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Martie
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0 posted 2005-10-06 03:55 PM



Of Pete’s Pond

Chip to me
oh scallywag of bug-ness,
oh winged blur.
The music of your tatting
rumbles and clears the ridge,
resonates into the pond with light,
sings, yes sings
slapped water sounds of night
and the timbre of the soft dredge of sky.

A huge beast tiptoes into the savannah
casting a shadow into the dark,
and I am taken into the slush and slurp
of Africa, without even saying a word.
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With thanks to Sharon, Poet deVine, for the link here that inspired me:
/pip/Forum3/HTML/003779.html

[This message has been edited by Martie (10-06-2005 05:14 PM).]

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1 posted 2005-10-06 05:02 PM


Went there, and ended up with that webcam running in the background for at least a full day.....

You've captured it beautifully!

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2 posted 2005-10-06 05:08 PM


smiling, knowing you probably meant savannah, not tundra
but I love the way you interpreted the imagery...the sounds of 'bugginess'

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3 posted 2005-10-06 05:09 PM


Martie you have captured it perfectly!
You know?  That site is addictive!!
Truly amazing..thank you for describing it so well..
and thanks to Sharon for posting the link in Announcements.
Hugs~Nancy

~Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.~

Martie
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4 posted 2005-10-06 05:12 PM


Kacy...you're right...that is what it should be.  Thanks Ed and Nancy!  I have it on all the time as background music.  
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5 posted 2005-10-06 09:42 PM


You captured the essence of Pete's Pond Martie.  I've spent a few hours waiting and watching to see who comes to drink from the pond.  A great site.

believe in what your heart feels...

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6 posted 2005-10-06 10:04 PM


MartieSis~
This is GREAT !
I peeked in on the site also ... and thank deVine for posting the link~
The grandie girlies enjoyed watching it too~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

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7 posted 2005-10-06 11:10 PM


Love it, Martie!   ....jo
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8 posted 2005-10-08 06:19 PM


Chip to me
oh scallywag of bug-ness,
oh winged blur.
The music of your tatting
rumbles and clears the ridge,
resonates into the pond with light,
sings, yes sings
slapped water sounds of night
and the timbre of the soft dredge of sky.


Wow, just wow Honeysuckle.
each line is pure poetry.



Mxx

~i want for myself your trembling~

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9 posted 2005-10-16 09:16 AM


great Martie - Paul
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10 posted 2005-10-16 09:36 AM


I tried to watch that link, but it
was not working at the time...

however, you did a fine job
of allowing one to see what
wasn't there...




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11 posted 2005-10-16 10:24 AM


Please continue the inspirations...they
always bring to us your best.

Larry C
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12 posted 2005-10-18 08:24 PM


Well, I'm a putz. It seems I need a picture. You always make me think.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

StevenS
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13 posted 2005-10-18 08:40 PM


Africa just to say the word makes my heart skip a beat. Loved it Martie
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