{"id":88776802,"date":"2022-12-06T14:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T14:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=88776802"},"modified":"2022-12-06T14:01:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T14:01:19","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-juxtaposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=88776802","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Juxtaposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A seasonal poem of opposites.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/c7f0efc0-0757-4e85-9da5-75d1717e9d50_2510x3765.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of an abstract image of blue water flowing through orange fire.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@adamkring?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Adam Kring<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/fire-and-water?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juxtaposition<\/h3><p>Drought\u2019s bowing<\/p><p>to the relief of rain<\/p><p>emerald against brown<\/p><p>The dying and the bursting<\/p><p>last spurts of greenery<\/p><p>against the mudbrown-black ground<\/p><p>Shouts of color<\/p><p>amber, gold fluttering<\/p><p>against the somber evergreen<\/p><p>Golden slats peeking<\/p><p>through the darkening<\/p><p>glimpses of hope in the gloaming<\/p><p>Teases of spring in the air<\/p><p>reminders that this too will pass<\/p><p>after the long, dark wait<\/p><p>The play of fire and water<\/p><p>juxtaposed sources of life<\/p><p>hinting of Your return<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seasonal poem of opposites.<\/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-88776802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88776802","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=88776802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88776802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88776802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88776802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88776802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}