{"id":1888,"date":"2025-09-16T13:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:05:29","slug":"trees-five-haikus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1888","title":{"rendered":"Trees:  Five Haikus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Wyn Mecherly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Bark laid in layers<br>Fat oval leaves face the sun<br>Shagbark hickory<br><br><br>Smooth gray bark.  Branches,<br>Leaves all so trim &amp; petite<br>The magnolia<br><br><br>Delicate green fans<br>Cling to each branch large &amp; small<br>The stately gingko<br><br><br>Graceful stately elms<br>Green, cool, shading all Summer<br>Black &amp; gold in Fall<br><br><br>Bright orange berries<br>Cluster 'mid petite green leaves<br>Charming mountain ash<br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bark laid in layers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sept-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1889,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions\/1889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}