{"id":40507,"date":"2019-03-19T12:48:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40507"},"modified":"2019-03-19T12:50:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:50:21","slug":"a-poem-for-a-twitter-friend-from-avalon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/a-poem-for-a-twitter-friend-from-avalon\/","title":{"rendered":"A poem for a twitter friend from Avalon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The woods<br \/>\nhave many varied splendours<br \/>\nHiding in the shadows where<br \/>\nFoxes and badgers voles and shrews<br \/>\nAnd even the illusive Hare<br \/>\nWhose magick is all supposing<br \/>\nBestower of such light<br \/>\nWhose ebulliance and affection<br \/>\nCan be observed at night<\/p>\n<p>Caught up in  the sorcery<br \/>\nAnd exhileration there<br \/>\nThe emotion and the passion<br \/>\nOf all who are aware<br \/>\nThe arresting and the dramatic<br \/>\nNatural world where we<br \/>\nThe forest so imposing<br \/>\nAnd of every single tree<\/p>\n<p>Of Avalon<br \/>\nWhose apples<br \/>\nAll their sweetness and bouquet<br \/>\nCould be felt the joyfulness and<br \/>\nThe tenderest array.<br \/>\nAnd there where some have knelt down<br \/>\nBy the fire light where they all<br \/>\nHeld hands and were gladsome<br \/>\nLooking up hearing the call<br \/>\nOf the Isle of Avalon<br \/>\nThe melodious the true<br \/>\nThe pastoral the idyllic<br \/>\nAnd knew what they must do<br \/>\nTo be thankful of each moment<br \/>\nIn company with you<\/p>\n<p>Whose peace of mind was total<br \/>\nWhose thoughts I do suppose<br \/>\nBring forward an alacrity<br \/>\nThat all our world now knows<br \/>\nThe sacredness of forest life<br \/>\nAnd every single tree<br \/>\nWhose medicines ever lasting<br \/>\nDo create eternity <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The woods have many varied splendours Hiding in the shadows where Foxes and badgers voles and shrews And even the illusive Hare Whose magick is all supposing Bestower of such light Whose ebulliance and affection Can be observed at night &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/a-poem-for-a-twitter-friend-from-avalon\/\">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":[244,316,172,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism-in-art","category-forests-and-wild-places","category-glastonbury-where-mystery-and-realiity-meeton-the-crossroads-of-benevolence","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40507","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=40507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40509,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40507\/revisions\/40509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}