{"id":266,"date":"2020-09-30T14:55:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T13:43:56","slug":"the-table","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/our-table-poems-2\/the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Clarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A boy, filled with the worry of a new school, dumped his bag on the floor.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">His bag filled with lunch, juice, jackets and jumpers.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He dropped the wet from outside, on the floor<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">He dropped the tension from the test, on the floor<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">He dropped the sound of tick<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and crosses, on the floor<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He grabbed the rays of sun, before the rain flushed it away, and dropped it on the floor.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The boy rummaged around the bag to see if there was anything left.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">He found a little clarity, and he\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0 drop\u00a0this on the floor, for this was too precious the drop, so he clutched it tight\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and felt all of his worries, regrets and sadness f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ll out of his body, on the floor.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Robert Grant<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"452\"\n\t\t height=\"806\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/poetryforall\/uploads\/sites\/7013\/2021\/02\/03134333\/Robert-Clarity.mp4'>Robert Clarity<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/pk\\\/public\\\/poetryforall\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7013\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/03134333\\\/Robert-Clarity.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\\\/mp4\",\"title\":\"Robert Clarity\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:47\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":368,\"height\":656},\"resized\":{\"width\":452,\"height\":806}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/pk\\\/poetryforall\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/pk\\\/poetryforall\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A boy, filled with the worry of a new school, dumped his bag on the floor. 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