{"id":19270,"date":"2014-12-09T23:16:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T23:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19270"},"modified":"2014-12-09T23:18:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T23:18:16","slug":"rhapsody-to-the-goddess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/rhapsody-to-the-goddess\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhapsody to the goddess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rhapsody inspires the goddess<br \/>\nHer inventiveness and sympathy<br \/>\nResourceful skilful enthusiastic<br \/>\nA chimera illusory<br \/>\nBut is it really<br \/>\nPerhaps reality, it becomes<br \/>\nA bit unreal<br \/>\nBut in each shared moment<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s more than just<br \/>\nThe total of two sums<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s satisfying just to see<br \/>\nYou out there on new pastures green<br \/>\nEscaping into worlds of wax<br \/>\nOf wicks and scents and dyes<br \/>\nA scene of wonderment that softens gazes<br \/>\nAnd mystifies<\/p>\n<p>Visualising the inventive sphere<br \/>\nWith the candour and openness<br \/>\nManifesting the lights that&#8217;s here<br \/>\nA single candle lights the heavens<br \/>\nAnd many eyes may see its glow<br \/>\nand how the spirit to encourage<br \/>\nSuch a venture has to grow<\/p>\n<p>Wings, for in these moments clearly<br \/>\nUnmistakable emphasis reigns<br \/>\nAn allegory of mystical meaning<br \/>\nSymbolic and esoteric gains<br \/>\nAll of this shines forth I saw it<br \/>\nI felt it and I truthfully<br \/>\nLoved the moment<br \/>\nLoved its purpose<br \/>\nAffirming now what has to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rhapsody inspires the goddess Her inventiveness and sympathy Resourceful skilful enthusiastic A chimera illusory But is it really Perhaps reality, it becomes A bit unreal But in each shared moment It&#8217;s more than just The total of two sums &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/rhapsody-to-the-goddess\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethereal-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19270"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19272,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270\/revisions\/19272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}