Flames bright burned seven years
\nOn the top of Uisneach Hill
\nBealtaine declared for the world
\nThe call it echo’s here still
\nThough flames burned to embers
\nAsh now its fuel that flamed strong
\nWisps of is smoke like spirits
\nLinger here, where they belong.<\/p>\n
Miracle of fire celebrated
\nOf life, of heat, growth anew
\nOf hope for the year to come
\nA time when hope it was new.
\nWinter hard fled, defeated, gone!
\nSummers sun rules the day
\nFrost and snows but memory,
\nLet the flames blaze away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Flames bright burned seven years On the top of Uisneach Hill Bealtaine declared for the world The call it echo’s here still Though flames burned to embers Ash now its fuel that flamed strong Wisps of is smoke like spirits Linger here, where they belong. Miracle of fire celebrated Of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,168],"tags":[1615,1321,1613,1614,1616,253],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-legend","tag-bealtaine","tag-festival","tag-flames","tag-high-king","tag-may-day","tag-uisneach","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-mL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":169,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-unusual-suspects-rhymers-club-and-rubberbandits-rock-uisneach\/","url_meta":{"origin":1411,"position":0},"title":"The Unusual Suspects – Rhymers Club and Rubberbandits Rock Uisneach","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th May 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Uisneach was quite an experience, and the crowd who we feared may have been hostile to our traditional poetry styles, were instead interested and activly reacting to the pieces as they were read out. 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