{"id":5837,"date":"2020-02-05T14:32:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2020-02-01T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T20:34:11","slug":"fredric-hildebrand-the-sound-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5837","title":{"rendered":"Fredric Hildebrand &#8220;The Sound of Spring&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fredric Hildebrand<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Sound of Spring<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I recall a blackbird<br \/>\nperched on our chimney,<\/p>\n<p>and the melting snow,<br \/>\nand the ice gone overnight,<br \/>\nand the homecoming<\/p>\n<p>of mallards, mergansers,<br \/>\ngoldeneyes, and geese<br \/>\nto the open river,<\/p>\n<p>and the end of the slowed<br \/>\nseason with neighbors<br \/>\nnow out of their houses,<\/p>\n<p>this blackbird<\/p>\n<p>warming herself and singing<br \/>\nto a mate in the treetops<br \/>\nand down the chimney to me,<\/p>\n<p>not exactly the bird<br \/>\nbut the cleansing<br \/>\nrains and green maple<br \/>\ndays that followed her.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Fredric Hildebrand <\/strong><\/span><em>is a retired physician who lives and writes in Neenah, WI.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fredric Hildebrand The Sound of Spring I recall a blackbird perched on our chimney, and the melting snow, and the ice gone overnight, and the homecoming of mallards, mergansers, goldeneyes, and geese to the open river, and the end of the slowed season with neighbors now out of their houses, this blackbird warming herself and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[593],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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