{"id":2762,"date":"2025-03-21T09:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:23:04","slug":"good-god-yall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=2762","title":{"rendered":"Good God, Y&#8217;All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am struggling to put words together these days. But, I feel compelled to connect so for today, I am sharing a song and a poem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SiriusXM served up Edwin Starr&#8217;s song, &#8220;War,&#8221; recorded in 1969 at the height of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01-2pNCZiNk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the lyrics <a href=\"https:\/\/lyrics.lyricfind.com\/lyrics\/edwin-starr-war-1\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s Poem of the Day from the Academy of American Poets is <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/war-1\">&#8220;War&#8221; by Gary Copeland Lilley<\/a>. 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You can find the lyrics here. 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