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He Set Out to Build a Basket of the House
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He Set Out to Build a Basket of the House |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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He set out to build a basket of the house using the finest ingredients he placed bamboo the color of a mossy stream and made it bend to his will a curve then at each end a different vine to grow from all this chaos a church in which to pray Oh the time it takes each morning some an inch how long it takes to grow a place to live or die The scarlet runner bean is best can do torching the air with dark orange blossom like some crazy heart it takes a leap of faith and makes it to the roof He is like that now....armed with shovel and soil amendment he is a warrior intricately weaving a fortress but I see all the open spaces where the sky falls and I cannot save him with my love |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
like some crazy heart it takes a leap of faith ~*~ I want to HEAR you read this one...  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
"I see all the open spaces where the sky falls and I cannot to save him with my love"  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
"Oh the time it takes each morning some an inch how long it takes to grow a place to live or die" *sigh* |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I see all the open spaces where the sky falls and I cannot save him with my love ============================= oh my do I know this...know the desperation and the desire to do just that... save them with love.... still... me thinks you answered some of your own questions with this... like some crazy heart it takes a leap of faith and makes it all we can do is just be there... (thats enough)  I would love to live as a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie Each poem is like a fresh salad.  |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
Ah, *sigh* wow... This is amazing. Always, Alyssa Poems are made by fools like me, |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Oh my Martie - you speak from the depths here - you can love and this speaks oceans of love and care - Paul |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Oh yes, GOODKNIGHT has it right… I agree with that! JL  She said: ”You look cute in the dark.” |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Martie, this is most lovely and so sad at the same time. Many hugs to you. ....jo |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Whoops, forget to click save. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Sis~ 'He is like that now....armed with shovel and soil amendment he is a warrior intricately weaving a fortress' He IS a Warrior ... and that's a good, good thing~ Hello Taylor~ *Huglets* to you both~ ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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lgina Member
since 2004-07-20
Posts 52 |
Wow Martie that is full of so much life and yet has an empty ring. I like it alot. |
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James_A_Fraser Senior Member
since 2003-09-03
Posts 972Out Making Anticlines |
It is a man's way, as you know only too well. But you also know how to handle walls, as I recall -- drive your tanks around them, and they don't matter at all. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
*saving this* I want to come back to it when I have the quiet in my surroundings to fully appreciate you. and him... you break like the waves, Martie...beauty |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
by your love he was already saved before his skin was man you were his salvation enjoyed your eyes here ms |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
hugs my friend.. I was here.. I read..and I appreciated the feelings and the talent.. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
You amaze me Martie. to you both. Have missed you much.I'm keeping this. M The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change. |
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Startime55 Member Elite
since 2003-04-05
Posts 2148Alberta, Canada |
Your touch us with each poem you create. By their very existence our hearts are blessed... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I see all the open spaces where the sky falls Sometimes they are all too visible... after all... they are part of life's pattern, too. Excellent, poignant write. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Martie...perhaps sometimes we need to see a bit of that sky shining through just to keep us grounded |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
I echo what Ruth said on this one! Enjoyed muchly m'dear! |
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