{"id":1236,"date":"2018-04-26T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2018-04-24T16:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T20:50:18","slug":"1236","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"W – Ode to Winter’s End"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ode to Winter\u2019s End<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Winter lasts but three months long<\/span><\/p>\n

And then it\u2019s over, what could go wrong?<\/span><\/p>\n

Herman\u2019s mad for now its Spring<\/span><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s still cold and that\u2019s the thing!<\/span><\/p>\n

Snow\u2019s still here, where\u2019s April\u2019s rain?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI need warm sun to plant my grain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Otto quips, \u201cbut it\u2019s still fun<\/span><\/p>\n

To play with snow, until it\u2019s done.<\/span><\/p>\n

I like the cold, there are no ticks\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Or biting skeets and all their tricks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spring brings the dust that makes me sneeze<\/span><\/p>\n

And all the stings that come with bees.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cBut flowers bloom,\u201d Herman replied<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith scents and beauty from land that died.<\/span><\/p>\n

And sounds of birds that fill the air<\/span><\/p>\n

With chirps and peeps from voices fair.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Otto stood firm in his cold stance<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have your Spring, go do your dance<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll stay right here. I\u2019ll still be warm<\/span><\/p>\n

As Winter goes and breaks the norm.<\/span><\/p>\n

My flannel shirts and vests I wear<\/span><\/p>\n

Will save me from the chilly air.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Herman fought back; \u201cWinter be gone<\/span><\/p>\n

I have to fertilize and seed my lawn.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Let cold winds go; it\u2019s time to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time for warmth, a snow reprieve<\/span><\/p>\n

Or else when Summer comes too soon<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019ll be no plantings tall to prune.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI guess you\u2019re right,\u201d Otto agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNine months I\u2019ll wait to meet my need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ode to Winter\u2019s End Winter lasts but three months long And then it\u2019s over, what could go wrong? Herman\u2019s mad for now its Spring But it\u2019s still cold and that\u2019s the thing! Snow\u2019s still here, where\u2019s April\u2019s rain? \u201cI need … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,7],"tags":[70,67,130],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-to-z-blog-challenge-2018","category-story-writing","tag-a-to-z-blog-challenge","tag-harvey-heilbrun","tag-winter"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}