{"id":52052921,"date":"2022-04-12T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=52052921"},"modified":"2022-04-12T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:00:39","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-a-glimpse-of-a-windy-spring-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=52052921","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: A Glimpse of a Windy Spring Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem inspired by recent weather.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/32f3a91e-7485-4add-aafc-7ab9b192ca88_4738x6985.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a person in a dark, hooded cloak, pants and boots. The figure is holding up a red lantern and is standing in a field of tall, brown grass. Trees are in the background with an overcast and foggy sky.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@grahammansfield1?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">GRAHAM MANSFIELD<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/weather-cloak?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Glimpse of a Windy Spring Day<\/h3><p>With spring\u2019s stride<\/p><p>winds bluster and swirl<\/p><p>Leaves shining in emerald and jade<\/p><p>A thousand shards filled with light<\/p><p>Currents combing their fingers<\/p><p>through the swaying pine boughs<\/p><p>Airy travelers through realms<\/p><p>liminal nomads over land, sky, and sea<\/p><p>Gusts in a hurry<\/p><p>as the ferrymen of storms<\/p><p>Northerly and southerly winds<\/p><p>combine in a torrent of blows<\/p><p>The gentle, rumbling approach<\/p><p>of thunder and rain on the horizon<\/p><p>Then fiercely turns as<\/p><p>Pounding and rushing gales<\/p><p>Whispered prayers for protection<\/p><p>the four-armed cross \u2018tween my fingers<\/p><p>Her sacred mantle encircling my home<\/p><p>my hearth enwrapped by Her care<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem inspired by recent weather.<\/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-52052921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52052921","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=52052921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52052921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52052921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52052921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52052921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}