{"id":2595,"date":"2026-08-25T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2026-09-05T20:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:51:33","slug":"dolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=2595","title":{"rendered":"Dolly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Dolly Parton departed us today, 
eight-two-five.

Known for her quips and aw shucks demurring 
she lived her values out loud, her superheroine proclivity 
for generosity and inclusion rippling out 
from her core, the world's brightest butterfly effect.

Ms. Parton launched a sixty million hair brush soloists 
belting out ballads we had no business 
feeling so deeply in our souls at eight, nine, 
ten, eleven years of age.

She taught us to read: she spread the wings of literacy 
impacting generations of young readers 
who are a bit smarter, a bit worldier, 
a bit kinder, because of her dedication.

She was an early and vocal donor for the Covid-19 vaccine
before politicians and many other public figures.

She was an actor, a writer, a singer, a muse. 
Dolly got the whole world aching from the siren pull of Jolene.

She was a big tent, big brassiered broad 
who meant what she said, and wasn't short on wisdom. 

Dolly reminded us that looks are just the start;
don't judge a book by her ripped bodice scarlet-lipped cover.

She leaves behind tall shoes, voluminous wigs, 
and long library shelves to fill.

High hair, big dreams, long legacy:
Dolly, we will always love you.
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\u201cDolly,\u201d an ode to Dolly Parton, a founding mother of Americana and a sparkling ambassador for Kindness and Literacy movements, written Tuesday, August 25, 2026 poem 237 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: “Dolly in Malmo,”  by Diana Ludwick \u00a9 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1573,290,2519,1438,1572,2],"tags":[2577,2184,2579,1945,2575,2576,2581,1838,220,2578,761,2583,2580,2094,2582,134],"class_list":["post-2595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-generational-of-place","category-homage","category-musical-arts","category-nostalgia","category-of-place","category-poems","tag-and-i-will-always-love-you","tag-august","tag-big-tent","tag-covid-19","tag-dolly","tag-dolly-parton","tag-high-hair","tag-high-summer","tag-homage","tag-jolene","tag-legacy","tag-literacy","tag-long-legacy","tag-politicians","tag-siren-pull","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595","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=2595"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595\/revisions\/2599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}