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Where is the Spider?
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Where is the Spider? |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Where is the Spider? Time spins a web from the tree of life and we are caught. Blown like a feather we cling as our need gives us strength. We touch the lazy leaf in awe, smell the tangy edge of fruited laughter and long for truth. Days are sometimes our slow enemy. The dullness of them seeps into our lust and inhibits our exuberance. Many times a manic dance spins us out of control, before we can think of a purpose we have passed ourselves and must seek again what we never found. We are the umbilicated tied to the past by a severed cord, phantom pains keep us from forgetting our beginning. We are chained to the future by the microscope of eternity found in our children. We throw out a life line and glean through the unbearable coupling of our bodies, destiny. From the depth of this beauty we recognize youth far back on the road. The mirror mimics our exterior when inside we realize that youth has only become less frivolous and more kind. There are signs along the path we travel these are some I’ve seen: Singing when your heart is full brings sweetness to your voice. Holding the hand of one who walks along the river leads to the appreciation of little things. Listening to the message of the sea, humbles an overripe opinion. Embracing in love sets a fire that will not be extinguished. Looking inward for the teacher calms the trembling fingers of your grasping search. Laughter emptying into your troubled soup sweetens the bitterness and strengthens all the essential ingredients. To struggle against the web is to be caught more fiercely. If we are still listening and open, we can appreciate the glistening of its craftsmanship and the touch of air surrounding it. Peace is fleeting, found in an instant when eyelash meets the cheek. Does the tree of life concern itself with our struggle? Tall and sure it holds the web, but can it protect it from what is or what will be? I still have not seen the spider. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Oh Martie, superb, my friend. I admire, so much, your penchant to weave the poetic details of life into the finest and most delicate spun silk. So sweetly shared, this, and I must thank you. ~ 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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Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
So full of detail and truly thought-provoking Martie ... I thoroughly enjoyed this. /Kit |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie~ If I were to try to find a 'favorite' thought out of this beauty ... I'd end up with the entire web. The arachnophobic in me almost didn't read this one ... whew ! Palms perspiring, I challenged my fear. Glad I didn't see any spiders either.  Okay, okay ... I found my favorite line - 'Peace is fleeting, found in an instant when eyelash meets the cheek.' Beautiful, beautiful thoughts, dear lady. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Claire, what a lovely reply, thank you! Kit, I'm so glad you enjoyed this... Marge--Thanks for all the possitive replies you make. |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Martie, I must say that this is now my most favorite of yours!! The wisdom woven into this is absolutely inspiring!! I think you should submit this one to Blue Mountain as well!! I can just picture this on one of their cards and plaques!! I would most definitely purchase this if I was browsing through their display at the store!! Go for it!! Denise |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Denise--I never thought of that...thanks for such wonderful comments--maybe I will. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie, You have so much in this poem it could be a whole library. Enjoyed every bit of it. *L* |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Martie, I certainly am hopelessly caught in your web of exquisite poetry. This one defies and comments I could make without them coming out inadequate.....and no one else could use the word umbilicated and get away with it! |
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insect Senior Member
since 2000-04-22
Posts 1014 |
leads to the appreciation of the little things Those little vibrations are what bring the spider out. The little things should always be appreciated. Very nice. |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Again - a Martie poem that leaves me at a loss of words (did I say that?) - I've saved many of yours to my treasure box -Said "to the top" more than once - I cannot readily imagine saying another poem could supplant this |
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