{"id":32836,"date":"2017-04-21T19:17:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=32836"},"modified":"2017-04-21T19:29:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:29:19","slug":"beltaine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/beltaine-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beltaine is upon us<br \/>\nThe arctic wind is too<br \/>\nWe have had all the spring bulbs out<br \/>\nRising with the dew<br \/>\nWe saw the many dandelions<br \/>\nAdvance and go to seed<br \/>\nAnd  now we see the bluebell gangs<br \/>\nAnd hear their song indeed.<\/p>\n<p>The light is bright and avid<br \/>\nAnd brings us leaves of green<br \/>\nThe hawthorn decked with blossoms<br \/>\nTo brighten up the scene<br \/>\nRaise the maypoles<br \/>\ndecked with ribbons<br \/>\nLets dance lets make a show<br \/>\nWhere is the green man hiding?<br \/>\nYes I want to know<\/p>\n<p>CEmmunos of the wild woods<br \/>\nWho comes out for Beltaine<br \/>\nBring on the morris dancers<br \/>\nLets tap our feet again<br \/>\nThe bees are going through it<br \/>\nCollapse wifi and more<br \/>\nThese pollinating angels<br \/>\nWe need to love them more<\/p>\n<p>The Cotswold Order will be at<br \/>\nThe Rollrights on the green<br \/>\nWith the ring of soldiers<br \/>\nWho were turned to stone<br \/>\nAnd have been<br \/>\nWaiting for our magic<br \/>\nTo turn them back again<br \/>\nThe ritual of the blossoms<br \/>\nOur melodious refrain<\/p>\n<p>We need some positivity<br \/>\nTo break the negative hold<br \/>\nWe need to inject some sunshine<br \/>\nAnd in its rays be rolled.<br \/>\nhold hands and love each other<br \/>\nAnd understand the worth<br \/>\nFor with our natural energy<br \/>\nWe return to planet earth<\/p>\n<p>The soul urge of our making<br \/>\nThe fertility of life<br \/>\nThe conjuring up of  spirit<br \/>\nAnd an end to woe and strife<br \/>\nWe need the sun to smile on us<br \/>\nAnd fill our hearts with joy<br \/>\nTo peel back all those crazy clouds<br \/>\nAnd we then need to employ<\/p>\n<p>The  tenderness of effort<br \/>\nTo await  the summer&#8217;s smile<br \/>\nThe laughter of the moment<br \/>\nIf only for a while.<br \/>\nTo break the hex of cold spells<br \/>\nOf frost to threaten so<br \/>\nWe need the flush of Litha<br \/>\nSo all the  plants can grow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beltaine is upon us The arctic wind is too We have had all the spring bulbs out Rising with the dew We saw the many dandelions Advance and go to seed And now we see the bluebell gangs And hear &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/beltaine-2\/\">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":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32836","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=32836"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32842,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32836\/revisions\/32842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}