{"id":43752182,"date":"2021-11-09T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=43752182"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:00:50","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-an-early-samhain-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=43752182","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: An Early Samhain Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A seasonal poem for the start of winter.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/b8984356-d3f6-470d-952b-031cb05df871_4480x6720.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A close-up photo of brown autumn leaves on a tree against an out of focus landscape on an overcast day.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ohutcherson?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Olivia Hutcherson<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/autumn-morning?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Early Samhain Morning<\/h3><p>Goodbye summer<\/p><p>the wheel turns<\/p><p>from light to dark<\/p><p>Brutal heat waning<\/p><p>the cicada\u2019s cry stilling<\/p><p>dog days called home<\/p><p>Morning mist curling<\/p><p>through the trees<\/p><p>blanketing them in peace<\/p><p>Crisp air<\/p><p>a clear, purifying scent<\/p><p>my senses renewed<\/p><p>Everything is sharpened<\/p><p>more alive, yet<\/p><p>death spreads its cloak<\/p><p>Brilliance of color<\/p><p>freshness of cold<\/p><p>pungency of decay<\/p><p>Nursing a cup of coffee<\/p><p>a warm reprieve against<\/p><p>the core-chilling zephyr<\/p><p>An energizing respite<\/p><p>beneath the soft glow<\/p><p>of sunlit swaying boughs<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seasonal poem for the start of winter.<\/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-43752182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43752182","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=43752182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43752182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43752182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43752182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43752182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}