{"id":1991,"date":"2026-07-03T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2026-07-05T13:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:50:34","slug":"americana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1991","title":{"rendered":"Americana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">It comes together <br>with multiple hands<br>several visions<br>many iterations.<br><br>Some flags<br>an assemblage <br>of wood scraps<br>and a drill.<br><br>Americana<br>waving stripes <br>and stars<br>we celebrate <br>the idea<br>the ideals<br>while still working<br>towards something<br>more perfect.<br><br>While we are striving<br>always striving<br>it is okay <br>once in a while<br>to take a pause<br>enjoy the way <br>that lights falls upon<br>a bowl of summer berries<br>and the angle <br>of a dangling banner<br>and just be of place<br>in grace<br>before the march goes on.<br><br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAmericana,\u201d a short appreciation for an imperfect place, written Friday, July 3, poem 184 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo, &#8220;Americana,&#8221; by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,290,1438,1572,2,666,776],"tags":[1767,1769,1768,1558,1257,134],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-homage","category-nostalgia","category-of-place","category-poems","category-reminiscing","category-short-form-musings","tag-americana","tag-berries","tag-independence-day","tag-july","tag-of-place","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991","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=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}