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Time Stained Warp
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Time Stained Warp |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Time Stained Warp Across the wood time plays out its scratched history hidden and remarkable in a secret drawer where a piece of paper covered with intricate writing whispers to me and plays my mind in swirls of interlaced geometry. My hand must reach out pulled by some ancient memory sanded by time to caress linger and feel home ingrained so invincible but fragile living across the years that wrote a thought with ink dipped with scratching flourish. I can see the graceful flow fade and the crisp fold then a sigh pushing the chair back with closed eyes thumb and forefinger find that place between the eyes where supplies of deep thought slumber and to post a letter is an intricate thing across the valley of hoof-beats. My fingers soak in this time-stained warp from some other life that has caught me and given me such thoughtful consideration that I know how big encompassing can be before I even read the words. [This message has been edited by Martie (edited 04-26-2000).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie, You have made magic with your words. *L* |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie~ This is just magical. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!!! You are MAGIC!!! Liz |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sy, Marge and Liz--the magical threesome...thank you for your replies! |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
Hay, I saw it too..! Oh well, I'll catch you next time. But this was one of special interest. Love Dale |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Only the greatest of poets can drag your heart along a rocky path, bleeding all the way, and then drop you off at the edge of a cliff without ever telling you why. ~ ~ ~ How else could another poet read into your aching lines, the story of their own lives? ~ ~ ~ Martie, you show your gift more all the time! ~ ~ ~ P.S. I especially love the lines "I know how big encompassing can be before I even read the words." [This message has been edited by Rosemary J. Gwaltney (edited 04-29-2000).] |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Lucky and Rosemary--You guys are the greatest! Much love to you! |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I like this very much. Felt like I was watching a scene in my mind. You always use the most descriptive phrases...  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Martie, this is superb! I too had a vision painted in my mind by your beautiful words! Denise |
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