Open Poetry #5 |
In the Moonlight, Shadow Dancing (hoot's challange) |
Martie
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In the Moonlight, Shadow Dancing How these words appeal to me like the song that we heard playing that night so long ago. Dancing in the moonlight meet me after midnight, words that turned our eyes to glistening, hearts to planning a rendezvous. Oh, the romance of it took me trembling to anticipation of midnight shadow dancing, back yard lit and crickets singing, but midnight was to me a lifetime, I called him, so full of my desire that waiting was no option, at eleven o five on the dot I whispered now, not then. He was there in just a heart beat in this softly moonlit place behind the house, beyond the trees on grass that held the evening damp. Moonlight lit the loving arms that circled me and took me in to such a love that time still tells us of shadow dancing, in the moonlight of the backyard when we first loved at eleven o five. [This message has been edited by Martie (edited 01-23-2000).] |
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SEA
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Posts 22676with you |
Martie...I could see it so clear in my mind....How lovely. -SEA |
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Denise
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This is so beuatiful, Martie! Challenge well met! And thanks for bringing old memories to light! |
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Marge Tindal
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Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie- This is sooooo pretty. Funny the things we each remembered through this challenge, huh? Yours is a touchingly tender remembrance that will stand in your memory for all time. Especially ~Eleven 0 Five~ ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Poet deVine
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Mike Member Elite
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Since I am basically a shy kind of guy... I was averting my mind... but I loved the poem. Beautifully written. [This message has been edited by Mike (edited 01-23-2000).] |
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Martie
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Thank you all for seeing the feeling that was so special to me, and Mike, averting your mind? Please don't do that. |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Amazing what Ruth's challenge does to all of you and what wonderful poetry it's giving us ! Wonderful poem, like it a lot |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Martie...this is wonderful...challange well met. Loving all the variations of a single line |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
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Oh my.....now what time was it agian?..LOL Excellent pictures come from these words Martie. Painted with care I don't buy temporary insanity as they murder defense. Because people kill people. That's and animal instinct. I think breaking into someone's home and ironing all their clothes is temporary insanity. |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Eleven-oh-five works for me ... (Course, so does twelve-oh-five, one-oh-five, two-oh-five, preferably back to back ...) Oops! Got a little sidetracked there! hehehe This was tender and loving, and not at all deserving of the crass comments I have heretofore offered, but hey, that's just me. Well done, Martie, and thanks for this lovely vision! --Kess Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made, Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange... --William Shakespeare, from The Tempest |
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One Who Understands Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 251Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
All I can say is wonderful |
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PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
Very heartwarming and touching. Such memories are treasures to hold on to. Very beautifully painted. Poetry~ Words falling on paper, painting a dream. Shawna R. Holder Boise, Idaho |
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whiskey
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Posts 1278Australia |
This is beautiful Marti , such wonderful pictures I can see from your words |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
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Yes, a portrait of a cherished time you've shared with us. Excitement, allure, the senses alive...all this and so much more! Claire |
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Martie
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Wow! I'm so tickled, no...overwhelmed by the response to this poem. Thank you so much all you wonderful poets! In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Brilliantly painted picture you've given us! <*\\\>< Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is GOD. Where there is GOD, there is no need. Hallmark |
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