{"id":327,"date":"2018-11-25T09:11:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T09:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoezulu.wordpress.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2023-08-12T23:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T21:36:17","slug":"bon-hiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/bon-hiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon Hiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>&#8220;Good Winter&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-385 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zoezulu.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/soap-bubble-1958650__480.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I remember when the scorching hot sun<\/p>\n<p>would smooch the earth and you sought asylum<\/p>\n<p>from the blaze &#8211; in the shadows cast by my mighty branches<\/p>\n<p>Away from the burning rays-<\/p>\n<p>You were such great company in summer.<\/p>\n<p>I remember when I was in full bloom and my flowers<\/p>\n<p>were quite the aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers, you liked to pick them<\/p>\n<p>And the scent soothed your senses<\/p>\n<p>You were such a heaven sent in spring.<\/p>\n<p>I remember when my supply of flowers and leaves<\/p>\n<p>dwindled subtly<\/p>\n<p>Yes my leaves and flowers<\/p>\n<p>were strewn across the ground,<\/p>\n<p>a carpet of gold, red and brown<\/p>\n<p>but you were doing all the &#8220;leaving&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I guess they call Autumn &#8220;fall&#8221; because that&#8217;s when things fell apart<\/p>\n<p>I remember when the frost came by with mighty force,<\/p>\n<p>all you could do was stay indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Branches bare, like talons protruding from underground<\/p>\n<p>and you?<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere to be found<\/p>\n<p>in winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Good Winter&#8221; I remember when the scorching hot sun would smooch the earth and you sought asylum from the blaze &#8211; in the shadows cast&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[178,162,177],"class_list":{"0":"post-327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poetry","8":"tag-original-poem","9":"tag-poetry","10":"tag-zimbabwean-blogger"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoezulu.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}