{"id":4305,"date":"2024-11-03T11:09:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T18:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/?p=4305"},"modified":"2024-11-03T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T18:09:59","slug":"a-curse-to-archery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/?p=4305","title":{"rendered":"A CURSE TO ARCHERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CURSE TO ARCHERY, by Aidan Redwing<\/p>\n<p>I am but a weapon<br \/>\nin the hands of tyranny<br \/>\nNo choice but to march<br \/>\nTo the orders they decree<\/p>\n<p>Does the target blame the arrow<br \/>\nOr the hand that plucked the string?<br \/>\nDoes the arrow weep<br \/>\nwhen blood is drawn?<br \/>\nIf it had the chance<br \/>\nwould it sabotage the shot?<\/p>\n<p>While a soldier&#8217;s hands are bound<br \/>\nA poet&#8217;s tongue is free<br \/>\nIt sings of lamentation<br \/>\nAnd a curse to archery<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #993300;\">________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Aidan can be found telling stories of elves, pirates and other fantastical beings to any who would lend an ear. Aidan\u2019s published works The Problem With Pack Goats (Wyngraf), The New Moon Gambit (Gwyllion) and several upcoming works. Aidan\u2019s poem The Highwayman\u2019s Revenge received a nomination for a Pushcart Prize. When not\u00a0 busy plotting and scheming, Aidan also interns as an editor. If you want to find out more about this strange being, you can find them lurking about on facebook\u00a0by clicking the following link https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aidan.redwing.5 , tweet them\u00a0@a_redwing, or send a raven to a.redwing.writing@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CURSE TO ARCHERY, by Aidan Redwing I am but a weapon in the hands of tyranny No choice but to march To the orders they decree Does the target blame the arrow Or the hand that plucked the string? Does the arrow weep when blood is drawn? If it had the chance would it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue-62-archive","category-main","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4305"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4312,"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions\/4312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}