{"id":1704,"date":"2026-04-12T14:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/?page_id=1704"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:52:57","slug":"me-seeing-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/me-seeing-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Me Seeing Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1704\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1704-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1704-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1704-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elvis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2011\" src=\"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elvis.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1642  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elvis.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elvis-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elvis-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elvis-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elvis-1146x1536.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me Seeing Me<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1704-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1704-0-1-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\">surprised like a gentle shock <br>\nto see myself looking back <br>\nover the bright vintage toys <br>\nshadow figure in the noise <br>\nof colour soft orange hue<br>\nis that really you<br>\nI think meaning me<br>\na little hard to see<br>\nam I sad<br>\nam I glad<br>\nor just content<br>\nto be a part<br>\nand not a part<br>\nof what childhood meant<br>\noutside looking inside looking out<br>\nthis is no self portrait whisper don\u2019t shout <br>\nthis is just me seeing me<br>\ndrawing conclusions framing what I see <br>\nthe guardians of tradition sporting green<br>\npay homage as they flank two heroes seen<br>\nhere battle ready ball and hurl in hand<br>\npreparing for a final final stand<br>\nceili band versus king of rock and roll<br>\nas Elvis battles for our native soul<br>\nbefore his epic effort takes its toll<br>\nhis sudden and explosive burst for goal <br>\nthe swivel of the hip<br>\nthe dip<br>\nand drive<br>\noh man alive<br>\nhe\u2019s vintage too<br>\nyet somehow always new\u00a0\u00a0<br><br><br><br>\nby Richard Ball<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me Seeing Mesurprised like a gentle shock to see myself looking back over the bright vintage toys shadow figure in the noise of colour soft orange hue is that really you I think meaning me a little hard to see am I sad am I glad or just content to be a part and notContinue reading &rarr;<\/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-1704","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1706,"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1704\/revisions\/1706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annettesmyth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}