{"id":4619,"date":"2015-06-01T08:04:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2015-06-01T08:04:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T13:04:36","slug":"wildflower-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/poetry\/wildflower-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildflower Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>~ <strong>Blue<\/strong> ~<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ~<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of woe,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> of tears<\/em><br \/>\n<em> that have no place to go.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of mood,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> not joyful but low.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of hearts<\/em><br \/>\n<em> so sad they glimmer<\/em><br \/>\n<em> not glow.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of ocean and sea<\/em><br \/>\n<em> endlessly pulled hither<\/em><br \/>\n<em> and fro.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of our moon<\/em><br \/>\n<em> maker of tides<\/em><br \/>\n<em> relentless though<\/em><br \/>\n<em> slow.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of the depths<\/em><br \/>\n<em> below.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of sky,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the regal dome over earth<\/em><br \/>\n<em> so high.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of space<\/em><br \/>\n<em> between.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the color of souls<\/em><br \/>\n<em> unseen.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ~<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">and another poem, of a flower, an image of which follows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>~ <strong>Wildflower Blue<\/strong> ~<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ~<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Wildflower blue<\/em><br \/>\n<em> upon the plain<\/em><br \/>\n<em> patiently awaiting<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the coming rain.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Wildflower blue,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> so patient and true,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> what has the wind<\/em><br \/>\n<em> done to you?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Burst your pods wide<\/em><br \/>\n<em> your seeds to set free<\/em><br \/>\n<em> wildflower blue<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So patient<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So true<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ~<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Wildflower-Blue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4621\" src=\"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Wildflower-Blue-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflower Blue\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~ Blue ~ ~ Blue, the color of woe, of tears that have no place to go. Blue, the color of mood, not joyful but low. Blue, the color of hearts so sad they glimmer not glow. Blue, the color of ocean and sea endlessly pulled hither and fro. Blue, the color of our moon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[262,457],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-mood","tag-wildflower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}