{"id":25193,"date":"2015-12-19T22:16:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T22:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25193"},"modified":"2015-12-19T23:28:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T23:28:05","slug":"winter-solstice-at-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/winter-solstice-at-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter solstice at Stonehenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stonehenge perched high on that mightiest of  plain<br \/>\nDancing to that really sweet soft refrain<br \/>\nThe sun peering down with its welcoming smile<br \/>\nIts radiant light sent right off the dial<br \/>\nAnd Escorted up to  the stones were we<br \/>\nA haunting authenticity<br \/>\nThe grass was lush and rather tall<br \/>\nBut A steady gait was had by all<\/p>\n<p>Around the stones one time and more<br \/>\nTo form a horseshoe and  be sure<br \/>\npermission to enter the ritual starts<br \/>\nHolding hands and sharing hearts<br \/>\nWithin the Sarsens the depth of soul<br \/>\nThe ancestral moments did cajole<br \/>\nA closeness and heartfelt mindfully<br \/>\nWe strove to reach a constancy<\/p>\n<p>We opened the portals one by one<br \/>\nAs the wild wind tried to over run<br \/>\nIt really charged through those stones today<br \/>\nCatching our spirits and making all pay<\/p>\n<p>The holly king and the oak king did fight<br \/>\nUsing their cudgels with all their might<br \/>\nDown went the holly king lost for sure<br \/>\nAnd the 7 maidens did adore<br \/>\nThey fought in the East<br \/>\nAnd he died in the West<br \/>\nBeaten and broken<br \/>\nHe failed the test<br \/>\nHe was carried out sorely<br \/>\nAnd dumped outside<br \/>\nThe golden oak king did then confide<\/p>\n<p>Then came hand fasting<br \/>\nA renewal of care<br \/>\nOf love and expression<br \/>\nThe two could share<br \/>\nDeana and Geoff with Tina on hand<br \/>\nAnd Veronica helping us all understand<\/p>\n<p>This was real love and a true confirmation<br \/>\nUp and beyond to the hearts fine creation<br \/>\nWitnessing such a shared thought was to be<br \/>\nPart of it all and the shared symmetry<br \/>\nThe food then was blessed  as was the mead<br \/>\nAnd all partook of the flowing deed<br \/>\nOn to the initiation of  three<br \/>\nClaudia Rex and dear Olly<br \/>\nIt was moving and  eventful<br \/>\nAnd worthy of praise<br \/>\nPulling the heart strings<br \/>\nIn all sorts of ways<\/p>\n<p>The wind took its place across the great plain<br \/>\nThe clappers were reached as was the gain<br \/>\nA frontier was met and thus set in stone<br \/>\nThrough the portals of time that so many<br \/>\nHad known<\/p>\n<p>The arch druids beacon was lit and we saw<br \/>\nWe felt the true wisdom, and, what is  more<br \/>\nThe great calibration, meant to coincide<br \/>\nWith,a counter balance from deep down inside<\/p>\n<p>Sublimity transcended advantage all round<br \/>\nA matchless and dominant unrivalled sound<br \/>\nThe speaking stick circling drawing the art<br \/>\nOf giving ones all straight from the heart<\/p>\n<p>The interconnection the drawstring of fate<br \/>\nThe continuity that just feels great<br \/>\nFrom what was the beginning right up to the end<br \/>\nWe felt the strength as the message did send<br \/>\nAnd utter embodiment of each  dear friend<br \/>\nImmense was the counter,  measureless too<br \/>\nA briefness and changeableness coming through<br \/>\nA ho for us all and an energy rush<br \/>\nEveryone felt it indeed just<br \/>\nA brush<br \/>\nwith the ancestors<br \/>\nLooming across the great sphere<br \/>\nAnd into the stone circle<br \/>\nThat was made clear<\/p>\n<p>A procreant life giving source had took hold<br \/>\nDespite the strong forces and the wind blowing cold<br \/>\nResourceful and inventive we carried the force<br \/>\nBack to what was the magnetic source<br \/>\nWith the goddess whose freshness<br \/>\nWhose unhackneyed look<br \/>\nTook on a timeliness<br \/>\nOut of a book<\/p>\n<p>The music of morris men women as well<br \/>\nRang out the message  within each short spell<br \/>\nThe crash of the cudgels the musical spin<br \/>\nThe chance of a dance that gets under the skin<br \/>\nThe voice and the vibrancy echoes abroad<br \/>\nFeet tapping soul rapping with such accord<br \/>\nA story in notes  a rhapsodic lane<br \/>\nTo the highest of reaches and back again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stonehenge perched high on that mightiest of plain Dancing to that really sweet soft refrain The sun peering down with its welcoming smile Its radiant light sent right off the dial And Escorted up to the stones were we A &hellip; 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