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The Envelope..............repost from #8
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The Envelope..............repost from #8 |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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The Envelope I found it after years I saw how it was stamped with so many colors and words I saw a piece of tape mending a tear the paper now thinning…almost transparent one sticker hanging on by a corner said love This envelope was sent many times across the miles and now it was ripped and torn slit with a perfect pointed opener Return to sender I saw in bold black letters no longer at this address I read I remember once it was perfumed with a tinge of innocence and a SWAK in red with blotted pink lips now it smelled like the dust of old books in a second hand store There were flower stamps and stickers with smiley faces and on the outside barely visible worn by time’s ink fade I read I love you in a child’s tortured print I found it pressed in a dictionary one of those big ones from the library that you can’t move stationary with the weight of words Now it is fat and full it is so heavy with feeling that it falls and opens on the hardwood floor of time and all those words just roll towards me like colored marbles |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
...stationary with the weight of words.... you do this again, and again, and again... and my smile never tires of seeing you wend so many lovely ways into a word... |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Just as does your verse  Beautiful sentiment. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
very nicely done..... |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I have been waiting for a long time for you to repost this. I believe I've requested it a couple of times. I love this poem...the theme and reflections are sage and pressed into the pages of memories....I love this poem! "Return to sender I saw in bold black letters no longer at this address I read I remember once it was perfumed with a tinge of innocence and a SWAK in red with blotted pink lips now it smelled like the dust of old books in a second hand store There were flower stamps and stickers with smiley faces and on the outside barely visible worn by time’s ink fade I read I love you in a child’s tortured print I found it pressed in a dictionary one of those big ones from the library that you can’t move stationary with the weight of words Now it is fat and full it is so heavy with feeling that it falls and opens on the hardwood floor of time and all those words just roll towards me like colored marbles" Fabulous work!! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie~ You sweet, sweet poet ! ! ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
What a lovely write. Sometimes, words weigh more than we could ever lift. Hard to believe, huh? Nice work, Martie. All writing comes |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Lovely descriptive phrasing, Martie, so what I've come to expect from you, thank you for this, every line was just pleasing to read aloud. Kathleen Blake |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I remember once it was perfumed with a tinge of innocence ================= and on the outside barely visible worn by time’s ink fade I read I love you in a child’s tortured print I found it pressed in a dictionary one of those big ones from the library that you can’t move stationary with the weight of words ==================== it is so heavy with feeling that it falls and opens on the hardwood floor of time and all those words just roll towards me like colored marbles ======================== gaaawd I love the way your mind works and the way it talks to your pen... and then...the pen talks to US.  me |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
liked this much |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
Martie, this is another one of your amazing writes... had me totally absorbed in the flow. Glad you reposted. Parker |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This made me feel sad for the child who sent this along that it never reached its intended destination, that someone moved on without leaving a forwarding address...I think that would have crushed me, as a child, to have that happen. Wonderfully expressed, Martie! |
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