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Fourth Anniversary and a Thank You
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Fourth Anniversary and a Thank You |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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I am a load of minutes, heavy with wonder at the clarity of just one. Perhaps it comes at noon on a day just as lunch sounds good and the birds are snoozing from morning's song. Perhaps it moves along the sidewalk, leashed and exuberant, wanting to be unchained; jumping and wild ... a rabid thing gone to joy. I see how the load is less and the forgotten cast off, as dust performs a miracle and covers the unused things until they change. Sudden insights insist ... listen to me; softly the appreciation of little things grabs hold and gives to movement, meaning ... so many times now that the spirit comes from behind the silent silk of time and takes a bow. I've known the power of listening and now see the wonder of being understood. What is this willful character of celebration? It is dressed in wildflowers and recalls the grace of wind. It is a blade of grass gone green from spring, and the turbulence of snow-melt racing summer to the sea. It is hills of yellow mustard in the morning sun. It is me. ------------ I would like to repost this every year, because it will remain true. I appreciate the love and support given to me by my pip friends and family during my seizure and brain surgery four years ago. I would like you to celebrate life with me, again. Much love to all! [This message has been edited by Martie (04-24-2010 06:42 PM).] |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
 Four years and counting... most excellent! Keep em' coming!"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra." |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear, beautiful Poetess Martie, I am so happy that you celebrate life with this incredibly touching and wise poem. I so deeply appreciate your words and I celebrate with you the beauty of now. Love and hugs. Margherita  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Wow, I can't believe it's been that long, Martie! Beautiful expression you've penned! |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Martie, This is one sweet idea. It's a lovely poem. Love Bobby |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Dear Martie. It is indeed a pleasure to celebrate with you and please do post the poem every year. It's beautiful as everything you write always is. Love Helen |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I am happy you are able to celebrate life with this wonderful poem, Martie. Love, Ida |
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Zeigeist Member
since 2009-12-09
Posts 311Michigan |
I am honered to read your poem. Z. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Martie, like Denise, I can't believe it was four years ago. It seems like yesterday that you gave us all such a fright and had us all in such a flurry of prayers - and then, thankfully your recovered so well. Your poem is very beautiful, and magnificently and sensitively worthy of being a Martie-poem. Owl |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
always celebrating your words, Martie  M |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Anniversarys are a very special thing....aren't they, Sissie? |
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Trapped - Nothing Member
since 2010-04-25
Posts 52 |
I am a load of minutes, heavy with wonder at the clarity of just one. Perhaps it comes at noon Suggestion: I'm a load of minutes, heavy like a ten ton truck, heavy with wonder. The clarity of one, so clear like day break it comes at noon. |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
There are a thousand and one questions I would love to ask you. (I have faced the same surgery for years now, but have been too fearful to have it.) In the last 4 months I have almost died 4 times and I fear that soon I will have no choice in the matter. Anyway, that is not why a left a comment. I wanted to say how exquisite your observation was in these words: "I see how the load is less and the forgotten cast off, as dust performs a miracle and covers the unused things until they change." Seeing you write like this allays my greatest fear of all...does anyone who has had this operation still function with a sharp mind? Apparently, you are a living tribute to that excellence. May God continue to richly bless you... |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Message to Steaven - we were so worried that Martie would lose some of her clarity of mind, but as you see, she is as bright as a button as ever she was, and her poetry is even more beautiful than before, and that is saying a LOT! Owl |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
you may be the survivor, and the ultimate winner, my dear Marti, but we are the blessed because we still have your with us, even better than ever, and I personally am very happy this is so, and am looking forward to your Fifth Anniversary Thank You note...and many, many more. jimmy |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
So blessed every year to read beside the hearts all lined up along the window sill...waiting for this treat. |
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