{"id":27,"date":"2026-01-01T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:52:20","slug":"out-of-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Out of Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">It is January 1, 2026,<br>And I was not able to watch <br>the Stranger Things series finale last night<br>Because I was co-hosting <br>a New Year\u2019s Eve party,<br>Elbows deep in puff pastry and pork mince.<br>I ignored socials all night<br>And this morning.<br>A small triumph!<br><br>We brushed the snow off our dormant car<br>Packed up our holiday presents<br>Our leftover feasts<br>Our soiled clothes<br>And charted our course South bound.<br><br>In the car, on our long ride home, <br>I deleted Instagram off my phone.<br><br>I am out of reach.<br><br>We drive through a surprise winter squall.<br><br>We drive from Massachusetts, down<br>To Rhode Island, down<br>To Connecticut, down<br>To New York, down<br>To New Jersey<br><br>And still<br>I am out of reach.<br><br>And that new bottle of chewy fruity Tums<br>That I had nestled behind the driver\u2019s seat<br>Next to the tenderloin, cheddar and horseradish cream sandwich<br>\u2014 which I had eaten for lunch<br>As we sailed through New York City over the bridge into Jersey \u2014<br>Is also<br><br>Out of reach.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Out of Reach,&#8221; Poem 001 &#8211; January 1, 2026 by Diana Ludwick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","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=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}