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Martie

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0 posted 2010-08-24 04:22 PM

The paper tears
as littering wind
quiets and down drafts
a tiny dead butterfly
onto the remnants of
the quiet morning.

Which deadful minute
callously threw it
across the sky
without even knowing its fragile keep
was so balanced there?

The pearl of a dog's ear trembles
as lolling goes into afternoon;
it would seem that nothing has changed,
if not for the door
and the barefoot cement
where the sun passed so quietly
and left a line of time
in the warmth under one broken wing.

Cpat Hair

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1 posted 2010-08-24 04:29 PM

Love this..... and was going to pick a favorite line ot quote but found I couldn't pick one without picking them all..

very nice closing...to a very fine poem..

Margherita
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2 posted 2010-08-25 07:09 PM

quote:
where the sun passed so quietly
and left a line of time
in the warmth under one broken wing.

Held my breath for this, dear Martie. How exquisite!

Love,
Margherita

Martie

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3 posted 2010-08-25 07:17 PM

Cpat and Margherita...always good to know your thoughts. Appreciate you both!

easy1
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4 posted 2010-08-25 07:27 PM

You have found the special Providence in the fall... and very neatly communicated, too.

OwlSA
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5 posted 2010-08-25 07:40 PM

Martie, this is exquisite-beyond-exquisite. Thank you for being Martie and for your compassionate sensitivity in mourning the morning butterfly and understanding about the dog's ear and for being able to put all of the quiver-soft elements of this poem into a Martie-poem, as only Martie can. Your gift enriches us all. I always know that when I enter a Martie poem, I am going to live to the full, but wow! you outdid even yourself on this one.

Owl

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6 posted 2010-08-25 07:58 PM

exhale

"the pearl of a dog's ear"

only you, my sweet Marite, only you could come up with that.

beautiful

Amaryllis
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7 posted 2010-08-25 08:10 PM

Beautiful! I`m such a fan of your writing.
~Amaryllis

Sunshine

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8 posted 2010-08-25 10:34 PM

Hello, Sis...keep looking for you on IM...
but what Cpat said...

yep...I could have said that.

You know. Now, IM me.

passing shadows
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9 posted 2010-08-26 04:32 AM

you've such a way with words

Martie

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10 posted 2010-08-26 01:36 PM

Thanks so much, poet friends. Little things noticed sometimes carry messages that are important.

noman
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11 posted 2010-08-26 02:15 PM

I like this, too.

Honeybunch
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12 posted 2010-08-26 03:22 PM

Wonderful, Martie! Yes, life is a series of "little things" and I'm so glad you take notice of them and thereby allow us to as well.

Helen

JL
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13 posted 2010-08-26 03:32 PM

I agree with Cpat Hair, except I think that last line is a perfect close.

Great write.

JL

rwood
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14 posted 2010-09-08 07:02 AM

Hey darlin' poetess

You know that your words speak a perfect language to my heart. Always a treasure when I find you, anywhere in time.

Earth Angel
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15 posted 2010-09-08 12:30 PM

Good morning, Martie Flowers!
You have the uncanny ability to write about the microcosmic world that only a few ever see. You see not only with your eyes, mind, and heart ~ but with your poetic soul as well.
You write! ~ I read! ~ and I appreciate you as a person and as a poet.

Love and a big warm hug,
Linda

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16 posted 2010-09-08 06:03 PM

Brilliantly observed poem of the elapsing of time, one we seldom see, but now appreciate more with your words Martie..

Really enjoyed reading...thank you...

Goldenrose.

Friendship is Love without his wings. Lord Byron.

Martie

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17 posted 2010-09-08 06:53 PM

Thanks, Poet friends...so happy to know you also saw something bigger in this small butterfly's death.

Eusta B. Mae
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18 posted 2010-09-10 09:38 AM

Martie this is exceptional...but I am only an echo at this point! ebm

Marchmadness
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19 posted 2010-09-10 01:50 PM

Beautifully written and expressed as always, Martie.
Ida

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