{"id":142360587,"date":"2024-03-06T17:51:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T17:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=142360587"},"modified":"2024-03-06T17:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T17:51:46","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-cloud-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=142360587","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Cloud-Maker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem honoring an aspect of Nodens.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/f740c5cd-446b-45e5-8a61-b9b8ca11057e_4288x2848.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: Thick, dark clouds roll against lighter-colored clouds in the sky, with light slightly showing through.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@vimarovi?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Victor Rodriguez<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/photography-of-clouds-5rchckwczuc?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cloud-Maker<\/h3><p>In the misty plain<\/p><p>of neither here nor there,<\/p><p>Nodens readies His chariot.<\/p><p>The fin-hooves of His four steeds<\/p><p>paw at the moist earth, kicking<\/p><p>up dew drops in their excitement.<\/p><p>He departs from His hillfort,<\/p><p>the waves of the Very Deep<\/p><p>roiling forth from His sea-chariot.<\/p><p>The wheels turn sun-wise,<\/p><p>their sparks stirring vapor to rise,<\/p><p>birthing clouds in their ascent.<\/p><p>In His night ride, joyful<\/p><p>clouds flow in His wake<\/p><p>with rain, thunder, and lightning.<\/p><p>The waters bring deep peace<\/p><p>to the lands and life throughout,<\/p><p>from crystal sea to gray sky to green earth.<\/p><p>The echo of chariot wheels<\/p><p>soothes me back to sleep<\/p><p>in a thunderstorm lullaby.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem honoring an aspect of Nodens.<\/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-142360587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142360587","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=142360587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142360587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142360587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142360587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142360587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}