{"id":230197,"date":"2023-02-27T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=230197"},"modified":"2023-02-23T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T08:06:00","slug":"the-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/02\/the-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>22 Feb 2023 &#8211; Cyclone Freddy is approaching Mozambique and may affect South Africa.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The fear of the storm<br \/>\nIntense circular, it\u2019s a cyclone<br \/>\nIt\u2019s fast approaching<br \/>\nIts path unknown<br \/>\nCan anyone fathom it?<br \/>\nThe fear\u2026 of being left alone!<br \/>\nThe cyclone has an eye<br \/>\nIt surges, it seeks<\/p>\n<p>Does it care?<br \/>\nThat people will die.<br \/>\nThe powerful presidents as it approaches<br \/>\nThey are safe.<br \/>\nSpiraling, sweeping, surging.<br \/>\nWhat about the homeless?<br \/>\nThe helpless?<br \/>\nWho can stop it?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be a time of weeping.<br \/>\nGo back to your oval offices.<br \/>\nLay safe\u2026<br \/>\nThe poor, the vulnerable<br \/>\nThe cyclone comes with intensity<br \/>\nAnd increasing propensity<br \/>\nTo cause colossal damage.<\/p>\n<p>Like brain waves<br \/>\nCausing fear in so many ways<br \/>\nWreaking havoc<br \/>\nCircling and spiraling<br \/>\nUnfolding stormy displays<br \/>\nReminding us to change<br \/>\nFrom our wicked ways.<br \/>\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-186568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Dr Usha Roopnarain \u2013 Former parliamentarian in the National Assembly of South Africa, social activist and passionate about human rights and gender equality.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fear of the storm<br \/>\nIntense circular, it\u2019s a cyclone<br \/>\nIt\u2019s fast approaching<br \/>\nIts path unknown<br \/>\nCan anyone fathom it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":186568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[237,868,1218],"class_list":["post-230197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format","tag-africa","tag-poetry","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230198,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230197\/revisions\/230198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}