{"id":32623,"date":"2026-03-10T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=32623"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:08:25","slug":"arrias-sends-a-sonnet-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/arrias-sends-a-sonnet-for-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrias Sends: A Sonnet for Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/031026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/031026-1.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/031026-1-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/031026-1-500x247.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><br \/>\nThe great gray monsters now covered in red,<\/p>\n<p>A million little buds on every tree,<\/p>\n<p>For in an instant glum winter has fled,<\/p>\n<p>Now the world is renewed for all to see.<br \/>\nSuddenly a riot of color thrills,<\/p>\n<p>Whites, brilliant reds, and there a neon pink,<\/p>\n<p>Cherry trees, dogwoods and yellow daffodils,<\/p>\n<p>The mind spins! Of sweet spring let us all drink!<\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous forsythia, bright as the sun,<\/p>\n<p>A saucer magnolia smells so sweet,<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not all, for Spring has just begun!<\/p>\n<p>A million blossoms &#8211; for the senses a treat!<\/p>\n<p>Across the Dismal Swamp, sweet spring has sprung,<\/p>\n<p>Glorious Spring! The world once again young\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Copyright Arrias 2026<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great gray monsters now covered in red, A million little buds on every tree, For in an instant glum winter has fled, Now the world is renewed for all to see. Suddenly a riot of color thrills, Whites, brilliant reds, and there a neon pink, Cherry trees, dogwoods and yellow daffodils, The mind spins! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arrian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32626,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32623\/revisions\/32626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}