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Martie

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0 posted 2003-09-21 02:45 PM

Thoughts on the Day Before my Birthday

I feel the calling of change,
it rises like liquid under pressure
filling up with lessons coming back again,
now the face of it so familiar
I even think I know how it will end.

Grow me a place, I tell the core,
that is bigger please, so I can see
each life of me like fence along the road,
hammered, painted, and left to weather all alone.
Let me count the gates I opened, those I closed,
and the places where I left
my shoes between the slates
jumping into places too far to go.

I hear the silence because it is so loud
telling me I’m making the climb up hill.
I hear the echoes from my own voice through time
and I wonder like a child,
if on the other side of every mountain
there is another place to ride?

Knowing all the while that I’ll come around again
and see my footprints here the same
moving toward this circles end.
I’ll see the toss of head
and feel the eyes still storming
and maybe understand this time
the signs that say fair warning.

[This message has been edited by Martie (09-21-2003 06:26 PM).]

Mistletoe Angel

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1 posted 2003-09-21 02:53 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh Martie, these are such wonderful wise and beautiful thoughts coming straight from your heart, sweet friend, though we may not see all the gates we have went through and all the bridges we've crossed, take to heart you've already been through so many and every moment God is expanding your place and it will never stop growing as you deliver more flowers and have loved ones plant them deep in he Earth sowed with friendship! (kiss on cheek) God Bless You, sweet friend, I can't tell you exactly how blessed I am to have a special friend like you as so many of us here are, Happy Early Birthday, yay, 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

I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth
I can see the sun set and I perceive

***Live***

Honeybunch
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2 posted 2003-09-21 03:16 PM

From across the miles - happy birthday, Martie! May it be a memorable one.

Susan Caldwell
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3 posted 2003-09-21 03:28 PM

Happy Birthday!!

A most impressive write!

Susan

Magnus

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4 posted 2003-09-21 03:35 PM

Happy Birthday dear one.  I hope that the
wisdom has come to you.  That happiness
abounds through each day.  That your life
remain full and that you never ever go away
from this place where we have come to know
you.

garysgirl

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5 posted 2003-09-21 03:49 PM

Happy Birthday,
Dear Martie

May you have a very happy
day and many more to come.
and
Ethel

Martie, sweet lady, this is such a special poem. You write such beauty in your poetry. All your poems are treasures.

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (09-21-2003 03:51 PM).]

Duncan
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6 posted 2003-09-21 04:29 PM

"Grow me a place, I tell the core,
that is bigger please, so I can see
each life of me like fence along the road,
hammered, painted, and left to weather all alone.
Let me count the gates I opened, those I closed,
and the places where I left
my shoes between the slates
jumping into places too far to go."

Happy (almost) birthday Martie!! I enjoyed reading your thoughts on this day before.

littlewing
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7 posted 2003-09-21 04:40 PM

Martie, God this hit home:

Let me count the gates I opened, those I closed,
and the places where I left
my shoes between the slates
jumping into places too far to go.

yes, but if not for that jumping . . .
well I dont know if I would be better
of or not, all I know is it made me who I am right now

This is lovely
and kind of how I felt
after 31 passed . . .

Happy Birthday
to a fine poetess
*smile*
xxoo

Seymour Tabin
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8 posted 2003-09-21 05:28 PM

Martie
Happy birthday. You have tied a rainbow in your hair and I like it thee.

QjQ
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9 posted 2003-09-21 05:42 PM

Wishing you a very happy birthday!!!!!

icebox
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10 posted 2003-09-21 06:30 PM

*HUG*

Marge Tindal

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11 posted 2003-09-21 06:43 PM

MartieSis~
And I shall always remember the poetic child of you, no matter which side of the mountain you travel~

I love you ... Happy Birthday darling~
*Huglets*
~*Sister*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
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Nightshade

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just out of reach

12 posted 2003-09-21 07:49 PM

Grow me a place, I tell the core,
that is bigger please, so I can see
each life of me like fence along the road,
hammered, painted, and left to weather all alone.
Let me count the gates I opened, those I closed,

Oh, Martie, this is so beautiful...just like your heart. Have a wondeful birthday dear one and....I'm keepin' this !! hugs, Chris

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. -Tagore

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13 posted 2003-09-21 07:51 PM

Ah sweet Martie...
I do hope you have a wonderful birthday!
(today is my hubby's)

Wonderful write froma fine poetess.
~Bithday hugs and smiles, Nancy~

~ I love your glances meeting mine
across forever or the room ~

Sunshine

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14 posted 2003-09-21 08:03 PM

I love the wonderful, positive, upbeat reflection of this piece. It's been said before, I'll say it again - we're only getting better, Martie, and I'll continue saying that until we run out of birthdays, which isn't going to be anytime soon.

