{"id":41109,"date":"2019-04-28T19:20:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T19:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41109"},"modified":"2019-04-28T22:34:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T22:34:59","slug":"beltaine-at-the-rollrights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/beltaine-at-the-rollrights\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltaine at the rollrights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Theres a great thrash of  cloud<br \/>\nIts pink and its blue<br \/>\nA stillness apparent<br \/>\nI be clueless too<br \/>\nA true celebration<br \/>\nOf freshness ahead<br \/>\nThe bunting the streamers<br \/>\nHave gone to my head<br \/>\nClad in our multitude<br \/>\nRobed up and right<br \/>\nChipping is ripping<br \/>\nIn the bright light<br \/>\nThe hawthorn&#8217;s sweet bouquet<br \/>\nIt captures the soul<br \/>\nIts blossoms enchanting<br \/>\nRicher for the stroll<\/p>\n<p>Its peaceful its beautiful<br \/>\nHear the refrain<br \/>\nThe circle the energy<br \/>\nSo much  to gain<br \/>\nBeing out in the air<br \/>\nOn this hill looking green<br \/>\nInside the rollright stones<br \/>\nPart of the scene<br \/>\nWith such jubilation<br \/>\nThe aura&#8217;s  around<br \/>\nA fanfare of beating hearts<br \/>\nOn the soft ground<br \/>\nA day to remember<br \/>\nTo honour and  feel<br \/>\nWith the flowers in our hearts<br \/>\nAnd the honest appeal<\/p>\n<p>The return  of the Spring<br \/>\nAnd the light of the day<br \/>\nThe spangle the tinsel<br \/>\nDoth blow me away<br \/>\nWith friends with the cotswold druids I be<br \/>\nFrom the top of the hill<br \/>\nSo much more I can see<br \/>\nThe ritual behold<br \/>\nWe have pudding and  fruit<br \/>\nA soft slug of mead<br \/>\nAnd a sweetness to boot<br \/>\nThe lime and the olivine<br \/>\nFactors we see<br \/>\nAt Rollright at Beltaine<br \/>\nWhere I love to be<\/p>\n<p>To be in the midst<br \/>\nOf history&#8217;s light<br \/>\nTo share the togetherness<br \/>\nAnd to feel bright<br \/>\nThe clarities calling<br \/>\nApparent I see<br \/>\nA dusting of pollen<br \/>\nAnd a tireless bee<br \/>\nThe moles have been making<br \/>\nTheir world far below<br \/>\nAncient and modern<br \/>\nThe afternoons glow<br \/>\nWe share the great circle<br \/>\nWith blessings of old<br \/>\nAnd A coming together<br \/>\nOf silver and  gold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theres a great thrash of cloud Its pink and its blue A stillness apparent I be clueless too A true celebration Of freshness ahead The bunting the streamers Have gone to my head Clad in our multitude Robed up and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/beltaine-at-the-rollrights\/\">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":[244,385,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism-in-art","category-moles","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41109","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=41109"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41124,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41109\/revisions\/41124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}