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Martie
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0 posted 2000-08-04 05:31 PM



Just the Music and the Dance

The music cries
it falls around me
drumming heart beat
fluid time in minor
the world a euphony
and the meaning is one heart
that unites the dirt crusted desert
and the islands lush
is brown and blue eyed
and the strings of it stretch
where only shadows dance
for across the water
the violin the violin
in the dusk sucks all the vibrant land
down into its maroon and violet line

I can dance these bare legs
and twirl the hair of my ancestors
around the ribbon of this sound
and slightly close my eyes
and then through the feathered movement
see who they were and who I will be
and it is much more then dust
even the cry of birth
retched and shouting with beginning
moves in reverence through cords of harmony
and I see the truth of pyramids
for time is vertical and horizontal
and feathers with so many strands
that there is no beginning or end

just the music and the dance



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Mark Bohannan
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In the winds of Cherokee song
1 posted 2000-08-04 05:35 PM


I can dance these bare legs
and twirl the hair of my ancestors
around the ribbon of this sound
and slightly close my eyes
and then through the feathered movement
see who they were and who I will be
and it is much more then dust
even the cry of birth
retched and shouting with beginning
moves in reverence through cords of harmony
and I see the truth of pyramids
for time is vertical and horizontal
and feathers with so many strands
that there is no beginning or end

just the music and the dance


ohhhh Martie- I just love the dances we have.  Your grace and lightness make you a wonderful partner to glide across the floor with.  May I have the next dance?  

brian madden
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ireland
2 posted 2000-08-04 05:53 PM


"I'm dancing barefoot
heading for a spin
some strange music draws me in"
Dancing barefoot-Patti Smith.
---------------------

I can dance these bare legs
and twirl the hair of my ancestors
around the ribbon of this sound
and slightly close my eyes
and then through the feathered movement
see who they were and who I will be
and it is much more then dust
even the cry of birth
retched and shouting with beginning
moves in reverence through cords of harmony
and I see the truth of pyramids
for time is vertical and horizontal
and feathers with so many strands
that there is no beginning or end


MArtie this is a beautiful piece, amazing, I would ask for the next dance but I am afraid I would not be able to keep up speed.


"I am melancholy, flower cutting through stone"
manic street preachers

Martie
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3 posted 2000-08-05 02:03 PM


Mark--This dance is a special one...I think it is across the sky and into the void...of my mind, that is...the music made me do it.

brian--I'll meet you over there in Ireland on my next twirl...

Denise
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4 posted 2000-08-05 07:43 PM


Such a beautiful dance! Love it, Martie!

Denise

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5 posted 2000-08-05 08:46 PM


Martie, your mind is void of voids...it is filled with brilliance....like this poem. Toe-tappin' here.....
jwesley
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6 posted 2000-08-05 08:53 PM


"...just the music and the dance" and all before and after is pure romance. We'll dance your dance and carve clouds in the sky, martie, till the bye and bye...


jwesley

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7 posted 2000-08-05 08:56 PM


Martie~
The ancestral drums of my being -
resounding the tempo of feathered heartbeat -
come to me across the miles ...
sent by your dancing spirit.

'I can dance these bare legs
and twirl the hair of my ancestors
around the ribbon of this sound
and slightly close my eyes
and then through the feathered movement
see who they were and who I will be'

What a beautiful sound.
~*Marge*~



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Sunnyone
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Staffordshire, England
8 posted 2000-08-05 09:50 PM


Martie...

       Just the music and dance......
    the two things in life that, to me, are
    total expression. You captured me with
    this one, it is musical!!!

          Your work is so inspiring!!!!!


I have but one goal in
life.........
To make you smile!
~~ Sunny ~~


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