{"id":141881554,"date":"2024-02-21T14:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=141881554"},"modified":"2024-02-21T14:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:02:05","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-brighids-embrace-springtime-longing-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=141881554","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Brighid\u2019s Embrace, Springtime, Longing for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A few Brigidine poems using the tetractys form.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7e9ec05d-1ba5-4f26-9963-4840aecc985e_4782x2673.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A grayed out photo of a young person in a jacket holding a torch and looking at the viewer. The blue-white flame blows to the left and curls upward.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@elgassier?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">M.T ElGassier<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/grayscale-photo-of-person-holding-torch-QPJTDuIZCfk?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>I had been looking at this poetry form for a bit and wanted to experiment with it. The first is inspired by a meditation I did a few years ago, when I saw Brighid as being completely made of fire. The second one is inspired by the season, and the last one reflects how I imagine Brighid might be feeling in the face of current events. They each follow the tetractys form of five lines and twenty syllables total, with a syllable sequence of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10. The form was created by Ray Stebbing to create a structure similar to the haiku.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brighid\u2019s Embrace<\/h3><p>Care<\/p><p>kindly,<\/p><p>Ashless Flame,<\/p><p>kindle my heart<\/p><p>to glow in Your gentle arms, my Lady.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Springtime<\/h3><p>Wake,<\/p><p>bright spring<\/p><p>with fresh blooms,<\/p><p>glad bees a-buzz,<\/p><p>and the strong oak with its abundant limbs.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Longing for Peace<\/h3><p>Tired,<\/p><p>war-worn,<\/p><p>voice weary,<\/p><p>satire ignored,<\/p><p>She holds Her flame up for a peaceful world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few Brigidine poems using the tetractys form.<\/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-141881554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141881554","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=141881554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141881554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141881554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141881554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141881554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}