{"id":38930,"date":"2018-09-27T06:51:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T06:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=38930"},"modified":"2018-09-27T06:51:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T06:51:51","slug":"helenas-oak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/helenas-oak\/","title":{"rendered":"Helena&#8217;s Oak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Into the underworld with me<br \/>\nA tree of life so avidly<br \/>\nBreathing light<br \/>\nAnd rooted stock<br \/>\nInto this meadow good and green<br \/>\nNot  only Helena has seen<br \/>\nSuch resplendence<br \/>\nAnd adorning power<br \/>\nAnd a leap of faith<br \/>\nBorn of the hour<\/p>\n<p>Steadfastness and strength<br \/>\nBehold<br \/>\nendurance worth its<br \/>\nWeight in gold<br \/>\nA door where wisdom<br \/>\nOpens wide<br \/>\nTo view perhaps the<br \/>\nOther side<br \/>\nNot once but many<br \/>\ntimes they came<br \/>\nDruids each with<br \/>\nHearts aflame<br \/>\nWith souls to see<br \/>\nTo feel to know<br \/>\nThey might also<br \/>\nGather mistletoe<\/p>\n<p>My month spelt out<br \/>\nMid june to july<br \/>\nQuerous Oak a king<br \/>\nLets fly<br \/>\nHis horse perhaps<br \/>\nA faerie tree<br \/>\nWhere Thor himself<br \/>\nWas seen to be<br \/>\nA magnificence<br \/>\nThe soulful tribe<br \/>\nThe wildest spirit<br \/>\nTo inbibe<br \/>\nIn my shadow<br \/>\nthe vixen hides<br \/>\nQuietly panting<br \/>\nShe confides<br \/>\nto the spirits<br \/>\nThat now she alone<br \/>\nWill wipe her paws<br \/>\nHer healing thrown<\/p>\n<p>By forests beasts<br \/>\nA world away<br \/>\nAnd there she be<br \/>\nA wondrous play<br \/>\nBelow the ground<br \/>\nOak milk cap free<br \/>\nThe heavy metals<br \/>\nThat could be<br \/>\nA marriage made<br \/>\nIn heaven they<br \/>\nTogether reap<br \/>\nThe lightening stay<br \/>\nIts wind that pollinates<br \/>\nAnd gives<br \/>\nThe great oak spirit<br \/>\nThat she lives<br \/>\nThe centuries<br \/>\nToo cold for Bee&#8217;s<br \/>\nTo venture far<br \/>\nTis wind blown<br \/>\nFrom another star<br \/>\nThat draws the spirit<br \/>\nThat I feel<br \/>\nThat conveniently<br \/>\nI do reveal<br \/>\nIts no wonder Helena<br \/>\nLoves to be<br \/>\nAnd the green man too<br \/>\nWears religiously<br \/>\nHe Brings to bear<br \/>\nThe leaves verdure<br \/>\nHis battle with Holly<br \/>\nDoes endure<br \/>\nBehold the tree<br \/>\nThat Helena sees<br \/>\nIts countenance<br \/>\nalone doth please<br \/>\nWhich is why its one<br \/>\nof her favourite<br \/>\nTrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Into the underworld with me A tree of life so avidly Breathing light And rooted stock Into this meadow good and green Not only Helena has seen Such resplendence And adorning power And a leap of faith Born of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/helenas-oak\/\">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":[244,200,249,274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism-in-art","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft","category-trees","category-trees-our-silent-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38930","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=38930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38931,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38930\/revisions\/38931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}