{"id":813,"date":"2006-10-05T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T09:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/10\/05\/the-knock\/"},"modified":"2006-10-05T10:34:19","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T09:34:19","slug":"the-knock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/10\/05\/the-knock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As today is National Poetry time<br \/>\nAll my posts will be written in rhyme<br \/>\nOr at least semi-rhyming with a variable meter,<br \/>\nWith one proper poem being posted up here later.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Knock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Knock! Knock! 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