{"id":112892779,"date":"2023-04-05T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T17:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=112892779"},"modified":"2023-04-05T17:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T17:07:28","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-places-i-find-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=112892779","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Places I Find You"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The first poem for National Poetry Month.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e2a0cf08-e64a-4bc5-bffc-1483009b04f2_4000x6000.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a light-skinned hand holding a rough piece of citrine. There are a few gold rings on the fingers, one with a stylized sunrise design. The background is a light-colored stone wall.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/es\/@contentpixie?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Content Pixie<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/citrine-crystal?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>With it being National Poetry Month, I will be doing a poem for each post in April. This post coincides with the start of a flamekeeping shift and the most recent full moon, so the timing is appropriate.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Places I Find You<\/h3><p>Like a full moon behind clouds,<\/p><p>You shine, even when obscured.<\/p><p>Not there, yet there and waiting to be noticed.<\/p><p>There are many places I sense You,<\/p><p>in poetry, in the gestures of a handicraft<\/p><p>in healing, all known and expected.<\/p><p>You are there unexpectedly, lingering<\/p><p>in a fleeting film scene, ingrained<\/p><p>and woven deeply into a protest song.<\/p><p>I feel Your sacred flame, when<\/p><p>cupping a golden gem like a holy coal<\/p><p>to set my heart aflame with You.<\/p><p>The small Mysteries, hidden<\/p><p>in plain sight yet indiscernible,<\/p><p>seen only when I feel the spirit of You.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first poem for National Poetry Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112892779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112892779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112892779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112892779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112892779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112892779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112892779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}