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Martie
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0 posted 2001-01-23 11:11 PM



   It is

Roll it around on your tongue
this marble
this cold color
warm it with breath
and let it out

It is a word

Whisper
and it rolls
across the world
opening a path

Hear the sound
the torched song
the letter
the engraved heart on stone
listen

It is poetry



© Copyright 2001 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-01-23 11:20 PM


Martie... there is poetry, and then there is Martiesque poetry.  you are one of a kind, and your talent to pen is always a joy to experience.
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2 posted 2001-01-23 11:25 PM


Martie~
I just have to thank the good Lord for you.
The way you embrace your talent is so remarkable.

Yes ... this IS poetry !
~*Marge*~


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3 posted 2001-01-23 11:40 PM


Now just wait a minute Sis... I read this o'er and o'er again... and you know something..? It was so short I could swear you left out something... Where's the rest of the story..?

brother dale

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4 posted 2001-01-24 01:32 AM


Mike--your talent to make me smile is one of a kind.

Marge--This is the best embrace---Hug!!

Dale--If you read it three times...then it was much longer, right...you're a great brother!

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5 posted 2001-01-24 03:15 AM


Another treat from PoetFriend Martie...
Thank you sweetie for I enjoyed this read...
*~coco~*

[This message has been edited by CocoBaci (edited 01-24-2001).]

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6 posted 2001-01-24 03:35 AM


Martie -
Pardon me if I steal words from Mike and Marge - for I feel just as they've expressed here one of my daily prayers is that you never stop writing and posting here!

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7 posted 2001-01-24 06:37 AM


Good gosh girl, you stick marbles in your mouth too?  This has put SUCH a permanent picture in my mind of what might ever happen if you and I met over tea...and I can hear the giggles!

Oh yes...this absolutely graces the top shelf of my Martie Wing...

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8 posted 2001-01-24 11:53 AM


Coco--Thank you for reading, an especially for the "poet friend".

Bill--don't worry, it is like breathing, I require it to live...and thanks for being so sweet.

Karilea--Does that mean too as in you do, and didn't tell anyone, or too in yikes?  One day we WILL giggle over tea, count on it.

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9 posted 2001-01-25 11:22 AM


Martie your right..!

If you read it three times it is alot longer... becomes more you... Thanks for the Que, I mean clue... Sheesh, do I know what I'm talking about... It's all Doreen's fault, she must have given me a virus... (((smile))) Love and prayers Sis & Taylor.

dale



[This message has been edited by lucky (edited 01-25-2001).]

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10 posted 2001-01-25 09:54 PM


You do such amazing things with words!! This is lovely, Martie!

Denise

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11 posted 2001-03-03 09:51 PM


Ooops...the giggles made this bubble right back to the top!
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12 posted 2001-03-04 12:50 PM


It Is a good poem in a every word you wrote enjoy your read
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13 posted 2001-03-05 04:33 PM


And it is waiting, every time I see your name. *S* I like this, Martie... it leaves me smiling! *S*
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14 posted 2001-03-05 05:26 PM


This is how good you are...I was already feeling that marble in my mouth when I got to the next verse and felt very silly. THIS is poetry!
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15 posted 2001-03-05 07:33 PM


Ok, is THIS how it works I liked this very much.

Dennis

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16 posted 2001-03-05 09:02 PM


Yes, I'm glad this came back up! What a great write!!

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can I see my world without you in it?
baby, not for a single minute...

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17 posted 2001-03-05 09:46 PM


Dale--love and prayers to you too.

Denise--Thank you for thinking that.

Karilea--Your giggles are pretty powerful...thanks you.

vandana--thank you for such a sweet reply.

Ruth--Your smile makes me smile.

Dennis--only a little painting of what I see.

Snowpants--I'm so glad you enjoyed the poem...thank you for the sweet reply.

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