{"id":563,"date":"2023-04-26T19:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/18-2\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2023-05-01T15:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:00:58","slug":"nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/poetry\/nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Tessa Renken<\/h5>\n<p>If nostalgia is a liar<br \/>\ndoes it really count for much?<br \/>\nDoes it matter that today<br \/>\nisn\u2019t what we thought it was?<\/p>\n<p>If nostalgia is a liar,<br \/>\nthen there is hope for now,<br \/>\nthe bad may be forgotten,<br \/>\nthe good may stick around.<\/p>\n<p>Nostalgia is a liar<br \/>\nbut like a mother or a friend<br \/>\nshe holds you in her bosom<br \/>\nand whispers happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Into the other wider view<br \/>\nof a life lived with all parts,<br \/>\nshe paints you what was lovely,<br \/>\nwhat was worth having a heart.<\/p>\n<p>My lovely, lovely liar<br \/>\nyou hold such sweet intent<br \/>\nI thank you for the visions<br \/>\nas they aid me to my rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tessa Renken If nostalgia is a liar does it really count for much? Does it matter that today isn\u2019t what we thought it was? If nostalgia is a liar, then there is hope for now, the bad may be forgotten, the good may stick around. Nostalgia is a liar but like a mother or a <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/poetry\/nostalgia\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions\/721"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}