{"id":812,"date":"2026-03-24T15:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:20:20","slug":"paragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"Paragon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">In a world of ripped blue jeans<br>and scuzzy graphic hoodies<br>and puffy Nike sneakers,<br>aim to be a <s>fashion<\/s> moral paragon.<br><br>There's never a wrong time<br>to be fit for a <s>runway walk-off<\/s><br>display of your ethics.<br><br>How will our descendants <br>remember you?<br>For your clothing choices<br>or your conscience? <br><br>\u00bfPorque no los dos?<br>Don't fall for false choices.<br><br>Carry an awe for beauty<br>and the art of truth<br>onto the battlefield<br>for our existence.<br><br>Part goddess, <br>part glam<br>pledged humanitarian,<br>fully unforgettable.<br><br>Don your helmet.<br>Raise your hem.<br>Fluff your train.<br>Carry those gilded layers.<br><br>Because, truly.<br>Any world worth saving \u2014<br>is worth doing <br>while looking <em>fab<\/em>.<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cParagon,\u201d a poetic homage to fashion and fine art, written March 24, poem 083 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Gown: Christian Dior. Photo: &#8220;Glam Goddess at the Louvre,&#8221; Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,262,2],"tags":[386,384,387,388,389,232,385,390],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-dry-humor","category-poems","tag-christian-dior","tag-fashion","tag-haute-couture","tag-high-low","tag-living-through-thesetimestm","tag-march","tag-the-louvre","tag-wit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","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=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}