She Said Dear Dear.......with thanks to Maree

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Martie

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0 posted 2003-09-27 07:22 PM

On Searching Antique stores for Grandmother

I went to find the paint of her
stacked on a back shelf
of some antique of neglected dust
with just the scratched black initials
that were her youth

A canvas of dark   stilled to life
like old tomatoes slightly wrinkled
you can almost squash with your eyes
and the musty smell of old closets
where gay colors dream of light

She whistled the walnut tree of birds
until they fell   shells of questionable merit
to pry with magic tool on shaded table
a pile of forgotten cribs
the goodness shucked

Could her tune whistle across time
her silk bent around fabric still in mind
she would not remember that she forgot me
in her pale comparison when we were all her child
the young and old of us built on layers
of curly hair and round skirts
legs bitter rooted to hardwood and phonographs
that still crank a tune
and the line of us all waiting
to take our turn

Her cataracts are the attic of my description
bound with words that are made from watercolor
and each delicate wound seeps the orange rouge
of wilted cheeks blurred by time to my girlhood

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Maree ( Dark Angel)said, "dear dear" to me today in conversation, and it was something that my grandmother said many times...with the meaning, tsk tsk...sort of.  Anyway memory of that dear lady came flooding back to me...thus the recall of this poem from January.

[This message has been edited by Martie (09-27-2003 07:27 PM).]

Mistletoe Angel

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1 posted 2003-09-27 07:31 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh Martie, I love my grandparents soooooo much and believe that we all have the heart of our grandparents in us! (kiss on cheek) You will always make her proud and happy, sweet friend, this is such a gorgeous painting, 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***

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2 posted 2003-09-27 07:32 PM

This brings back such memories....and it seems a lifetime since January, when I joined this group....I wish I could split into two or three of me, just to absorb all the changes that Ratleader has experienced since then.

I should check a mirror -- maybe I'm three times as old as I was then!

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Sunshine

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3 posted 2003-09-27 07:37 PM

Sometimes,
a muse will speak
through the voice
of a good friend...

littlewing
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4 posted 2003-09-27 08:02 PM

Martie - you have no idea how much
I relate to this
My gram, ohh she lives within
and around me
and I can smell her quite often
she is that present
I adore this
and ahhh what a beautiful writer
you are
xxoo

icebox
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5 posted 2003-09-27 10:02 PM

Sometimes, Sweet Lady, you are the memories I never had.

Thanks for sharing.

James_A_Fraser
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6 posted 2003-09-28 01:25 AM

And well she should. Repetition adds emphasis, and it's correctly placed.

~~J

Dark Angel
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7 posted 2003-09-28 05:33 PM

Wow Martie, this is a beautiful memory and you bring it to life with your masterful penning.

So glad to have helped resurrect a beautiful memory m'dear and thank you for sharing it with us.

Maree

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

(Ani DiFranco)

Seymour Tabin
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8 posted 2003-09-28 05:43 PM

Martie
Once again you have sweetened my day.

Ringo

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9 posted 2003-09-28 06:00 PM

Martie- The memories and love are there for us all to share with you, and to remember our own. If I might borrow a phrase from a great man... "Thank you for sharing"

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

Goodknight
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10 posted 2003-09-29 07:33 PM

Martie - thanks for a wonderful poem and for sharing memories with us - paul

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11 posted 2003-09-29 07:51 PM

Ah dear Martie...
This is wonderful...so much enjoyd the read.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

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

suthern

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12 posted 2003-09-30 01:07 PM

Her cataracts are the attic of my description
bound with words that are made from watercolor
and each delicate wound seeps the orange rouge
of wilted cheeks blurred by time to my girlhood

This brought my grandmother's voice to me so clearly... I thank you for that! *S* Beautiful work, Martie. *S*

vlraynes
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13 posted 2003-09-30 01:22 PM

Martie...perhaps one day I can explain to you
just how deeply this touches me...

For today, though...I'll just hug you...
When the power of love overcomes the
love of power the world will know peace.
-Jimi Hendrix

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