{"id":1968,"date":"2026-06-22T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2026-07-04T17:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:47:51","slug":"roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1968","title":{"rendered":"Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Movies flicker on bedsheets<br>projector shining <br>through the light deluge. <br><br>A sea of glowing faces<br>perch upon backyard <br>on all-weather loungers. <br><br>The air is filled <br>with moisture and giggles.<br>Damp popcorn<br>and pre-teen humor.<br><br>Clouds roll in, <br>thunder rumbles, <br>raindrops crash <br>against windows;<br>rivulets stream down<br>playground sets.<br><br>And all the same, <br>girlhood continues<br>in between the rainfall<br>friendship is fostered <br>in the dark. <br><br>Amidst the storm,<br>Kinship blooms.<br><br>Memories are forged<br>connections deepen.<br><br>Go ahead, <br>downpour <br>on this parade.<br><br>It simply nourishes <br>the roots of relationships<br>and cultivates the character <br>for a stronger tomorrow...<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRoots,\u201d an admiration of all-weather kids celebrating togetherness on a rainy summer night. Written Monday, June 22, poem 173 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo, &#8220;Roots&#8221; by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1573,1438,1572,2,776],"tags":[1674,79,1675,1288,1676,1670,1262,1673,11,1677,134,1671,1672],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-generational-of-place","category-nostalgia","category-of-place","category-poems","category-short-form-musings","tag-all-weather","tag-children","tag-girlhood","tag-june","tag-nourish","tag-outdoor-movies","tag-parade","tag-pre-teen-humor","tag-relationships","tag-stronger","tag-summer","tag-summer-nights","tag-summer-rain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}