{"id":143951588,"date":"2024-04-24T14:37:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=143951588"},"modified":"2024-04-24T14:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:37:04","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-hearthfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=143951588","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Hearthfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A seasonal poem before Bealtaine\/L\u00e1 Bealltain.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e4780f96-2aad-4128-9843-8504b25e94de_4000x6000.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A close-up photo of a campfire. The logs are stacked against each other with curling flames above them.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@d_iona?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Daphne<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/flame-from-woods-iBnNKsLxLd0?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>I realized National Poetry Month is almost over, and I want to celebrate it, even on a small scale. Also, with the next fire festival almost upon us, this poem seemed appropriate for the season.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hearthfire<\/h3><p>Palms outstretched, seeking<\/p><p>The glow behind my mind\u2019s eye, flickering<\/p><p>as my heart beats like the smith\u2019s hammer<\/p><p>the sparks filling the air, longing<\/p><p>Holy hearthfire, glinting<\/p><p>The wait of rekindling, dancing<\/p><p>in my heart as the drumming of summer<\/p><p>approaches, eager<\/p><p>Sacred Flame, flowing<\/p><p>The seep into my fingertips, reaching<\/p><p>into my limbs and further on<\/p><p>into the (heart)h of my soul, calmed<\/p><p>Gentled mind, at ease<\/p><p>The sating of a weary heart<\/p><p>aloft with joy after warmed<\/p><p>like the lucky fire, reignited<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seasonal poem before Bealtaine\/L\u00e1 Bealltain.<\/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-143951588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143951588","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=143951588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143951588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143951588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143951588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143951588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}