{"id":522,"date":"2021-04-15T17:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T17:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=522"},"modified":"2021-05-02T01:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T01:09:45","slug":"geraniums-blossom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/geraniums-blossom\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraniums Blossom"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Leah Brodsky<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geraniums are children<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popping out of the soil<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The little ones dressed in purple sprout<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wanting to get taller<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But are stuck.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then water falls from the sky<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like an ocean of sorrowful eyes<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laced with helpfulness<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And knowing the feeling<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of being stuck in one place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the storm<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pansies are sprinkled with growth<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They stretch their arms of velvet petals<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yawn<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And sway as their fragile bodies<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blossom.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leah Brodsky &nbsp; Geraniums are children Popping out of the soil The little ones dressed in purple sprout Wanting to get taller But are stuck. &nbsp; Then water falls from the sky Like an ocean of sorrowful eyes Laced with helpfulness And knowing the feeling Of being stuck in one place. &nbsp; After the storm&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/geraniums-blossom\/\">Continue Reading Geraniums Blossom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}