{"id":2245,"date":"2020-08-06T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T21:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2020-08-24T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T20:14:29","slug":"extol-your-own-glory-by-jennifer-angelina-petro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2245","title":{"rendered":"Extol Your Own Glory, A Collage Poem, by Jennifer Angelina Petro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Extol Your Own Glory<\/p>\n<p>A Collage Poem<\/p>\n<p>By<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Angelina Petro<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let whatever be the path<\/p>\n<p>be the path.<\/p>\n<p>One may wander a long time<\/p>\n<p>for the good of the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arise from conviction, full power,<\/p>\n<p>steadfast\u2014beguile the doubts\u2014<\/p>\n<p>smear their foreheads with red saffron.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The core of everything,<\/p>\n<p>the bliss of the self,<\/p>\n<p>the spark of goodness encircled by bees\u2014<\/p>\n<p>these are undivided in the divine madness<\/p>\n<p>of your desire to taste the soul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Killing and death are everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The tusk of the boar is near.<\/p>\n<p>Extol your own glory,<\/p>\n<p>be the proof of the wish,<\/p>\n<p>enjoy the sweetness,<\/p>\n<p>forsake no one.<\/p>\n<p>The dust of your holy feet<\/p>\n<p>rises as you go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flower-iris-sunset.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2246\" src=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flower-iris-sunset-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flower-iris-sunset-300x264.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flower-iris-sunset-768x675.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flower-iris-sunset.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Using words and phrases found in the book: \u201cThe Thousand Names of the Divine Mother,\u201d by Sri Lalita Sahasranama, along with my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extol Your Own Glory A Collage Poem By Jennifer Angelina Petro &nbsp; &nbsp; Let whatever be the path be the path. One may wander a long time for the good of the world. &nbsp; Arise from conviction, full power, steadfast\u2014beguile the doubts\u2014 smear their foreheads with red saffron. &nbsp; The core of everything, the bliss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1474,1466,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2264,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}