{"id":220,"date":"2023-12-01T02:53:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T02:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/19-1\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2023-12-01T02:53:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T02:53:32","slug":"the-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/the-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"126\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"126\">\n<h5>James Friedman<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Your love is such that in light of absent rains, roses still flourish; but on the surface or in the deepest depths of my heart<\/p>\n<p>Yours remains the crux of my pursuits<\/p>\n<p>hugs that warm me in the winds of winter<\/p>\n<p>And kisses that carry me like leaves on a breeze through autumn to winter\u2019s end<\/p>\n<p>To resurface through ice, drought, and time<\/p>\n<p>Mine is a game we play forever<\/p>\n<p>While we laugh, dine, and cry<\/p>\n<p>Picking up the pieces of our hearts<\/p>\n<p>Until none are left behind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Friedman Your love is such that in light of absent rains, roses still flourish; but on the surface or in the deepest depths of my heart Yours remains the crux of my pursuits hugs that warm me in the winds of winter And kisses that carry me like leaves on a breeze through autumn &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/the-puzzle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Puzzle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/221"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}