{"id":74825,"date":"2021-10-05T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=74825"},"modified":"2021-10-05T17:16:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:16:26","slug":"back-home-again-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/back-home-again-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;BACK HOME AGAIN&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8220;BACK HOME AGAIN&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24cqKEjAALg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74826 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BACK-HOME-AGAIN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"822\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They say that a change is as good as a holiday, so here, for a change, is a poetic change that beats any holiday that I could think of, right at the moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Once again, the Author is unknown, for reasons best known to themselves, of course, but the &#8220;work&#8221; on this poem, simply called &#8220;Home&#8221; is superb, in my opinion, and I have written many meaningful poems in my day. 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