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Martie

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0 posted 2003-08-09 09:53 PM

She Lets it Pour all over Her

Laughter was like hot confetti
spilling from the sun
into the grass.

She could feel it bubble
from her throat
and burst there
into summer.

The hose was the season’s best toy,
the conduit of joy snaked across the patio
drenching the cement to cool,
then into pails
where she sat
like a queen
with a crown of wet curls.

Behind her the sheets waved
on the line
and her mother hummed into a book,
and even her brother
bounced into a smile

when he captured the waterfall
and let it pour all over her.

Now the girl is woman
turning toward summer’s remarkable
with her pails still full
and overflowing with cool.

That is the way she makes it past
those days that dare to question,
those days that stick to her
like a sagging bathing suit,

she lets it pour all over her.
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3-23-01...with thanks to Michael (August) for the inspire

Snowflake From Hell
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1 posted 2003-08-09 09:55 PM

enjoyable read...thanks for sharin it

I feel rain pouring down. I wait to rot away,
Live again, here forever, the spiral never ends. Godsmack

Enchantress
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2 posted 2003-08-09 09:58 PM

"The hose was the season’s best toy,
the conduit of joy snaked across the patio
drenching the cement to cool,
then into pails
where she sat
like a queen
with a crown of wet curls."

Wonderful imagery Martie!
Fantastic write...and so much enjoyed.
~Summertime Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

3 posted 2003-08-09 10:04 PM

Now the girl is woman
turning toward summer’s remarkable
with her pails still full
and overflowing with cool.

Martie~ Your insight is remarkable and complete.
This reminds me of pink lemonade and summer vacations.

Thank you for this picture postcard!

ThisDiamond
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4 posted 2003-08-09 10:17 PM

Oh, I liked this very much...as I do all of your inspirational writes...Have missed Poet August too.
There was something about the pails, the overflowing...the maturing of time like a bathing suite. Really good Marti. TD

Nightshade

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just out of reach

5 posted 2003-08-09 10:25 PM

Oh, Martie, Martie, Martie, where's that book? You just have to publish one! Till then..into my library another of your wonders goes. hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul ~
Emily Dickinson

suthern

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6 posted 2003-08-10 09:46 AM

That is the way she makes it past
those days that dare to question,
those days that stick to her
like a sagging bathing suit,

she lets it pour all over her.

From unrestrained joy to coping with the lack... your vivid images pour over us in magic Martie words. *S* Lovely! *S*

angelblueyes
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7 posted 2003-08-10 10:35 AM

I enjoyed this very much.The imagery, the flow, and you amaze me everytime I read you.
angelblueyes

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

8 posted 2003-08-10 10:50 AM

dang...that felt SO good...again!

Janette

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9 posted 2003-08-10 11:49 AM

I adored the imagery in this one oh so much.

But as one woman to another, I just wish the darn bathing suit did not sag so much now.

Fabulous ending! Yes pour it on!

*big summer time smiles*

always seeking joy, adventure and romance and wishing you find the same

icebox
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10 posted 2003-08-10 12:04 PM

This is wonderful image rich, lyrical poetry. Thank you for sharing it.

Margherita
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11 posted 2003-08-10 01:20 PM

Beautiful and so very refreshing!
Love, Margherita

garysgirl

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12 posted 2003-08-10 01:25 PM

Dear sweet Martie, this is so good!! This
ending just really set it off....

Now the girl is woman
turning toward summer’s remarkable
with her pails still full
and overflowing with cool.

That is the way she makes it past
those days that dare to question,
those days that stick to her
like a sagging bathing suit,

she lets it pour all over her.

Thank you for posting this. It's beautiful, you know?

Hugs

Ethel

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13 posted 2003-08-10 06:01 PM

Whatever's in those pails....I need it right now. Water? I'll take it. Happiness? Drench me. Kindness? Joy? Serenity? Knowing the source, it could be any or all of those.

A beautiful way to say it, Martie.....thanks for bringing this back!

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Goodknight
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14 posted 2003-08-15 02:03 PM

Martie - thanks for the view of magic you give us with these wonderful images - Paul

Marge Tindal

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15 posted 2003-08-15 07:18 PM

MartieSis~
I see it as clearly as if the photograph were here~

Poignant beauty, dear one~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Honeybee
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16 posted 2003-08-17 01:14 AM

The imagery is remarkable! Martie, you paint the world like no other...I love this~

Melissa~

Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world!

KoKo
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17 posted 2003-08-17 01:43 AM

I love this

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
--Chang Tzu

Nan

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18 posted 2003-08-17 09:31 AM

...I'll take a spray of whatever she's having...

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19 posted 2003-08-18 02:57 PM

Smile.

I came looking for this one today.

I'd read it earlier--and I loved giggling free quality of it.

I just came back to tell you so.

That? And the place just doesn't look right without your name in the Today's Topic scroll.

Mysteria

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20 posted 2003-08-18 03:40 PM

Ditto Karen, and what an absolutely picture perfect drawing that was. So enjoyable Martie.

jellybeans
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21 posted 2003-08-18 03:49 PM

oh martie, of all of your incredible writes, I think this is my favorite....after my car accident, my memory has faded so fast its not even fair, and this makes me wish for happy times to hang on to.....this is WONDER-FULL

Robert Frazier
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22 posted 2003-08-18 03:55 PM

strong imagery! well written!

RMW
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23 posted 2003-08-18 05:03 PM

Martie...."..laughter....like hot confetti..." Excellent! Bob

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