{"id":95969908,"date":"2023-01-11T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=95969908"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:00:28","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-sounds-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=95969908","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Sounds of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A seasonal poem about Brighid\u2019s time before Imbolc.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5b5846a8-5117-4840-85bd-ff19bee3b1dd_4912x7360.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A black tea kettle has steam rising from its spout. Light from a stove\u2019s fire reflects off its surface.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/de\/@jkub?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Jacob Capener<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/kettle-in-hearth?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sounds of the Season<\/h3><p>Mist hanging heavily,<\/p><p>like a veil,<\/p><p>crystalline beads falling<\/p><p>keeping time on tree limbs<\/p><p>Drip, drip, drip<\/p><p>a slow drumbeat<\/p><p>against the ground<\/p><p>keeping time with the Earth<\/p><p>The soft <em>thwip<\/em><\/p><p>of thread through wool,<\/p><p>patching and mending<\/p><p>more fields on Her mantle<\/p><p>Sharp crinkle of paper,<\/p><p>gilded edges curling<\/p><p>as the designs are readied, with<\/p><p>hammer and anvil to make manifest.<\/p><p>In each thrice-blessed smooring,<\/p><p>the sacred flame is steadily watched<\/p><p>the crackle and hiss a melody<\/p><p>as She prepares for the spring.<\/p><p>Prayers alight to Her ears<\/p><p>as tea brews in the kettle,<\/p><p>each whisper and word<\/p><p>like the steam from its spout.<\/p><p>Her response is a poem,<\/p><p>winding words and lilting laughter<\/p><p>like a pilgrimage path,<\/p><p>a promise of Her approach.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seasonal poem about Brighid\u2019s time before Imbolc.<\/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-95969908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95969908","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=95969908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95969908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95969908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95969908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95969908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}