{"id":4459,"date":"2007-03-25T14:15:08","date_gmt":"2007-03-25T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2007-03-25T14:15:08","modified_gmt":"2007-03-25T14:15:08","slug":"vi-by-john-haynes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459","title":{"rendered":"VI by John Haynes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I enjoyed the following poem, with its northern Nigerian theme. In fact, I remember meeting John Haynes some time in 1998 (I think) at the house of Dr (now Prof) Abubakar A Rasheed, then managing director of the &#8216;New Nigerian&#8217;. Rasheed, a former HOD, English at the Bayero University, was my lecturer. And I think he was Dr Haynes&#8217; student at the Ahmadu Bello University, where Haynes had taught for decades. Haynes was in Kaduna on a visit; he had retired from teaching at ABU many years earlier and was (is) living in England. I was an editor at the newspaper house. I interviewed Haynes and had a photophaph with him (That&#8217;s me and the big man). I shall find the interview in due course and post it here, especially since it has never been published till date. Meanwhile, here&#8217;s the poem:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>VI<br \/>\n<strong>by John Haynes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bar is what you\u2019re going to miss,&#8221; you said,<br \/>\n&#8220;not me,&#8221; but that\u2019s wrong isn\u2019t it, to draw<br \/>\nlines around people (even if they\u2019re dead),<\/p>\n<p>as if I\u2019d miss the place you live in more<br \/>\nthan you, when there\u2019s no line between at all<br \/>\nand that&#8217;s something that you kept saying, your<\/p>\n<p>philosophy, the sense of floor, mud wall,<br \/>\ndust road as who we are, the kites\u2019 long cry<br \/>\nat harmattan, the beggar&#8217;s rhythmic call<\/p>\n<p>outside Alhaji Kowa\u2019s store, this I<br \/>\nthat floats and enters you from just as far<br \/>\nas ever, dear one, shapeless as the sigh<\/p>\n<p>that lifts out of your mouth, out of the bar,<br \/>\nout of the rusted corrugated zinc<br \/>\nand mixes with some wailing armoured car<\/p>\n<p>out on the road, and then the first tink-tink<br \/>\nof birds, the cockerel\u2019s call, none of it you,<br \/>\nexcept that when I think of it I think<\/p>\n<p>it is and not the old femme noire, femme nue<br \/>\n\u2018Afrique\u2019, no, something shared in spite of skin<br \/>\ncolour, and Lugard\u2019s maxim gun, or through<\/p>\n<p>just those, is it?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<strong>From Letter to Patience<\/strong>, by John Haynes, published by Seren in 2007. Prof Haynes taught in the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, from the 70s through to the 80s before retiring and returning to live in his native UK. To order a copy of his book of poems for \u00a37.99 with free UK p&amp;p call Guardian book service on 0870 836 0875 or go to guardian.co.uk\/bookshop<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_4459\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"4459\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed the following poem, with its northern Nigerian theme. In fact, I remember meeting John Haynes some time in 1998 (I think) at the house of Dr (now Prof) Abubakar A Rasheed, then managing director of the &#8216;New Nigerian&#8217;. Rasheed, a former HOD, English at the Bayero University, was my lecturer. And I think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_4459\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"4459\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online-musings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VI by John Haynes - Ibrahim Sheme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VI by John Haynes - Ibrahim Sheme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I enjoyed the following poem, with its northern Nigerian theme. In fact, I remember meeting John Haynes some time in 1998 (I think) at the house of Dr (now Prof) Abubakar A Rasheed, then managing director of the &#8216;New Nigerian&#8217;. Rasheed, a former HOD, English at the Bayero University, was my lecturer. And I think [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ibrahim Sheme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-03-25T14:15:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1220\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"776\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nafisat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"IBRAHIM SHEME\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nafisat\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bb4e2be5e35db546de899bf1493897e4\"},\"headline\":\"VI by John Haynes\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-25T14:15:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459\"},\"wordCount\":406,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Online Musings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459\",\"name\":\"VI by John Haynes - Ibrahim Sheme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-25T14:15:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1\",\"width\":1220,\"height\":776,\"caption\":\"Sheme & Haynes\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"VI by John Haynes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ibrahim Sheme\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ibrahim Sheme\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IshemeLogo.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IshemeLogo.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Ibrahim Sheme\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bb4e2be5e35db546de899bf1493897e4\",\"name\":\"Nafisat\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e999cea8cab471727b3785d6d6c13039b2fc941be9c3077e56e254375b4b48f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e999cea8cab471727b3785d6d6c13039b2fc941be9c3077e56e254375b4b48f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Nafisat\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\"],\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"VI by John Haynes - Ibrahim Sheme","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"VI by John Haynes - Ibrahim Sheme","og_description":"I enjoyed the following poem, with its northern Nigerian theme. In fact, I remember meeting John Haynes some time in 1998 (I think) at the house of Dr (now Prof) Abubakar A Rasheed, then managing director of the &#8216;New Nigerian&#8217;. Rasheed, a former HOD, English at the Bayero University, was my lecturer. And I think [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459","og_site_name":"Ibrahim Sheme","article_published_time":"2007-03-25T14:15:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1220,"height":776,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nafisat","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"IBRAHIM SHEME","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459"},"author":{"name":"Nafisat","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bb4e2be5e35db546de899bf1493897e4"},"headline":"VI by John Haynes","datePublished":"2007-03-25T14:15:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459"},"wordCount":406,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1","articleSection":["Online Musings"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459","url":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459","name":"VI by John Haynes - Ibrahim Sheme","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1","datePublished":"2007-03-25T14:15:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1","width":1220,"height":776,"caption":"Sheme & Haynes"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4459#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"VI by John Haynes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/","name":"Ibrahim Sheme","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#organization","name":"Ibrahim Sheme","url":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IshemeLogo.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IshemeLogo.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Ibrahim Sheme"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bb4e2be5e35db546de899bf1493897e4","name":"Nafisat","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e999cea8cab471727b3785d6d6c13039b2fc941be9c3077e56e254375b4b48f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e999cea8cab471727b3785d6d6c13039b2fc941be9c3077e56e254375b4b48f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Nafisat"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com"],"url":""}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sheme-Haynes-1.jpg?fit=1220%2C776&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}