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Marge Tindal
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0 posted 2000-07-22 01:13 PM



Splendor In The Grass

~*Marge Tindal*~

Return me to the splendor
among the grasses green
Sweet memories waiting
in the land of ever-seem

Stroll me across the meadow
damp with morning dew
Daffodil upon the hill
preens in every yellowed-hue

Poppies dancing on the breeze
blown in gentle sway
Soar me now, kite-in-flight
string me far away

Ease me down in grasses
fertile with memoried stain
Caress me gently-peppered
with softly falling rain

Wake me when the quilting hour
falls across the sky
Walk me through the shadowed-grasses
parting on gentle sigh



*Dedicated to MarkB~
Hope this is 'next' enough !






~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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poutprincess
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1 posted 2000-07-22 01:18 PM


"poppies dancing on the breeze
blown in gentle sway"

this is lovely...and i am partial to poppies!
what a beautiful image...thank you for taking me there.

ethome
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2 posted 2000-07-22 01:20 PM


Oh Marge that is so beautiful and so well done. What a natural poet you are.....

"Ease me down in grasses
fertile with memoried stain.
Caress me gently-peppered
with softly falling rain.

Wake me when the quilting hour
falls across the sky
Walk me through the shadowed-grasses
parting on gentle sigh."

Sheer poetic delight flows in every line.


Great stuff!!!!!

Take care...........ethome...............

Bill Charles
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3 posted 2000-07-22 01:22 PM


Marge,
I could smell the grass, and feel the wetness of the dew on my feet when I read this. Geez, so exhilerating! Well done Marge.

Mark Bohannan
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4 posted 2000-07-22 01:36 PM


Jeez---does this ever take me back.  It has been along time since I have been able to enjoy something such as this.  I think I just need to take the time but first someone to share it with.   Great imagery.
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5 posted 2000-07-22 01:44 PM


PoutPrincess~
Oh, I'm so pleased to have 'taken you there.'
Thank you for letting me know.

ETHome~
Sweetheart, your reply has me soaring !
Someone reel me in !  
Thank you, friend.

Bill~
Thank you for liking -
Now ..... dry those feet !

MarkB~
I thank YOU for inspiring me to reach
for the 'next' one !
Hey ... you don't 'take' time - you 'make' time !

Love you all~
~*Marge*~


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Michael Auguste
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6 posted 2000-07-22 01:50 PM


Marge,

This is very pretty and soothing.  I enjoyed it very much.  Thank you for the sharing.

Michael




Marge Tindal
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7 posted 2000-07-22 02:04 PM


MichaelA~
Welcome to the Passion's In Poetry family.

I'm glad you appreciated this piece.

I am now on your web pages enjoying very much
the art of your poetry.
You will be a welcomed addition here for sure.
Thank you for sharing.
~*Marge*~


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8 posted 2000-07-22 09:04 PM


Darn, Marge, there I was, all set to carry you to that wonderful splendor in the grass (not to mention wowee in the weeds) and then I see it's dedicated to someone else!!

I feel pruned!!!!

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9 posted 2000-07-22 09:21 PM


Oh, Balla-deere~
You just gotta be around here a little 'mower' !

I like the very idea of 'wowee' in the weeds !

*Kisses*
~*Marge*~




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Honeybee
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10 posted 2000-07-22 10:04 PM




A wonderful tribute Marge!  Very soothing and well written as always    You are the sweetest- I'm sure that Mark would agree completely!

Love ya,
Melissa Honeybee


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Lone Wolf
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11 posted 2000-07-22 10:08 PM


Marge~

I can smell the flowers and the grass coming from your words.  Aaahhh, what a lovely scent and splendid picture that comes to mind!  Thanks Mark for inspiring this piece!!!  

Lone Wolf


Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

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12 posted 2000-07-22 10:09 PM


"Wake me when the quilting hour
falls across the sky"

Marge, I believe this is one of the most engaging lines I have ever the pleasure to read...and what a loverly poem in which to find it!

~ Claire


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


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13 posted 2000-07-22 10:21 PM


Melissa~
I do appreciate that Mark inspired me
with his comment, "What's next?"
in another reply.
Glad you found it to your liking.  

LoneWolf~
I knew you would like it.
Thank you for letting me know.  

Claire~
You have a knack for finding the phrase
in my work that also is special to me.
I liked it and am glad you noticed it.
Thank you so very much.  
~*Marge*~
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~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
             noles1@totcon.com               



[This message has been edited by Marge Tindal (edited 07-22-2000).]

lucky
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14 posted 2000-07-23 09:13 PM


All right Marge,

If your going to write these kinds of things when I'm out of town and gone... Well, I'm just gonna have ta tell you that your going ta have ta copy me all the best around. I was kinda thinking how the grass might of felt being all smooshed and..?

Hardy Har_lucky-D

Ode By William Wordsworth

Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;

In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.

Ode.
By Wordsworth, William.
Sometime between 1801 and 1807.



[This message has been edited by lucky (edited 07-23-2000).]

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Lucky~
Well, I just guess you're going to
have to stay in town !  

Leave it to you to 'worry' bout the
smooshed grass !  LOL !
Welcome back from wherever you were !
Love ya'
~*Marge*~


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16 posted 2000-07-23 11:25 PM


Splendid Splendor!  

Denise

Martie
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17 posted 2000-07-23 11:27 PM


Marge--simply splendid...one of my favorites...and I was taken with the quilting as well...so unique..so perfect.
Marge Tindal
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18 posted 2000-07-24 01:02 AM


Denise~
I so love this place.
The friends are just so wonderful.
Thank you for being here.

Martie~
Thank you, my friend.
The 'quilting hour' wraps us
in the comfort of love, eh?
I would have known you'd like it !
Love ya'
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Paula Finn
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19 posted 2000-07-24 02:03 AM


YES YES  I taste this one Marge...and I fully agree with you...its not TAKING time...its MAKING time...you have to work to make love work...and a more pleasant job you will never find if you devote yourself to the task.

never say never

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20 posted 2000-07-24 07:16 AM


Paula~
Thank you for the read, dear.
It is true that time is to be made for
the pleasures in life that we seek to enjoy.
Glad to have your comments.
~*Marge*~



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Mark Bohannan
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21 posted 2000-07-24 07:51 AM


Marge- I came back to thank you for the lovely poem and the kindness in your heart.  When I read it the first time I was unable to express how much you touched me and I do thank you.  Please check your e-mail.  Hearty hugs to you my friend.   And yes I do need to and did yesterday make time thanks to you.  
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22 posted 2000-07-24 07:59 AM


MarkB~
Now THAT'S good news !
See how inspirational a thought can be !
Thank you for the very thoughtful e-mail, my friend.

Again, I owe you my gratitude for
challenging me without even knowing
you had done so !
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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you have a beautiful way
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