We've got a WHOLE LOT of LIVING to do!

Happy Birthday, Girl!

suthern

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15 posted 2003-09-21 08:07 PM

I have sincere admiration for someone who celebrates the anniversary of their being... especially when so much class and grace define the celebration.
This is beautiful, Martie... and I hope your birthday is a wonderful one!
Happy Birthday tomorrow... happy PIP anniversary today!

[This message has been edited by suthern (09-22-2003 07:17 AM).]

wranx
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16 posted 2003-09-21 08:12 PM

And so, for your birthday, you gift us all with this.

A most happy birthday to you and...
many here, celebrate "Martie" every day

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

17 posted 2003-09-21 08:15 PM

Martie - happy birthday to you, from me...

BC

BluesSerenade
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18 posted 2003-09-21 08:28 PM

This is so like you, your poetry is a wonderful gift,
and wrapped up just as beautiful as ever.

Happy Happy Birthday Martie~

colifer
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19 posted 2003-09-21 08:36 PM

love the play on words...very god at that. a great idea too...well done with both of them

Wind

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20 posted 2003-09-21 08:41 PM

happy birthday sweet! This is a beautiful poem, honestly.

And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots!"
-Tool

GypsyGirl
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21 posted 2003-09-21 08:55 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

:
And, may all your wishes come true.

Martie

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22 posted 2003-09-21 09:00 PM

Thank you all for the birthday happy wishes and especially for hugs...birthdays always bring a time of reflection to me...so thanks for listening to me reflect.

Robert Frazier
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23 posted 2003-09-21 09:01 PM

happy birthday! beautiful poetry!
Rf

vlraynes
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24 posted 2003-09-22 05:11 AM

"Let me count the gates I opened, those I closed,
and the places where I left
my shoes between the slates
jumping into places too far to go."

And this...

"Knowing all the while that I’ll come around again
and see my footprints here the same
moving toward this circles end.
I’ll see the toss of head
and feel the eyes still storming
and maybe understand this time
the signs that say fair warning."

You know that I know this...your reflection is beautiful.

Happy Birthday, Martie. Love you...
When the power of love overcomes the
love of power the world will know peace.
-Jimi Hendrix

icebox
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25 posted 2003-09-22 07:30 AM

Happy Birthday My Friend!

Dark Angel
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26 posted 2003-09-22 07:30 AM

A beautiful reflection of you Martie.

Happy Birthday beautiful lady

love you

Maree

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

Nan

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27 posted 2003-09-22 07:45 AM

Happy Happy Birthday
Dear Martie
Have a wonderful day

James_A_Fraser
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28 posted 2003-09-22 12:08 PM

Some things change whether we want them to or not. That's true, but those are not the changes one should fear. The only changes that need concern us are those we can affect -- whether by changing when constancy is what we should give, or by refusing to change when the world needs us to be different.

I have a feeling that deep down, you know this and hold dear what you should, cast out what is hurtful, and let the rest flow like the tide.

Do I not guess you right in this?

You are a poet of surpassing beauty, by the way. I relish every word of yours, because they show true depth of spirit, and a heart that knows no boundaries but the ones it sets for itself. That's altogether admirable.

LeeJ
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29 posted 2003-09-22 12:10 PM

Oh Martie, I wish for you the best day ever, what a beautiful write....what a beautiful heart and mind....lovely

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30 posted 2003-09-22 12:12 PM

Marti, May you have the best birthday ever full of joyous wishes.You have a spirited soul, an enchanting heart, and a sweet inner being that touches the lives of many.

Crystal

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31 posted 2003-09-22 12:15 PM

I feel the calling of change,
it rises like liquid under pressure
filling up with lessons coming back again

These lines are absolutely great. Happy Birthday, and please accept my wishes for many, many more.

We are all equal but we’re individually different
and able to reach the impossible if we try.

Krawdad
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32 posted 2003-09-22 12:17 PM

I almost ignore mine . . .
but any excuse for you to grace us with your poetry is fine with me.

Happy B-Day to you, Martie, and I hope there will be many more to come.

kaile

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33 posted 2003-09-22 12:31 PM

what a lovely introspective poem. i enjoyed this stanza best:

Grow me a place, I tell the core,
that is bigger please, so I can see
each life of me like fence along the road,
hammered, painted, and left to weather all alone.
Let me count the gates I opened, those I closed,
and the places where I left
my shoes between the slates
jumping into places too far to go.

happy birthday!

1slick_lady
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34 posted 2003-09-22 02:42 PM

your words flow like raw honey sticking to everything it touches...thank you for our gift...on your birthday...h

Goodknight
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35 posted 2003-09-29 07:30 PM

Martie - hope your day went great - I sure thought of you while we were on vacation - this is a lovely remembering poem - Paul

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