawn is breaking.<\/p>\n<p>Open now my inner mind<br \/>\nto elemental beauty,<br \/>\na fresh new day is born,<br \/>\ngrowing resolutely.<\/p>\n<p>I feel the echoing basses&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"margintop-large margintop-xlarge-l clear-both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=608#s\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dawn Portal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-608","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/608\/revisions\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}