{"id":144656575,"date":"2024-05-15T13:23:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=144656575"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:23:37","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-mist-mantled-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=144656575","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Mist-Mantled Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A seasonal poem based on recent land events.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/32e86419-0c97-4e67-86bd-5940f0aac8bc_6000x4000.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a dirt path going through a forest. A heavy fog covers evergreen trees.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@marxgall?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Marek Szturc<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/trees-and-pathway-4CDdd1RCt6w?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mist-Mantled Woods<\/h3><p>Mist-mantled woods<\/p><p>A hue that draws your eye<\/p><p>into its sinking depths<\/p><p>Sea-drenched roots<\/p><p>loosened as frayed threads<\/p><p>that reach skyward<\/p><p>A well-full, full of green<\/p><p>Life aplenty after the rains<\/p><p>striking a balance in extremes<\/p><p>Does the Sea<\/p><p>overflow its bounds<\/p><p>From Sky to Earth<\/p><p>To avert, to realign<\/p><p>in the wake of decay<\/p><p>laid by human hands<\/p><p>In the land,<\/p><p>upon the land,<\/p><p>what does the future hold, my Gods?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seasonal poem based on recent land events.<\/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-144656575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144656575","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=144656575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144656575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144656575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144656575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144656575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}