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Martie
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0 posted 2004-02-21 12:05 PM



February 21, Every Year
(In memory of Michelle)

Today you emerge
from hibernation.
I feel you tapping
the shoulder
of my memory.

Look, you say,
I am
swept under the heartbeat
of your memory, sleeping,
covered by hours
then by days
and finally by years
until my laughter
fades from memory
and the sound of my voice
is lost.

I am only noticed
when February cuts into
your heart
or in my picture
one sided and posed.

You look for me
across the mountain top
as if my ashes are what
seed the ground
and I can feel
the pilgrimage
of your feet
upon my soul.

Don't you know,
your heart beat
is me
and the ache
in womb,
the full, blue veined
breast of remembering
is where you can find me
and I will always be there?

Trust your tears.
--------
I know I have posted this every Feb 21st since I joined Pip...the compassion that it takes to read and reply again, and for some again and again, is much appreciated by the two of us.  Heart hugs to my poet family.

© Copyright 2004 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2004-02-21 12:32 PM


....and every year, you are better, stronger and more beautiful within.

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº>   ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº>  ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº>    ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
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J.Samm
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2 posted 2004-02-21 12:49 PM


lovely poem. i have heard your poem talking to you as if it were alive.in a way, poems are alive because they are fragments of the writer's soul.  congratulations on your, shall we say, piptalk anniversary? although i'm new here, i have to say that piptalk helps writers help each other. write on!
iliana
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3 posted 2004-02-21 12:57 PM


Martie, a heartfelt tribute this was.  though i now they are insufficient, I'm sending you hugs.
Richy
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4 posted 2004-02-21 02:18 AM




Not only do our tears hold half
of our children's essence

They pour at will, at the mere thought
of a sad event in their lives...

Or of a loving memory...


Yes Martie,

She is right,

how could tears like that,
not ever be true


Heartfelt Blessings Martie

Richy


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5 posted 2004-02-21 02:53 AM


God bless you Martie, you are beautiful
suthern
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6 posted 2004-02-21 08:02 AM


and I will always be there?

With you... and through you... with us... every day... but particularly today...

May every memory heal you a bit more. *S*

Janet Marie
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7 posted 2004-02-21 08:10 AM


thinking of you today sweets.

Well I cant say what I might believe ...
but if God made you ... he's in love with me.

5 for fighting

Marge Tindal
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8 posted 2004-02-21 10:02 AM


MartieSis~
If I never gain anything else from being a member here ... knowing you, and Michelle through you, will always have been more than enough~

I love you ... I love Michelle~
*Bigger Huglets*
~*Me

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

noles1@totcon.com

Grover
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9 posted 2004-02-21 11:22 AM


May the Lord bless you richly with His love. May He put His loving arms around you and may He hold you close into His bosom. Grover.
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10 posted 2004-02-21 12:45 PM




(big angel hugs) Oh Martie, I send many angel hugs your way as I have every February 21st I've been here, sweet friend, I know that she is the wind between the willows that is always guiding and consoling your heart, she is the daughter of you and the Earth! (wipes tears) God Bless You, 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

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

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11 posted 2004-02-21 12:48 PM


And each year will be just as beautifully
composed and presented as the last.  For
she will never be forgotten,  not by you
or by any of us as well....

Hugs Lady....

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
12 posted 2004-02-21 01:06 PM


Each year Martie...
please remember we are here for you,
holding you close in thought.
Heart Hugs.

  ~ Whatever our souls are made of,
      his and mine are the same. ~      
            

scorpio
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13 posted 2004-02-21 01:10 PM


Thoughts and prayers go out to and for you today Martie.

believe in what your heart feels...

Poet deVine
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14 posted 2004-02-21 01:27 PM


This is a poem you live every day of the year Martie. My thoughts are with you today in remembrance.....
icebox
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in the shadows
15 posted 2004-02-21 01:36 PM


*hug*
Goodknight
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16 posted 2004-02-21 04:44 PM


you and Michelle are in my heart and you have painted feelings there that are very special - this is a special poem from a special poet for a very special mom and daughter - Paul
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17 posted 2004-02-21 05:40 PM


Dear Martie.
Margherita
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18 posted 2004-02-21 07:09 PM


Dear Martie, you move me to tears with these words of yours so melancholically permeated with love.
Mother and child are always one, forever, beyond these earthly limits.
Joy and sorrow may alternatively fill your heart when you remember, but LOVE is always there.
Love and hugs. Margherita

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