{"id":117316858,"date":"2023-04-26T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=117316858"},"modified":"2023-04-26T13:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:01:01","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-bealtaine-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=117316858","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Bealtaine Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The fourth 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\/20ab0184-09bc-4a57-a1eb-b7a0ab8fd5ee_3988x2675.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of dew collected on short blades of green grass and plants, with a hazy blue horizon.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jkub?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Jacob Capener<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/dew%27?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bealtaine Poem<\/h3><p>Signs for you<\/p><p>Hear the birds\u2019 calls<\/p><p>Radiance of summer<\/p><p>Winter has gone<\/p><p>Winds strong, rain-blessed<\/p><p>Holy fire<\/p><p>For kine and hearth<\/p><p>Flowers at their height<\/p><p>Abundance in bloom<\/p><p>Bright fire<\/p><p>Joy a thousandfold<\/p><p>The cries of revelers<\/p><p>High the sun<\/p><p>Long its trek<\/p><p>Dark gray well, encircled<\/p><p>Dark green leaves<\/p><p>Fan out in bounty<\/p><p>Litany of birdsong<\/p><p>Yellow flower, a ward<\/p><p>Push back the bad luck<\/p><p>Clouds gather<\/p><p>Dew collected, cleansed<\/p><p>Grace of warmth<\/p><p>Toward longer days<\/p><p>Signs of summer<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth 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-117316858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117316858","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=117316858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117316858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117316858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117316858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117316858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}