{"id":41292920,"date":"2021-09-14T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=41292920"},"modified":"2021-09-14T13:00:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T13:00:58","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-exciting-news-and-a-seasonal-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=41292920","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Exciting News and a Seasonal Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The votary shares some news and a poem about the shift from summer to fall.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/56d50810-2539-4f92-8e24-a4b680873f9f_2100x3150.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: An illustration of the goddess Brighid kneeling on the ground. She has curly red hair, with two plaits blowing in the air. She wears a dark cloak and green skirt, a gold halo around Her head. She is holding a bronze bowl with a flame in it. In front of Her is a patch of snowdrops and a snake coiled around a sword. Behind Her is a swan in the water and a piece of land with a copse of birch trees and silhouetted standing stones. A gold crozier is near Her. The white text reads: Brigid\u2019s Light: Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess. Edited by Cairelle Crow &amp; Laura Louella.) Credit: Original image \u201cBrighde\u201d by Stuart Littlejohn, used with permission for the book cover.<\/p><p>Great news! I submitted a poem earlier this year to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuaryofbrigid.com\/\">Sanctuary of Brigid<\/a> for an anthology and was accepted. The poem \u201cThe Guiding Star\u201d is my contribution to Brigid\u2019s Light: Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess. This will be my first published work, and I couldn\u2019t be happier about it! The book looks like it\u2019ll be a really wonderful collection of essays, art, photos, and other offerings to Brighid. It\u2019s available for pre-order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/brigids-light-cairelle-crow\/1139899419\">here<\/a> through Barnes &amp; Noble and will be out Spring 2022.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tease of Autumn<\/h3><p>Cool, crisp air<\/p><p>A tickle of goose bumps<\/p><p>Delighted shiver welcoming<\/p><p>the chilling change<\/p><p>A flicker of illusory flame<\/p><p>against a tree\u2019s pale bark<\/p><p>The orange-gold sunbeam<\/p><p>draws my eye<\/p><p>A moth to the flame<\/p><p>yearning for dark and light<\/p><p>It\u2019s still a ways to go<\/p><p>beleaguered by old Sol<\/p><p>Harsh afternoon heat<\/p><p>No reprieve \u2018til morn<\/p><p>Nature marks its own time<\/p><p>the sun\u2019s slant a tick of the clock<\/p><p>An agonizing crawl<\/p><p>toward cooler days<\/p><p>The promise of earth and spice<\/p><p>time of decay and bounty<\/p><p>Gentle whispers in my ears<\/p><p>tales told by a missed friend<\/p><p>A glimpse of red-touched leaves<\/p><p>Joy alights my senses<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The votary shares some news and a poem about the shift from summer to fall.<\/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-41292920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41292920","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=41292920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41292920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41292920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41292920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41292920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}