{"id":319,"date":"2009-10-07T14:58:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T13:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moyracaldecott.co.uk\/?p=319"},"modified":"2024-01-16T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:37:24","slug":"dare-darkness-grab-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moyracaldecott.co.uk\/wdp\/dare-darkness-grab-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Dare Darkness Grab Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poem by Moyra Caldecott, from <em>The Breathless Pause<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Dare Darkness Grab Us<\/h3>\n<p>Shivering on a very small earth,<br \/>\nthe night sky<br \/>\nformidable<br \/>\nwith stars,<br \/>\nwe pull the comforting blanket<br \/>\nof our love<br \/>\nover us,<br \/>\nand,<br \/>\ncurled together,<br \/>\ndare Darkness grab us<br \/>\nand Time scatter us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o :OfficeDocumentSettings> <o :AllowPNG><\/o> <\/o><o :PixelsPerInch>72<\/o>  <\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w :WordDocument> <\/w><w :View>Normal<\/w> <w :Zoom>0<\/w> <w :PunctuationKerning><\/w> <w :ValidateAgainstSchemas><\/w> <w :SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w> <w :IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w> <w :AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w> <w :Compatibility> <w :BreakWrappedTables><\/w> <w :SnapToGridInCell><\/w> <w :WrapTextWithPunct><\/w> <w :UseAsianBreakRules><\/w> <w :DontGrowAutofit><\/w> <\/w>  <\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w :LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w> <\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:Verdana; \tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:swiss; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:-1593833729 1073750107 16 0 415 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin-top:0mm; \tmargin-right:0mm; \tmargin-bottom:6.0pt; \tmargin-left:0mm; \tline-height:150%; \tmso-pagination:none; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:Verdana; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-language:EN-US;} h2 \t{mso-style-name:\"Heading 2\\,Chapter\\,chapnum\"; \tmso-style-next:Normal; \tmargin-top:36.0pt; \tmargin-right:0mm; \tmargin-bottom:12.0pt; \tmargin-left:0mm; \tline-height:150%; \tpage-break-before:always; \tmso-pagination:none; \tpage-break-after:avoid; \tmso-outline-level:2; \tfont-size:14.0pt; \tfont-family:Verdana; \tcolor:navy; \tmso-fareast-language:EN-US; \tmso-bidi-font-style:italic;} @page Section1 \t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt; \tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; \tmso-header-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce :style>< !   \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0mm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} --> <!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"_Toc162012698\">Dare Darkness Grab Us<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Shivering on a very small earth,<br \/>\nthe night sky<br \/>\nformidable<br \/>\nwith stars,<br \/>\nwe pull the comforting blanket<br \/>\nof our love<br \/>\nover us,<br \/>\nand,<br \/>\ncurled together,<br \/>\ndare Darkness grab us<br \/>\nand Time scatter us.<\/p>\n<p><\/mce><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem by Moyra Caldecott, from The Breathless Pause: Dare Darkness Grab Us Shivering on a very small earth, the night sky formidable with stars, we pull the comforting blanket of our love over us, and, curled together, dare Darkness grab us and Time scatter us. 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