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A Place of Words and Upturned Rapture
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A Place of Words and Upturned Rapture |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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A place of words and upturned rapture The crackle of a turned page someone clearing their throat thoughts zipping in and out of sections skidding across tables zapping from computer terminals perfume of knowledge surrounded him crisp and clean with an edge of the dusty history everything hushed and polished. From the window gazing the mountains closed in his vision like he could walk there to the place of Manzanita its red-barked graceful trunk and yellow Scotch Broom abandoned down the hillside falling from boulders painted red and black with graffiti He knew in mind A twisted scrub-lined road with pine trees that were smog damaged. Oh, but the same book was open on the table he gazed upon the page again and again to keep his hands from shaking and his heart quiet the mountains in a place he had never been a place of big trees meadows of clean air golden craggy peaks longing cast a shadow across his soul. The sun was setting those beloved doors closed the cement steps the clock tower even the sidewalk were stained colored mauve and violet windows watched. The high craggy peaks of cement and concrete steal and glass at this moment captured the rosy glowing countenance of the sky. He saw buildings instead of trees but there was that same reverent hush around him as he had felt in the library had seen in his mind holding hands in upturned rapture. In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
I just love your work Martie..I can always see through your eyes vividly whatever you are describing ...and I can smell and feel...your imagery is most exquisite! I love how the beauty of nature is portrayed in alot of your poetry...you paint such gorgeous canvas! This piece is stunning... |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie- How do you do it? I so admire the picturesque scenes you paint with your words. This is so lovely ... it just blows me away. You seem to take me to places I know I have not been. And then .... maybe I have. Wonderful. Just wonderful. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
You do have a way of expressing yourself... Wonderfully done... |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
"and violet windows watched" ....absolutely love this line, Martie. I have felt that reverence at sunset, even from within the midst of a busy city streetside. There were a few precious evenings as I would emerge, this late fall, from the hulking medical complex in the heart of the city, where I was staying in Hospice with my sister, and nearly melt in the beauty of the late~day's flood of amber and burgundy. Such loveliness and splendor juxtaposed against the devastation grimly taking place within the building...there were times when it was nearly overwhelming. Your poem brought it all back, and I thank you for such a touching read. Beautiful. Claire |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Martie, This is "classic Martie" at her exquisite best. Liz |
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Rus Bowden Member
since 2000-01-13
Posts 139 |
Hi Martie, Just enough said and so well. What a marvelous poem! Who is this that inspired you so? I admire the character you've written. Rus |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
So wonderful, Martie! You always paint a lovely picture!! Denise And slight is the sting of his trouble Whose winnings are less than his worth; For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.~~~Alice Cary, ~Nobility~ |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Pepper-Thankyou for the eyes that read where I am going. Marge-I am always so pleased after reading your comments. Mike-I appreciate you and your poetry, thanks for reading mine. Meadowmuse-you have made a new picture from mine--how wonderful. Thankyou. Liz-"classic Martie"--what a wonderful thing to say--made me smile. Rus-The character is from a piece of fiction I am writing--and he is quite a character. Thankyou for your admiration. Denise-thankyou for always viewing my artwork. |
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