White on Blue: March Skies

March azure skies stand tall

tree blossoms drift by --

fake clouds

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Weekly Wikems. Blue.

Hi, everyone,

hope all's well with you.

It's Thursday, and wikems are still showing signs of life :-)

I've just finished "A Spool of Blue Thread." It's wonderfully rich like any of Anne Tyler's books. Perhaps the one that has more surprises than her other novels. 

Do we always know ourselves? Do we really know those who surround us, the closest people - our spouses, parents, siblings, kids?.. Should we always try to get to know them?

Pick up "A Spool of Blue Thread" and dive into Anne Tyler's world. Everything she writes makes you delight in life - a great big tangle of things - so much more.

"Blue" is one of the characters. That prompted my wiki choice for today:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue

Here's my contribution:

"The clear sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering." (Wikipedia)

Try telling yourself

the clear sky and the deep sea

are not blue at all - 

you know what you see.
Lord Rayleigh would understand,
for he saw it too,

before he rebelled
against the invisible,
took the light apart.

He used to see it,
before he scattered himself
'long the path of truth.  

Looking forward to your wikems.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer ("Happy")

Weekly Wikems. Flame.

Margo and I happened to have the same prompt idea this week. 

You "fell into a burning ring of fire" on Tuesday and the flames are still high today. :-)

Hi.
Thursday. Make it wikems time.

Wikems = Wikipedia poems. 

• Each Thursday (usually around 8a.m. Eastern, but I slept in today :-) I post a link to a Wikipedia article, a quote from it and my wikem inspired by that quote.
• I invite you to explore the article, searching for a quote that clicks with you. (You are free to use "my" Wiki quote if it happens to be the one.)  
• Once you've found your quote, use it as an epigraph, write your wikem and post a link to it in the comments below.  (You are welcome to post your wikem directly in the comments if you prefer.)

 Let's play!

My dog Ralphie (see above) loves watching the fire. Flames mesmerize him. We think he's a dog poet. And he gave me an idea for today's
wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame 
Go Explore. Search. Find. Write.

COOL FLAME
“…it can initiate without any external ignition source.”

No one saw

beyond the cold facade

her manner that seemed aloof

yet cried out

lonely

No one read

the markings on her face

invisible to the heart

that knows not

burning

No one felt

the flame she stored within

ignited without a spark

pale blue as

her soul  

Thank you for reading. 

Look forward to your wikems.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (a.k.a. "Happy")