{"id":3529,"date":"2022-08-28T21:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=3529"},"modified":"2022-08-31T02:05:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T01:05:35","slug":"return-to-the-home-country-or-look-to-lesser-linen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/september-2022\/return-to-the-home-country-or-look-to-lesser-linen\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to the Home Country – Or ‘Look to Lesser Linen’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karima Brooke<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re still under age, a juvenile,
\n\u2018returned\u2019 to Extremadura, a home
\nyou never knew, far from Chilterns\u2019 motorways
\nor wildest, wet and windy Wales.<\/p>\n

Negative for avian influenza,
\nyour DNA\u2019s entered in a database,
\na tag \u2013 not electronic \u2013 put on your leg,
\nvoice recorded for research purposes<\/p>\n

The plan:
\ncome February, you get a mate,
\ndancing and whirling in courtship ritual,
\nthe international language of desire.
\nThen, find a nest, maybe in evergreen oak.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t build from scratch, that\u2019s not your forte \u2013
\nanyone\u2019s abandoned structure will do.<\/p>\n

Pad it out with bark, leaves, wool, twigs.
\nYou are the original shantytown bird.<\/p>\n

Decorating the nursery, that\u2019s where
\nyou excel: flamenco dancer\u2019s hair clip;
\nthong cast aside in hasty human pairing \u2013
\nyour taste for underwear is notorious.<\/p>\n

And, pi\u00e8ce-de-r\u00e9sistance, a cuddly toy
\ndropped by tourist child from speeding car,
\nwith paper from an Ol\u00e1 ice lolly.
\nNow you feel at home, deported Red Kite!<\/p>\n

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Red Kite over Bernwood Meadows, Buckinghamshire\u00a0<\/span><\/i>
From Wikimedia Commons, Photo by Charles J Sharp\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 521 \u2022 September 2022
\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting
\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n

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Karima Brooke You\u2019re still under age, a juvenile, \u2018returned\u2019 to Extremadura, a home you never knew, far from Chilterns\u2019 motorways or wildest, wet and windy Wales. Negative for avian influenza, your DNA\u2019s entered in a database, a tag \u2013 not electronic \u2013 put on your leg, voice recorded for research purposes The plan: come February, … Continue reading Return to the Home Country – Or ‘Look to Lesser Linen’<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":3505,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3529","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3624,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3529\/revisions\/3624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}