{"id":783,"date":"2026-03-20T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:22:40","slug":"spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-left\">We conquered<br>the snowcrete <br>and tornadoes <br>and endless days<br>\u2014of no school \u2014<br>and cabin fever.<br><br>Winter, <br>we've had <br>enough of you.<br><br>We made it! <br>We made it to spring.<br>We are here.<br>We survived.<br><br>On cue, <br>we are basking<br>in sunlight.<br><br>Come, <br>soak in the rays.<br><br>There, look at the<br>neon green grasses<br>peek up through<br>blizzard-dulled mulch.<br><br>Join me, as we<br>warm our exposed skin<br>on a breezy walk.<br>Feel the heat<br>on our closed lids.<br><br>Blessed Spirit of Nowruz.<br>Eid Mubarak.<br>Happy Spring Equinox.<br>We have made it through!<br><br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpring,\u201d an exclamation of relief and joy that winter has finally left the building. Written March 20, poem 079 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. &#8220;Spring blooms,&#8221; photo by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[364,142,365,125,232,315,362,363,361,46,43],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-poems","tag-blooms","tag-flowers","tag-grass","tag-holiday","tag-march","tag-nature","tag-seasons","tag-snowcrete","tag-spring","tag-sun","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","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=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":789,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}