{"id":553,"date":"2022-11-17T18:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T18:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/18-1\/?page_id=553"},"modified":"2022-11-17T18:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T18:26:39","slug":"my-flowers-bloom-in-your-land","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/poetry\/my-flowers-bloom-in-your-land\/","title":{"rendered":"My Flowers Bloom in Your Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Veronica L\u00f3pez<\/h5>\n<p>You pride yourself on<\/p>\n<p><em>Diversity<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But we are the ones forgotten about when<\/p>\n<p>there&#8217;s decision making.<\/p>\n<p>You water yourself on<\/p>\n<p><em>Equity<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But we are the ones that receive less opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>You plant yourself on<\/p>\n<p><em>Inclusion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But we are an ostracized group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our acknowledgements only land on our token month,<\/p>\n<p>February for Black History month,<\/p>\n<p>November is Indigenous People\u2019s month,<\/p>\n<p>Half of September and October, Hispanic Heritage month<\/p>\n<p>What about the other 277 days?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perfection is the enemy of action.<\/p>\n<p>Make our months magical, make our months memorable,<\/p>\n<p>Make our months marketable, make our months motivational<\/p>\n<p>Make our months yours.<\/p>\n<p>Appreciation to Appropriation.<\/p>\n<p>Where are our flowers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veronica L\u00f3pez You pride yourself on Diversity But we are the ones forgotten about when there&#8217;s decision making. You water yourself on Equity But we are the ones that receive less opportunities. You plant yourself on Inclusion But we are an ostracized group. &nbsp; Our acknowledgements only land on our token month, February for Black History month, November is Indigenous People\u2019s month, Half of September and October, Hispanic Heritage month What about the other 277 days? &nbsp; Perfection is the enemy of action. Make our months magical, make our months memorable, Make our months marketable, make our months motivational Make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-553","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions\/554"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}