{"id":139505142,"date":"2023-12-06T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=139505142"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:43:13","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-shedding-of-acorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=139505142","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Shedding of Acorns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem about the local oak.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26159c99-9f1b-45cd-b9e7-3959ff85e5fd_4928x3264.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A close-up photo of oak leaves and an acorn being hit by sunlight.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@tmbmpills?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Kate Kasiutich<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/green-acorn-_NAazd-qsqo?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shedding of Acorns<\/h3><p>Naturally late,<\/p><p>your emerald canopy<\/p><p>still catches glints of the sun.<\/p><p>With your shedding of acorns,<\/p><p>you sow hope for the future<\/p><p>as they seek out holy water.<\/p><p>No rush, no fretting<\/p><p>as your roots collect water<\/p><p>and your leaves wait.<\/p><p>Wait for the right time,<\/p><p>to flourish, to blossom in<\/p><p>tones of scarlet, gold, titian.<\/p><p>Then the fall,<\/p><p>languidly slow<\/p><p>or gone in a gusting whirl.<\/p><p>While other trees are bare<\/p><p>or evergreen, you wait to offer<\/p><p>the last bits of color in the cold.<\/p><p>Doing as able,<\/p><p>you stand strong and<\/p><p>watch the passing of the seasons.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem about the local oak.<\/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-139505142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139505142","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=139505142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139505142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139505142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139505142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139505142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}