{"id":64706720,"date":"2022-07-19T13:01:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=64706720"},"modified":"2022-07-19T13:01:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:01:15","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-awaiting-lunasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=64706720","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Awaiting L\u00fanasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem inspired by the recent drought and the approaching festival.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/0b479e7b-e4f5-4ac9-8e48-cb94e8d27acf_3840x2160.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of an evergreen tree\u2019s branch covered in raindrops, with an out of focus, green background.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@paulbeesley3?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Paul Beesley<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/rain?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awaiting L\u00fanasa<\/h3><p>Earth\u2019s sorrow* drawing near<\/p><p>with days of endless sun<\/p><p>and cracked, arid soil<\/p><p>Orb-weaver perched by her ladder<\/p><p>bobbing in the wind, a deceptive<\/p><p>respite from the heat<\/p><p>Pine tree limbs breaking<\/p><p>under their parched burdens,<\/p><p>enduring silently<\/p><p>Insects drifting in the sky,<\/p><p>like sailors lost at sea,<\/p><p>yearning for freshwater<\/p><p>As the month closes,<\/p><p>hopes rise to the air,<\/p><p>urgent prayers for relief.<\/p><p>Promised days of thunder,<\/p><p>wind, and soaking rain,<\/p><p>replenishment found in millions of drops<\/p><p>Come, Harvest Maiden,<\/p><p>aid us with Your healing graces,<\/p><p>with Your gentle touch.<\/p><p>For gray clouds,<\/p><p>heavy with waters,<\/p><p>to ease the strife and thirst<\/p><p>*L\u00fanasa\u2019s older name, Br\u00f3n Trogain, translates to the Earth\u2019s sorrow.<\/p><div class=\"subscription-widget-wrap-editor\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/oakenroots.substack.com\/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}\" data-component-name=\"SubscribeWidgetToDOM\"><div class=\"subscription-widget show-subscribe\"><div class=\"preamble\"><p class=\"cta-caption\">Thanks for reading Oaken Roots Hermitage! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<\/p><\/div><form class=\"subscription-widget-subscribe\"><input type=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Type your email\u2026\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/><input type=\"submit\" class=\"button primary\" value=\"Subscribe\"\/><div class=\"fake-input-wrapper\"><div class=\"fake-input\"\/><div class=\"fake-button\"\/><\/div><\/form><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem inspired by the recent drought and the approaching festival.<\/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-64706720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64706720","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=64706720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64706720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64706720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64706720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64706720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}