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A Grand Seduction
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A Grand Seduction |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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A Grand Seduction Across the green ribbon of this day I walk with the sun at my back and all the glorious beginnings of color lifting around me. The blue periwinkle reaches for my ankle and the golden trumpet flower breathes into the air a symphony of fragrance. All around the fruit trees are budding, holding their tiny color out like a gift. The vines climb up the chain link and across wooded slats, reaching jasmine white into the alley. The sun shines now on a pillow where spring makes love, for I hear her calling, look, look at what I am to become, as with grand seduction she lays down and lets me watch her frolic. In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
With a smile she says "Yes, I do" and beams!  |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
on a pillow where spring makes love What an image! |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Man o man  this is fantastic.....I wish my back yard had flowers....too many deer up here for that....sigh...... SEA |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie ! !  You've captured it perfectly as always ! God, this is pretty ! 'The sun shines now on a pillow where spring makes love, for I hear her calling, look, look at what I am to become, as with grand seduction she lays down and lets me watch her frolic.' Great BIG SIGHS ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Whoops ! Forgot that 'sister' thang ! *HUG* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
lovely images Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
A lovely, directional poem, Martie. Thanks for 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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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Oh! That was so pretty! I will learn, you painted the most beautiful scene with so few words what a gift! Thanks for a wonderful read. |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Magnificent! I enjoyed it profoundly.  ~Allan If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Karilea--yes, you do! JLR--Thank you for letting me know you liked that particular image...I appreciate the reply. Sea--And I wish my back yard had deer. Marge-sis--thank you for the sigh...and especially the hug. Moon dust--thank you so much. Claire--I'm glad to see your reply...You are always so kind. Mysteria--thank you so much for enjoying my poem...I'm working on the word thing...I've not always been so lean. Allen--thank you so much for such a nice reply. |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
JMHO - but I'd rate this the very very best Martie Poem I've ever read |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie, Wonderful read, always enjoy your writing. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I knew that spring's siren call beckoned and enticed... but I'd never thought of it as seduction... what a wonderful image you've given! *S* Beautiful! |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
The sun shines now on a pillow where spring makes love, for I hear her calling, look, look at what I am to become, as with grand seduction she lays down and lets me watch her frolic. Oh Lordy me! this is beautiful Martie love it Maree I may know the word but not say it I may know the truth but not face it I may hear a sound a whisper sacred and profound but turn my head indifferent. Natalie Merchant [This message has been edited by Dark Angel (edited 03-16-2001).] |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Martie, This is very lovely, my friend. Such wonderful imagery. I love it. Michael Proust- "Love is space and time measured by the heart" |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I agree 100% this is lovely in every way. Kathleen Blake "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey." Laurie Lee |
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