{"id":72035829,"date":"2022-09-06T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=72035829"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:01:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:01:32","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-early-autumn-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=72035829","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Early Autumn Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A seasonal poem about green after a drought.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/631554c2-0a8b-483d-8327-dc5d4562912a_4912x7360.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of evergreen trees on a shoreline. The body of water\u2019s surface is smooth and reflects the trees.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@artofbryce?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Bryce Evans<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/green?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early Autumn Green<\/h3><p>That deep, hazy kind of green<\/p><p>draped on the rain-kissed boughs<\/p><p>standing tall with gratitude<\/p><p>Autumn is here, verdant-deep<\/p><p>no hues of gold, citrine, or ruby<\/p><p>near summer\u2019s end<\/p><p>A single, weary branch<\/p><p>hanging by wooden threads<\/p><p>One half brown, the other green<\/p><p>Ng\u00e9tal\u2019s shade, reflecting<\/p><p>the dark emerald of pine and moss<\/p><p>and Otherworldly sea-waves<\/p><p>Rain\u2019s wounding and healing,<\/p><p>partners in mending,<\/p><p>jade seams stitched whole<\/p><p>The green whispers<\/p><p>of a time of rest and silence<\/p><p>in the balance of light and dark.<\/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 seasonal poem about green after a drought.<\/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-72035829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72035829","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=72035829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72035829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72035829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72035829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72035829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}