{"id":278,"date":"2020-08-28T10:29:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T10:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artstops.org\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:08:00","slug":"ian-horn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/ian-horn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Horn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/artstops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IAN1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artstops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IAN1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/artstops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IAN1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/artstops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IAN2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artstops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IAN2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/artstops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IAN2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-twitter  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/@lordbirodesign\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M22.23,5.924c-0.736,0.326-1.527,0.547-2.357,0.646c0.847-0.508,1.498-1.312,1.804-2.27 c-0.793,0.47-1.671,0.812-2.606,0.996C18.324,4.498,17.257,4,16.077,4c-2.266,0-4.103,1.837-4.103,4.103 c0,0.322,0.036,0.635,0.106,0.935C8.67,8.867,5.647,7.234,3.623,4.751C3.27,5.357,3.067,6.062,3.067,6.814 c0,1.424,0.724,2.679,1.825,3.415c-0.673-0.021-1.305-0.206-1.859-0.513c0,0.017,0,0.034,0,0.052c0,1.988,1.414,3.647,3.292,4.023 c-0.344,0.094-0.707,0.144-1.081,0.144c-0.264,0-0.521-0.026-0.772-0.074c0.522,1.63,2.038,2.816,3.833,2.85 c-1.404,1.1-3.174,1.756-5.096,1.756c-0.331,0-0.658-0.019-0.979-0.057c1.816,1.164,3.973,1.843,6.29,1.843 c7.547,0,11.675-6.252,11.675-11.675c0-0.178-0.004-0.355-0.012-0.531C20.985,7.47,21.68,6.747,22.23,5.924z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian works with public text\/ poetry in multi platforms. performed widely including Glastonbury and Jakarta. Editor of Verses United, the poetry of football &amp; his last collection was &#8216;the singing ducks of amiens&#8217;. <br>In his spare time he likes to watch Columbo.<br><br>Both poems are about connections: with our past, music, icons and each other. I chose these writings because they explore the human condition of obsession and love and the complexities of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELVIS IN THE COMMUNITY<\/strong><br>(It is illegal to mow the lawn dressed as Elvis in Switzerland)<br><br><em>Are you lonesome tonight?<\/em><br>Barry is married to Beverley<br>they met at the local disco<br>and honeymooned in Magaluf.<br>He always reads&nbsp;<em>The Sun<\/em><br>and cleans the car on a Sunday,<br>he drives to B&amp;Q like a maniac;<br>he\u2019s more competitive than Schumacher.<br>He meets the lads on a Friday night<br>and she meets the lasses.<br>Every Saturday night they say nowt to each other.<br><em>Are you lonesome tonight?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barry has a hobby<br>he\u2019s borderline fanatic.<br>His room is filled with records and books<br>and memorabilia of the King.<br>He remortgaged the house to visit Graceland.<br>He spent the no win, no fee whiplash compensation on a cosmetic pursed-lip,<br>the paunch around his waist came naturally.<br>And now he talks with a Geordie-Tennessee droll.<br>On karaoke nights he howls like a hound dog thinks he has vocal style.<br>He christened his first-born<br>Aaron Elvis Barry Carter.<br>The vicar had a turned up dog collar<br>and side-burns as thick as the Black forest.<br>Barry\u2019s got a tattoo it runs the length of his back, there is a dedication to Presley<br>but the ink ran out for Beverley.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br><em>Are you lonesome tonight?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHANGES<\/strong>&nbsp;(after David Bowie)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She could have come from the page of fairy tale in her red hoodie: the colour of passion.<br>And like a scene from\u00a0<em>Farenheit<\/em><br>we sit by a real fire and watch embers of old letters,\u00a0I needed to let go.<br>And with light brushstrokes she caresses my clean-shaven jaw line.<br>And she delivered a kiss\u00a0as long as Molly Bloom\u2019s.<br>And leaving behind the candy talk\u00a0<br>we de-clutter our feelings.<br>And we are hopeful, talky and peaceful.<br>And in between the Bowie tracks we repeat to one another in our minds, in the hush of the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>Molly Bloom is a fictional character from James Joyce\u2019s Ulysses<\/sup><br><sup>Farenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian works with public text\/ poetry in multi platforms. performed widely including Glastonbury and Jakarta. Editor of Verses United, the poetry of football &amp; his last collection was &#8216;the singing ducks of amiens&#8217;. In his spare time he likes to watch Columbo. Both poems are about connections: with our past, music, icons and each other. &#8230; <a title=\"Ian Horn\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/ian-horn\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ian Horn<\/span><\/a><\/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-278","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstops.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}