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Martie
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0 posted 2002-03-08 10:16 PM


   Drought

The sky is brittle
like dry bones.
All weeping gone.

The clover grasps at dew
though grace weaves nasturtium
like greedy snakes,
they take their place,
harbingers no matter what,
of spring.

Around the lakes
lines mark the place
in feet where water  
ate the greedy dirt then polished rocks
and licked the manzanita branch
last year.

The seasons almost gone now,
and still
the sky is brittle
like dry bones.

Where is the weeping cloud?

[This message has been edited by Martie (03-08-2002 10:33 PM).]

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1 posted 2002-03-08 10:24 PM




(smiles) Ooohhhhhhhh...I love this, sweet friend, your words paint a wonderful surreal vision of a wasteland hit hard by a dust bowl! (kiss on cheek) Your words and imagery always amaze me, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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2 posted 2002-03-08 10:30 PM


Where is the weeping cloud
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Some lines stay with you long after you have finished reading.  
This is one of them.
Well done sweet lady!
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Sometimes all you really wish for...
     is someone to wish for you.~

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3 posted 2002-03-08 10:32 PM


I can sure relate to this one, miss, after Florida went through its worst drought in 40 years last year. Now we've got weeping clouds all over the place!!! I'll send you one
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4 posted 2002-03-08 10:33 PM



You left me a memory and I hope it comes across soon in the form of something as nice as this...

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5 posted 2002-03-08 11:09 PM


In loud sobs
and gushes
weeps the cold.

The inbetween season
has come calling
clearly falling.

Crystals
soon leaden
all about.

The dry winter
encased now,
fragile.

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