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Martie
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0 posted 2000-07-11 05:58 PM



Sunrise on Maple Creek

A candle has been lit
in the horizon
and now Maple Creek is on fire

in its darkling waters darting eyes
circle the rock looking for jewels
as cascading sparks hit the dust of sleep
and bedeck the air to scarlet

The sky that was in silence waiting
opens with sound across the trees
and in the marsh grass
one eye closed
the frog is silent watching

Inside the room
her eyes dream drenched
she sees the creeping of light
beneath the door
that slowly steels across the room
to touch the crystal in the window
with a rainbow of emergence

and she stalls her shivering
within the waiting arms of wool
to tip toe across the porch
and heave the weight of sleep
into the fragrant air

Barefoot into the damp
she goes clutching the collector
for to make a memory so sweet click
within the camera’s eye
is all that’s needed.

A candle has been lit
in the horizon
and now Maple Creek is on fire.


© Copyright 2000 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
ma miller
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1 posted 2000-07-11 06:01 PM


Poetry is truly alive ... Thanks.
Sunnyone
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2 posted 2000-07-11 06:28 PM



  I love the way you paint the picture!!!!
  I can almost feel myself walking across
  the porch to watch the sunrise....

            Beautiful work here!!


Hold life with an open hand....leaving it room to grow....


Dr.Moose1
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3 posted 2000-07-11 07:42 PM


Martie,
Truly held in the moment .
Doc

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4 posted 2000-07-11 07:47 PM


Superb, Martie... thank you for sharing this picture with us!
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5 posted 2000-07-11 07:54 PM


My precious and talented friend~
You captured a KODAK Moment ...
and didn't even put film in the camera !

I'll take two prints !

Awesome lady !
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Denise
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6 posted 2000-07-11 09:09 PM


Beautiful sunrise, Martie! I could see it all!  

Denise

Martie
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7 posted 2000-07-11 10:16 PM


MA Miller--Thank you for such a lovely compliment.

Sunny--I'm glad you liked the picture...I wrote it because of a picture that a friend sent me of a sunrise in North Carolina.

Doc--Each moment should be held.

suthern--hi gal, haven't seen you for awhile...glad this poem pleased you.

Marge--You got my two prints...thanks for the awesome.

Denise--thanks, my friend for your eyes that see so much.

Corinne
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8 posted 2000-07-11 10:19 PM


Lovely, lovely, lovely!

Corinne

Jamie
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9 posted 2000-07-11 10:34 PM


A very lovely picture you have painted.

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


AndrewDL
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10 posted 2000-07-11 10:42 PM



Great job, Martie. I truely admire how you are able to paint such beautiful pictures with a handful of words. I really like it that you stray away from using rhyme in most of your work- especially in this one. Great work!


-Andrew
Trust too much, and you may be deceived, but trust too little and you will live in torment forever.


Martie
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11 posted 2000-07-12 03:45 PM


Corinne and Prometheus...thank you for such a lovely word as lovely.

Andrew...I'm so glad you liked this poem...thanks for the read.

JamesMichael
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12 posted 2000-07-12 04:02 PM


Martie wonderful descriptions and imagery...James
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