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Martie

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0 posted 2006-09-04 11:32 AM

A Grandmothers Lullaby to the Moon

I feel a connection hold me
to the almost full of moon
following the place I am
lit now behind the tree
and again within the pool

I move too
rocking on a swing
that is tattered by time
yet it holds its movement still
and if I close my eyes
I can feel dirt and sky
and the dusk of evening birds fly

I sing the song of a grandmother
I sing it again I sing it well
to you and you the children
of the teacher and the mother
to the child within me still

Rocky rocky rocky rocky
backwards and forward
to and fro

Gathering briquettes
absorbing the good smell of wood chips
making love
out of an old BBQ and moonlight

I can close my eyes
my grandmother eyes
and hear the song
with the dear swing
that is part of everyone

and the swing just sings along

Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2006-09-04 11:36 AM

Martie
A delight to read.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

2 posted 2006-09-04 11:59 AM

rocky rocky rocky rocky...

You make the simple sounds
sing love.

Beautiful, Sissie.

Earth Angel
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3 posted 2006-09-04 12:03 PM

A grandmother's lullaby, well-sung.

"and the swing just sings along"

Love and Lunar Light,
Linda

Bonnie j
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4 posted 2006-09-04 12:28 PM

Something about and old swing..either in a tree or upon an old porch. It brings, for some reason, inner peace. Bringing back memories of the past and sometimes of more happy times.
Good Jobber
Hugs
BonBon

Marge Tindal

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5 posted 2006-09-04 02:21 PM

MartieSis~
So lovely ... so very, very lovely~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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The Lady
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6 posted 2006-09-04 09:37 PM

"I sing the song of a grandmother
I sing it again I sing it well"

you do sing it well Martie

I love this...

seraphin
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7 posted 2006-09-04 11:00 PM

"I can close my eyes
my grandmother eyes
and hear the song
with the dear swing
that is part of everyone

and the swing just sings along"

Just a small part of an exceptional whole.

Sandra

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8 posted 2006-09-04 11:03 PM

you swinger you

you took me for a ride here

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9 posted 2006-09-05 01:22 PM

How beautiful this is Martie..
I'm so happy to be home and able to read you once again.

Hugs~Nancy

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10 posted 2006-09-05 01:26 PM

Gathering briquettes
absorbing the good smell of wood chips
making love
out of an old BBQ and moonlight

it is nice to know we're part of something grander then ourselves...excellent write

Honeybunch
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11 posted 2006-09-05 05:34 PM

Yes, Martie, you do sing it well and I'm glad that you know you do. Delightful read! I'm just a tad bit jealous because the way things are going I don't think I'll ever be a grandmother - well, maybe a very old one if I'm lucky.

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12 posted 2006-09-06 10:46 PM

You sing this love so well....and beautiful it is. The simple things, the things that last, that we can hold to through the years...those are the things that count. Some new thrill is only....some new thrill.

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iliana
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13 posted 2006-09-07 02:20 AM

Martie, I really, really like this one. Many memories flash before me when I remember rocky chairs, and they are all beautiful. Now, I like you, am that age and of that mind. *hugs*....jo

LeeJ
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14 posted 2006-09-07 06:32 AM

I had to come back for one of many times to read this again, just to implore in my mind, this journey marvelous...you and others have helped to mold me....thank you dear poetess...master of verse

incredible, you and your music

FNG
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15 posted 2006-09-08 11:04 PM

This is lovely, reminds me of my grandmother and the swing....so high!

A delightful read.

Goodknight
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16 posted 2006-09-13 03:47 PM

thanks for the rocking song Martie - I closed my eyes and rocked and sang along. Paul

suthern

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17 posted 2006-09-22 12:27 PM

I sing the song of a grandmother
I sing it again I sing it well
to you and you the children
of the teacher and the mother
to the child within me still

What a beautiful song you sing, birthday girl. *S*

cwilk55
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18 posted 2006-09-22 12:36 PM

Its sooo perfect. I gathered the verses and hugged them lovingly remembering my own moon light swings and so hoping to bestow that very wonder on my own precious grandgirl. Thank you, thank you...

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