{"id":72,"date":"2020-05-01T21:57:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/?p=72"},"modified":"2020-05-01T21:57:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:57:10","slug":"in-times-of-physical-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/2020\/05\/01\/in-times-of-physical-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"In times of Physical Isolation&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Sarah Kenny<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>MA Candidate in Violence, Terrorism and Security<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>20\/04\/2010<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5f9fb\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">light of a clear blue morning \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">lapsed first half-marathon \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pink moon \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">raindrops on roses \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">golden gorse and meadow snoozes \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">windowpane rainbows \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">empty picnic tables \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hollow, whistling wind \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">oblivious mallards \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pleading hands \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a new normal? \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beacon of Hope \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bridges, seeking \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PB &amp; J among daffodils \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">street art \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">vessel at standstill \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">holding back gaze and greetings from towpath wanderers, on edge \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">homemade hummus with sweet cherry tomatoes and cilantro, or coriander as they say \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">calls with Papa and Grams, tucked away in warm Bethesda brick \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my updates across the ocean ride a new wave of emotion every hour\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">yearnings, yearnings for home \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">find a job! before hiring freezes settle in, recession\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it\u2019s no time for euphemisms here: depression \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">fatigued in the morning, weary too early \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">books to plow through, clear the shelf! suitcase stress \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">podcasts = productivity = forward \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">walking lectures in the morning, gritted teeth, swishing ponytail, importance \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syria, Mexico, Colombia &gt; displacement, narcos, murder \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no room for self-pity here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">safe in my flat with fresh daisies and flickering tealights \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cleaning, cleaning again. Satisfaction\u2026 \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start essays, don\u2019t start essays\/ too much time, not enough time \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">premature goodbyes, cheated time \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but as she said in September, time never belonged to us to begin with \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">am I ready for goodbyes?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-20-15.53.41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-20-15.53.41.png 749w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-20-15.53.41-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Kenny MA Candidate in Violence, Terrorism and Security 20\/04\/2010 light of a clear blue morning \/ lapsed first half-marathon \/ pink moon \/ raindrops on roses \/ golden gorse and meadow snoozes \/ windowpane rainbows \/ empty picnic tables \/ hollow, whistling wind \/ oblivious mallards \/ pleading hands \/ a new normal? \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":775,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poemsandcreativewriting"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/775"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/happ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}