{"id":39817234,"date":"2021-08-10T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=39817234"},"modified":"2021-08-10T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:00:49","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-namesake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=39817234","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Namesake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem about finding deeper meaning within a name.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/47857722-3555-489a-b401-d744102dae22_5760x3840.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a diagonal tree branch with a woven heart knot made of red cord tied around it. The background consists of indistinct vegetation in a forest setting.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@blnk_kanvas?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Will O<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/celtic-knot?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Namesake<\/h3><p>A length of ash<\/p><p>small and innocuous<\/p><p>Holding connections<\/p><p>like a weaver\u2019s beam<\/p><p>A meadow of ash<\/p><p>a neighbor to humans<\/p><p>Building bonds<\/p><p>throughout time<\/p><p>A loom of ash<\/p><p>strong and steady<\/p><p>Sacred, bright cloths<\/p><p>each design divine<\/p><p>A spear of ash<\/p><p>true in its reach<\/p><p>Guided with intent<\/p><p>sure in its goal<\/p><p>May I be like these<\/p><p>purposeful and skilled,<\/p><p>building connections.<\/p><p>Lady of the deft hand,<\/p><p>weave me,<\/p><p>shape me.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem about finding deeper meaning within a name.<\/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-39817234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39817234","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=39817234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39817234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39817234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39817234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39817234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}