{"id":4009,"date":"2021-09-30T19:24:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farefwd.com\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2022-08-08T17:53:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:53:32","slug":"an-answer-to-dylan-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farefwd.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/30\/an-answer-to-dylan-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"An Answer to Dylan Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4009\" class=\"elementor elementor-4009\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f4b42d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f4b42d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">The Fare Forward Poetry Competition: Honorable Mention<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f960abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f960abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An Answer to Dylan Thomas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f5282bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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