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Martie
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0 posted 1999-10-12 07:54 PM




First was dirt and rocks
and green things that grew
wild and had no name
and there was no memory of a beginning.
Oceans carved the design,
rivers traced the curve of light
that fell from ridges
into valleys.
Listening screech and coo nestled
and focused on becoming timeless
by creating more.

Time has swept a path
across the distance
from then to now.
With secret language that has always been
this hallowed ground is still a home
where soft voices rise and fall together
and footsteps catch
the rhythm of the stairs,
familiar as the sunset from
the bedroom window
and the afternoon breeze
that stirs the office papers.


© Copyright 1999 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
Watcher666
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1 posted 1999-10-13 05:32 AM


Nicely done!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

Poet deVine
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2 posted 1999-10-17 01:04 AM


Free verse! I wish I could write it like this...very good!!

caroline
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3 posted 1999-10-17 12:26 PM


Martie I really enjoy your work. You have an enviable excellence with free verse! Wonderful piece, here.

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"Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats


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4 posted 1999-10-17 12:31 PM


Ending it with the office papers was extremely clever. Well done, Martie.
Denise
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5 posted 1999-10-17 01:42 PM


Wow! What a clever, wonderful piece! I enjoyed this very much!

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Denise

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6 posted 1999-10-17 02:04 PM


Wonderful Martie!

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

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7 posted 1999-10-17 02:05 PM


Nice imagery
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