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Martie
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0 posted 2000-06-27 07:51 PM


Sifting Sand

There are many sandy days gone
with sun so ripe with open gleaming
and I heat stilled supine in listening
in a trance of sound stirred floating

glancing across the heat laced airway
the fabric of the day so filled up
with toe head in brown skinned frolic
and umbrella’s shady waiting

arm in curve across a shoulder
glow of sun against a leg
muted laughter in vibrant music
plays me with it’s heart-string sway

pails of shoveling tiny dancers
bare foot slender youth in splendor
display of silky skin so open
sleek and new and full of charming

stooping hat and hand held pleasure
scooping sand crab and wave jumping
walking feet in glorious wetting
loving couples open displaying

Such a treasure by the ocean
summer’s lasting fragrant call
marking how the years are changing
yet stay the same sand dreaming loll



[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 06-29-2000).]

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Jamie
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1 posted 2000-06-27 08:13 PM


Like sand thru the hourglass, so we sift away our lives???
just kidding..
nice poem
jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".



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2 posted 2000-06-27 08:22 PM


"Such a treasure by the ocean
summer’s lasting fragrant call
marking how the years are changing
yet stay the same sand dreaming loll"

Ah, what a scene, what a feeling you have shared with this lovely, sensory piece of writing, Martie.

~ Claire



Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


Poet deVine
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3 posted 2000-06-27 08:36 PM


This desert dweller often thinks of a little sea with her sand..thanks for the image.  
Janet Marie
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4 posted 2000-06-27 08:54 PM


ahhhhh me thinks me got sand in between me toes from this beauty..
me gots a tan too  
perfect martie girl..
love ya and those FRECKLES LOL
jm

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5 posted 2000-06-27 10:59 PM


Okay, that does it, I'm off to the beach!  

Wonderful writing, Martie! Your words come to life and jump right off the screen!

Denise

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6 posted 2000-06-27 11:01 PM


Prometheus--You've been watching too many soap operas...I'm glad you liked the poem.

Claire--just wishing I was there...it's been a while and it's so close.

PdV--The desert if wonderful too!

Janet Marie---take a shower...or not.  Thanks for the lovely reply

Martie
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7 posted 2000-06-27 11:02 PM


Hi Denise--just missed you...here's jumping right out at you...nothing like the beach!
Sudhir Iyer
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8 posted 2000-06-28 11:14 AM


lovely, a collection of lovely thoughts...

regards, sudhir

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee,
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;

- John Donne

Alle'cram
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9 posted 2000-06-28 11:28 AM


Hi Martie, I was right there with my moo-moo on!! Quite a scene you penned. Lovely.
Cerenity
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10 posted 2000-06-29 07:35 PM


Hi Martie,

Im enjoying the sight's, wonderful trip I had!!!!

Love,  Cerenity


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11 posted 2000-06-29 08:15 PM


~Martie,...I'm so glad I stopped in on this little outing.  So wonderfully written.  Thanks for the use of this title in my poem too...even just that,...the title, if you think about it, can mean so many things.  Hehe.  Take care. *Peace.
Nan
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12 posted 2000-06-29 10:38 PM


You paint a lovely picture, my friend...
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13 posted 2000-06-30 07:10 AM


Martie~

'bare foot slender youth in splendor'

LOVE the 'slender .. splendor' ...
~*Marge*~



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