{"id":3523,"date":"2026-04-12T00:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:52:10","slug":"a-song-for-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3523","title":{"rendered":"A song for April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">When April arose to bring us her help, <br>Didn\u2019t she know we had run out of kelp?<br>The salt\u2019s in the sea, the breeze in the air<br>But kelp is a find if it is anywhere.<br><br>Deep in the ocean stramenopiles thrive<br>Do we not know, they are truly alive<br>Doing their business, breathing their air<br>They turn the sun\u2019s light into forests most fair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When we do find them, they\u2019re dry and forlorn<br>Looking like daggers on beaches at dawn<br>Pneumatocysts pop, releasing the air<br>Which may be much fun for the babe and the bear.<br><br>Now what has this kelp to do with your day?<br>We haven\u2019t so much as an answer to say.<br>We speak to the sea, the earth and the air<br>But they do not listen, they have not a care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When April arose with help on her wing<br>The kelp on the beaches began to sing<br>To sing of a day, to sing to the King<br>Who good gives to all, may he it to you bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/512948402_10162765659718674_3099589459341144807_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/512948402_10162765659718674_3099589459341144807_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/512948402_10162765659718674_3099589459341144807_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/512948402_10162765659718674_3099589459341144807_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/512948402_10162765659718674_3099589459341144807_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/512948402_10162765659718674_3099589459341144807_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunset over the Phacelia, Northumberland &#8211; Alan Leightley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When April arose to bring us her help, Didn\u2019t she know we had run out of kelp?The salt\u2019s in the sea, the breeze in the airBut kelp is a find if it is anywhere. Deep in the ocean stramenopiles thriveDo we not know, they are truly aliveDoing their business, breathing their airThey turn the sun\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}