{"id":3167,"date":"2013-04-03T02:59:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T01:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w7m.3ee.myftpupload.com\/?p=3167"},"modified":"2013-04-03T02:59:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T01:59:26","slug":"the-new-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/?p=3167","title":{"rendered":"The New Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am at rest.<br \/>\nThe tree I have talked about<br \/>\nfor days has been planted.<br \/>\nI am relieved,<br \/>\nlike a father,<br \/>\nto have something to hug.<br \/>\nThe sky is crocheted with green.<br \/>\nThere is a place<br \/>\nto play under again.<br \/>\nWhat has been taken by storm<br \/>\nis brought back.<\/p>\n<p>Trees are sacred journals.<br \/>\nThey are the scripture<br \/>\nof the past.<br \/>\nIn the sundial of their hearts<br \/>\nwe see the breadth<br \/>\nof our passage through time.<br \/>\nRemembering shadows and shade,<br \/>\nmornings and evenings<br \/>\nof glory and regret.<br \/>\nThe world as it returns to life<br \/>\nenlarged and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>The beautiful is eternal<br \/>\nand evergreen.<br \/>\nLike sunshine gilding the surfaces<br \/>\nof walls and ceilings.<br \/>\nI feel the delight<br \/>\nof a guardian<br \/>\nfor the wonderful.<br \/>\nThis season is a harbinger<br \/>\nof seasons coming,<br \/>\nlife resolved.<br \/>\nAn answer to why<br \/>\nthe world is here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am at rest. The tree I have talked about for days has been planted. I am relieved, like a father, to have something to&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/?p=3167\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The New Tree<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-index-of-all-poems","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3168,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167\/revisions\/3168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}