{"id":834,"date":"2021-04-26T15:47:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T13:24:32","slug":"daffodils","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=834","title":{"rendered":"Daffodils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know they have been done before,<br \/>\nby a well known Lakeland poet,<br \/>\nbut I really think the daffodils<br \/>\ndeserve another plaudit.<\/p>\n<p>In the rain-soaked landscape,<br \/>\ngrey with hanging cloud,<br \/>\nthese little bearers of delight<br \/>\nstand up so bright and proud.<\/p>\n<p>The weary, rutted, road-side verges<br \/>\nchurned with passing traffic,<br \/>\nsuddenly are a yellow blaze,<br \/>\na show that&#8217;s quite ecstatic.<\/p>\n<p>If all their trumpets could ring out<br \/>\nwhat music it would be.<br \/>\nSing out! Sing out! The spring<br \/>\nhas sprung. Greet it joyfully.<\/p>\n<p><em>April 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=103\">NEXT POEM &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know they have been done before,<br \/>\nby a well known Lakeland poet,<br \/>\nbut I really think the daffodils<br \/>\ndeserve another plaudit.<\/p>\n<p>In the rain-soaked landscape,<br \/>\ngrey with hanging cloud,<br \/>\nthese little bearers of delight<br \/>\nstand up so bright and proud.<\/p>\n<p>The weary, rutted, road-side verges<br \/>\nchurned with passing traffic,<br \/>\nsuddenly are&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"margintop-large margintop-xlarge-l clear-both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=834#s\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Daffodils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-834","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}