{"id":7573,"date":"2016-04-20T12:36:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T19:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7573"},"modified":"2018-03-05T12:55:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T20:55:32","slug":"space-that-births","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7573","title":{"rendered":"Space that Births"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of: ‘Maple leaves’ by gregovish – Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t often we speak of joy. Something so personal, so deeply experienced in the moment, a sound that resounds in a felt silence, the brightness that illuminates a darkened bulb, and beyond\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6that connects with all there is, and the space that births it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nascence. As Ken says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6That joy itself goes mute, Within the silence of its roaring spring..\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

April Afternoon<\/strong>
\n\tBy Ken McKeon<\/p>\n

Hardly paid any attention
\n To this one maple,
\n Wedged into a far corner of the deck,<\/p>\n

It’s one among several trees,
\n Those nearly fully leafed out,
\n Those all lovely quiet presences
\n Duly planted here in ceramic pots.<\/p>\n

But this now before me,
\n Has gone essentially nowhere,
\n A zilch of a flop even in late April,<\/p>\n

Yet, this afternoon, a few
\n Bright, deeply pink leaves.
\n They’ve just shown up,<\/p>\n

I didn’t even see the
\n Dots of life, buds of growth,
\n I didn’t see them coming,
\n And now this springing leaf,<\/p>\n

Such a kick it is to see unfurled,
\nThis lift of light,
\n It’s now all one,
\n It’s now all growing,
\n It looms as light itself
\n Is seen beyond itself,
\n Horizon given, but not horizon bound,<\/p>\n

It’s more an enveloping
\n Than a something pointed to,
\n Is such a dear joy,
\n That joy itself goes mute
\n Within the silence of its roaring spring.<\/p>\n

And I am touched by the light
\nAs it is touched by the sun,
\nBrief glows both,
\nBut quite here now
\nOn this April afternoon.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t often we speak of joy. Something so personal, so deeply experienced in the moment, a sound that resounds in a felt silence, the brightness that illuminates a darkened bulb, and beyond\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6that connects with all there is, and the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,81,76,132,115,40,104,70],"tags":[81,195,159,132,115,40,104,117,70],"class_list":["post-7573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions","category-awareness","category-light","category-nature","category-opening","category-poetry","category-presence","category-space","tag-awareness","tag-intimacy","tag-light-2","tag-nature","tag-opening","tag-poetry","tag-presence","tag-senses","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}