{"id":8599,"date":"2026-06-24T19:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8599"},"modified":"2026-07-05T01:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:24:20","slug":"the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8599","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light is-repeated\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8600 size-large is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-guardian-600x800.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#aaa7a1\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>The faintest of cries<br>Winged raptor up high<br>Surveying its realm<br>Nothing misses her gaze<br>Yet no discrimination<br>No judgement<br>No scrutiny<br>No signs of callous mutiny<br>As light pierces the horizon<br>Leaves begin to shimmer<br>Morning dew melts away<br>She circles and acknowledges<br>With a respectful glance<br>Maybe<br>Just maybe<br>Shadows can burn away<br>Jealous spirits shift with the wind<br>Though we\u2019ll never ever forget<br>Hope drapes over the horizon<br>Saturating forests and fields<br>Smiling faces now multiplied<br>A wounded soul begins to pulse<br>Though scars might never heal<br>Weak minds forever etched<br>This day they have no power<br>Shielded by mighty wings<br>The noble watcher sweeps by<br>One last audible screech from afar<br>She has other souls to save<br>For today is for forgetting<br>And living<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2e1011d367ee7821634e2db90b0db1f4\"><em><em>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\"><em>M<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\">ore Poems<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026 More Poems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8611,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599\/revisions\/8611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}