{"id":51457,"date":"2019-06-22T17:41:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=51457"},"modified":"2019-06-22T17:41:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T21:41:14","slug":"jingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/jingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Jingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;d direct the masses to go,<br \/>\nNot necessarily to war<br \/>\nThis works just as well for any cause,<br \/>\nThese are some rules you ought to know<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s vital to give the crowd a show;<br \/>\nRemind them what we&#8217;re fighting for<br \/>\nAnd, if any of them seem to pause<br \/>\nAccuse them of loving the foe<\/p>\n<p>Many in your party will be low &#8211;<br \/>\nNever, ever sound insecure<br \/>\nOr impatient &#8211; yes, they may be bores,<br \/>\nBut you still need them, don&#8217;t you know?<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve won the crowd, don&#8217;t take it slow!<br \/>\nBe bold and let them gape in awe<br \/>\nMeet opposition with loud guffaws<br \/>\nRidicule is simple to sow<\/p>\n<p>Hold on tight to power, don&#8217;t let go<br \/>\nAfter all, that&#8217;s what power&#8217;s for<br \/>\nBang the drum and magnify the cause<br \/>\nLest supporters melt like spring snow<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d direct the masses to go,<br \/>\nNot necessarily to war<br \/>\nThis works just as well for any cause,<br \/>\nThese are some rules you ought to know<\/p>\n<p>Form: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowpoetry.com\/resources\/wip\/latuin.html\">La&#8217;Tuin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prompt: Use the title of a book as the title of your poem. The poem doesn&#8217;t have to be connected to the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;d direct the masses to go, Not necessarily to war This works just as well for any cause, These are some rules you ought to know It&#8217;s vital to give the crowd a show; Remind them what we&#8217;re fighting for And, if any of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[569,2813,1685,839,417],"class_list":["post-51457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-discworld","tag-formal","tag-hour-nine","tag-politics","tag-satire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51774,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51457\/revisions\/51774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}