{"id":555,"date":"2022-02-12T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2022-02-12T14:31:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T19:31:18","slug":"winters-slumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"Winter&#8217;s Slumber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Green growing-things stand fast asleep\nbeneath the churning sky.\nA breath of storm\narrived that morn',\na gusty, cloudy sigh.\n\nFitfully, uncertainly,\nthe snow begins to fall,\nits crystal down\na formal gown\non sapling straight and tall.\n\nRaw the norther's voice becomes\nin squalls and bitter frost.\nAbove the gale\nof icy hail\nthe sky itself is lost.\n\nLong into the black of night\nthe blizzard's will is bent,\n'tween limbs and leaves\nthe wroth wind weaves\na tale of harsh torment.\n\nSharp upon the distant hill\narrives the edge of dawn.\nStorm's icy reign\nbegins to wane\nas snowdrifts gape and yawn.\n\nSilent flee the ragged clouds\nand so begins the day\nso short and cold\nit soon grows old\nand fades to solemn gray.\n\nBeneath the sky the growing-things\nnow sleep in blankets white.\nTheir tranquil dreams\nstill filled with beams\nof springtime's wholesome light.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 30, 1999<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green growing-things stand fast asleep beneath the churning sky. A&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=555\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Winter&#8217;s Slumber<\/span> <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,2],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-circa-1995","tag-poetry","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}