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The Drum |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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(touched by the sound of a pow-wow) The Drum The drum the drum full of the rhythm of burning slow and deliberate the heart’s cadence where the soul vibrates the wolf pricks up her ears the eagle searches the tundra The bells of movement the circumference of the dance like laughter like stars like moonlite on fast water the bells The drum the drum it is the silent prairie wind the buffalo running the baby stilled and sleeping It is a warrior crying it is strength moving forward looking back a prayer a song a dance feathers and fur stretching time the dance the music the drum the drum. the life [This message has been edited by Martie (edited 07-31-2000).] |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie~ And you knew your little Cherokee friend would be here to dance to this one ... 'It is a warrior crying it is strength moving forward looking back a prayer a song a dance' You please me with this. There is magic serenity in the drums. <~~~~*White Feather*~~~~>< !signature--> ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com [This message has been edited by Marge Tindal (edited 07-31-2000).] |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
The drum the drum full of the rhythm of burning slow and deliberate the heart’s cadence where the soul vibrates the wolf pricks up her ears the eagle searches the tundra The bells of movement the circumference of the dance like laughter like stars like moonlite on fast water the bells ==================== oh man i love this... this poem is so cool martie... wonderful inspirations... awesome poem!!! later-tom-tom-gator jm |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
let this drummer boy play for you the rhythms.... thanks for making me go ga-ga... Martie, my regards... Sudhir |
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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
Indeed wonderful. Jon |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Excellent Martie! My heart beats with rhythm to the drum of your words ... wonderful!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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beowulf_26 Member
since 1999-06-29
Posts 183 |
beautiful images. niceley done. Unrequited love sucks. |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Martie, I can hear the rhythms every word. I just want to dance wildly to this poem. "I am melancholy, flower cutting through stone" manic street preachers |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Martie...I agree with everybody! What more can I say???? jwesley |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
The signifigance of the drum to all those images of life is wonderful composition Martie....very well done!! |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
... and what a beat it is. My peaceful rhythms be your guide. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Such elemental forces in your writing here...reverberant, "feeling" verse, Martie. ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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juliet_2u Senior Member
since 2000-07-23
Posts 1125North Carolina |
Martie, what lovely images this brought to mind. Thanks for sharing it with us. Juls |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
I loved the way you tied the drum into the voices of nature and life itself. You have paradiddled your way to my soul on this and I thank you for that. EXCELLENT [This message has been edited by Mark Bohannan (edited 07-31-2000).] |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
If you haven't been to a pow wow, you should go to one...it is a truly remarkable experience...thank you for all your replies to this poem...I wanted to, but failed I think to really tell how it sounded...Hey Mark...what is a paradiddle? |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Can't beat this one, Martie  |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
I'll flamadiddle with you any time Martie. Great poem... took me back to the heritage of of the plains of Kansa... |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Martie-just a very basic pattern in drums 101......but very rhythmic and powerful. Yes, Native Americans use them all the time, however I do not know the term if any that they use for this.  |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Yes, the drum sounds whether we hear it or not...and the spirit walks where it will, and when it will in what we define as time. This spirit you speak of, I have met...as you know. Another has met you, as you may also know.... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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