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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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It down shifted into the afternoon And took me back to mornings at Ruth The logging trucks on the road from cut down The hills taking the sound like a song Into the dim light and the slap of lake The egret young hungry awake The smoke from last night fire still in the air The sleeping bags zipped together Warm warm the space in there Seems years fall away so easily With a sound like a song from a just cut tree |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
It's funny, the things the mind can do. Nice thouughts, nice images, thank you for sharing them. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Wonderful imagery Martie..much enjoyed the read.. You have a way of taking the reader 'right there'. Lovely...lovely. ~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~ ~Somewhere in my heart I'm always |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Wow again! How sweet it is! Martie just keeps rolling on..... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
You know you're gonna get my attention when my name is mentioned, right? LOL And I'm so glad... this brought back a rush of memories of nights in the forests... back when my back didn't mind ground sleeping. *S* I like this, Martie. *S* |
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QjQ Member Elite
since 2003-04-18
Posts 3756U.S.A. |
very nice visions of your write,,, Poetry is a vision that portrays ones impressions.QjQ |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
what a scene! |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
And just what was going on in those two sleeping bags zipped together?? Gosh, now I want to go camping... |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ruth Lake in Northern California is a place that has many memories for me. /pip/Forum72/HTML/000322.html Thank you all for reading and taking the time to reply. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Holler down the hill walk up the tree lined path come and plant the pine with me and sigh, awaiting age |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
The smoke from last night fire still in the air The sleeping bags zipped together Warm warm the space in there Seems years fall away so easily With a sound like a song from a just cut tree Martie, thanks for sharing your memories with us. They sound like they were good ones.  Hugs  Ethel |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I remember Holding Hands well... *S* It's one of my favorites. *S* |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
It down shifted into the afternoon And took me back to mornings at Ruth The logging trucks on the road from cut down The hills taking the sound like a song Into the dim light and the slap of lake The egret young hungry awake The smoke from last night fire still in the air The sleeping bags zipped together Warm warm the space in there Seems years fall away so easily With a sound like a song from a just cut tree You know... this one gets to me... very nicely done... very nice indeed.... All along the rose of evening bounced the sounds of last runs from those round legged monsters carrying the cut flesh of pine and oak down slashed trails that wound up in bounce just wide enough you could catch the edges if you went slow... Thick the run of sap still bleeding from cut stump to perfume the hot still of July so that even stars were sticky as we lay in watch for dawn. I did not feel death then as I do now so we rolled our night in twisted legs thinking of birth and not destruction. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ahhh, Ron...your memories are beauty tinged, like my own. Thank you for gifting your reply with this inspire....now post it, will ya!!  |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Martie - I enjoyed the time at Ruth lake so much - you took me there with such powerful images and feelings - I enjoyed the fire and the lake and the company - thanks Paul |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
True it is that smells and sounds stir our memories the most. This is a terrific recall of innocent times. I've a much more mundane olfactory stimulant...mosquite repellent..smile. Thanks for the memories. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
Enjoyed your thoughts. And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand ~ Bernie Taupin |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (sigh) Oh Martie, this is beautiful, sweet friend, your words always put us in the moment, you would truly make a great painter too, have you ever thought about that? (kiss on cheek) God Bless You, sweet frined, 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 Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story |
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