{"id":1207,"date":"2022-01-17T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T11:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/?page_id=1207"},"modified":"2022-01-19T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:16:46","slug":"raymond-antrobus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/","title":{"rendered":"Raymond Antrobus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">This week we have been listening to the work of <a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raymondantrobus.com\/gallery\">Raymond Antrobus.<\/a> The class have discussed his poem, &#8216;I Want the Confidence of&#8217; and another beautiful one about faith, by a poet call Linnet, aged 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">We then thought about something we lack: confidence, loyalty, luck, bravery, a best friend. We compared this with people, animals and objects we imagine have this quality. We&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts on our work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/my-friends\/\">My Friends<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;User deactivated<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/what-i-want-to-be\/\">What I Want to Be<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Seonaid<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/learning-my-ways\/\">Learning My Ways<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Maisie<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/the-confidence-of-my-mum\/\">The Confidence of my Mum<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Gojus<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/dreams\/\">Dreams<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Finlay<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/i-want-confidence\/\">I want confidence<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Damien Jason<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/i-want-speed\/\">I Want Speed<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;John William<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/confidence\/\">Confidence<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Fraser<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/a-best-friend\/\">A Best Friend<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Grace Norma Ann<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/happiness\/\">Happiness<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Paige Gillian<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/i-what-confidens\/\">I want confidence<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Kayla Elizabeth<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/i-want-luck-2\/\">I Want the Luck<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Roland Stephen Jonathon<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/the-avengers\/\">The Avengers<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Finlay Ruben<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/bravery\/\">Bravery<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Joel James<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/i-want-luck\/\">I Want Luck<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Eleanor<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Raymond Antrobus\u00a0 is a poet, writer and investigator of missing sounds. Check out his <a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raymondantrobus.com\/\">website<\/a> and his poem, &#8216;The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids&#8217;. It is a profound insight into his world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids | Raymond Antrobus | Spoken Word\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5G9dy8nCbuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have been listening to the work of Raymond Antrobus. The class have discussed his poem, &#8216;I Want the Confidence of&#8217; and another beautiful one about faith, by a poet call Linnet, aged 15. We then thought about something we lack: confidence, loyalty, luck, bravery, a best friend. We compared this with people, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/raymond-antrobus\/i-want-luck\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Want Luck&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9922,"featured_media":1336,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1207","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1380,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1207\/revisions\/1380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/writemorepoems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}