{"id":482,"date":"2026-02-14T15:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:41:28","slug":"love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">If we get it right then<br>life amounts to this:<br><br>We come from love<br>we seek love<br>we create love<br>we share love<br>we are loved<br>we are missed.<br><br>The roses that line <br>the path of this <br>Hero's Journey<br>will vary in vibrance<br>from bud to bloom<br>to withering crisp<br>of a memory.<br><br>And the thorns <br>that snag and scratch<br>along the way<br>will range from <br>fresh and thick<br>to dry and sharp <br>to shattered.<br><br>And each of these states<br>provide the contrast needed<br>to live deeply in the next.<br><br>Love out loud <br>and live love<br>in all its forms for<br>Love is our legacy.<br><br><br><br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLove,\u201d a summation of life&#8217;s goals. Written February 14, poem 045 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: &#8220;Valentine&#8217;s Roses,&#8221; by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[57,125,119,11],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-poems","tag-february","tag-holiday","tag-love","tag-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","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=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}