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Marge Tindal
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0 posted 2000-06-09 02:02 AM




With Just A Touch
~*Marge Tindal*~

With a touch of her beauty
she turns on the night
cascading the glow
with stars burning bright

One touch of her hand
the day is gone
night-time shrouding
until early dawn

Of cloudless clime
with star-filled skies
she sings the hush
of lullabies

Held in gentle
slumber's rest
babe tucked tightly
to her chest

Rocking softly
melodious tune
half-way to the
glow of moon

Never done
her watch of night
until there glows
the morning light

Lay down sweet guardian
night-time has passed
weary eyes
now close at last




 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com


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wayoutwalt
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1 posted 2000-06-09 02:07 AM


i just got back from rockin the upset baby back to sleep and this was just perfect..nicely done
Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2000-06-09 02:12 AM


Oh, Papa Walt~
How sweet ... and I'm pleased to have had this waiting for you.
*HUGS*
~*Marge*~


 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com


Ethan Halo
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3 posted 2000-06-09 02:27 AM


We should all be so lucky to have a great mom like the one portrayed here. thanks for the warm, fuzzy feelings Marge. I can now sleep with a smile!

 We all got somethin' to atone for.


ESP
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Floating gently on a cloud....
4 posted 2000-06-09 02:33 AM


Mmmmmm.....this is one soothing poem!
Wish it were time for bed instead of being time to get going!
Thanks for sharing these warm, soft thoughts with me!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie


 "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight."

ellie LeJeune
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5 posted 2000-06-09 04:06 AM


Marge, this is so lovely and I agree that I too feel soothed by this lullaby. I love the twinkling stars! Ellie

 02



EagleOne
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6 posted 2000-06-09 04:53 AM


You paint a wonderful picture here Marge, I love the stars too!

 God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Unknown



Dark Angel
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7 posted 2000-06-09 05:07 AM


Lovely and Soothing Marge, beautifully written.  

 Je t'aime plus qu'hier et moins que demain."
I love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow
(unkown)



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8 posted 2000-06-09 07:00 AM


Ethan~
Thank you, hon.  I like 'warm and fuzzy'.

Lil' Lizzie~
Pleased to soothe you.  It's always hard to remember that your day is my night.
Love ya' gal.

Ellie~
Thank you.  This one just lit my heart with the stars.

EagleOne~
Thank you.  The stars of the guardian light up the night.

DarkAngel~
Thank you.  My muse of the heart get the credit for this one.
~*Marge*~


 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Sudhir Iyer
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9 posted 2000-06-09 07:05 AM


just a touch, thats all it needs, does it not?

I am TOUCHED.

Many regards, marge,
and I wonder, why I always miss out on such poems when they first come up, must be the time zones....logic, eh? whats that?..strange


 My heart is pounding, my stomach's inside out
I'm feeling kind-a-shaky, my mind is full of doubt
All I ever think about, is fearing fear itself,
Wish I could unscrew my head and put it on the shelf
Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight,
Don't know what I'm looking at, the lights are all too bright
My brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor
Sweep 'em up. Throw 'em away, don't want 'em anymore
Clouds race across the sky, day turns into night,
Still there are the questions, no answers in sight
Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight,
Starin' out the window, everything is just too bright
Brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor,
Wish I could unscrew my head, and kick it out the door...
You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange
You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange

~ Strange ~ Joe Satriani (Flying in a Blue Dream)

Irish Rose
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10 posted 2000-06-09 09:07 AM


this was pretty!!!

 Kathleen

"How do I love thee? Let
me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace." Elizabeth Barrett Browning


tracie66
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11 posted 2000-06-09 09:12 AM


Marge~
This was one of those poems you read and it just sets your heart aglow.
Very warming and peaceful Marge...just beautiful.
Tracie~


 Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



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with you
12 posted 2000-06-09 09:41 AM


Marge~ this made me remember rocking my son to sleep.... I miss that so much. Now, he's almost 8 and won't let me rock him cause it's for "babies". I don't have the heart to tell him he still is a baby- my baby.   This is a beautiful poem. As always, you strike a cord in one's heart.   -SEA
Honeybee
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13 posted 2000-06-09 09:57 AM



Ahh Marge...this reminds me of my Mom.  Yet another masterpiece from you.  You must be a great Mom to write of love so tender between mother and child.  I'm sure that your children adore you as much as we at passions do!  

Take care,
Melissa Honeybee

P.S. Have a nice day O' Marge, queen of poetry! (Hey, I had to add that in  )

First__Knight
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14 posted 2000-06-09 06:14 PM


I feel the peace that lives in this Marge......Real peace

 It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.


nando
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15 posted 2000-06-09 06:20 PM


You make me think of being a father, giving my child the comfort and the secure feeling of being loved and protected.

The atmosphere created is a kind of
dont-worry-someone´s-watching-you feeling...
Masterpiece...

-nando-


 Ask me how to live your life, and this to you I´ll say: make your choises true and wise, so that when tomorrow will arise, you´ll smile at yesterday...

Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
16 posted 2000-06-09 07:31 PM


"Of cloudless climes..."

oh my Marge, tribute you pay
to those who have
to those who've paid

we love you, you are who you are;
a shining, shining, lovely star

lorilockheart
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17 posted 2000-06-09 07:37 PM


Marge,
Another sweet one.  So very touching.  Everything a mom or dad should be.
Love it!
Lori

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean. Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens. Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance - I hope you dance.
song by LeeAnn Womack
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

brian madden
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18 posted 2000-06-09 07:43 PM


the perfect lullaby Marge. I am sure to have sweet dreams tonight after reading your excellent poem. Before anyone thinks it is way too early for bed it is 00.43 here.

yawn and I am tired goodnight passions.

 ------------------------
"I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else"-Richey Edwards

"Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time".

Baltimore Grotto

"Libraries gave us power
Then work came and made us free
What price now for a shallow piece of dignity"
Nicky Wire, A design for Life.

manic street preachers
"Rock 'n' roll is our epiphany
Culture, alienation, boredom and despair"

"To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

E.E Cummings.



Tennessee Angel
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19 posted 2000-06-09 07:53 PM


What a soothing piece of work Marge!  I just walked in the door from a grueling day at work and boy did I need a nice, calm read.  Thanks a bunch and good job!

 "That man has shown himself great who has never grieved in evil days and never bewailed his destiny." --Seneca

Marge Tindal
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20 posted 2000-06-09 08:02 PM


Sudhir~
I'm so pleased to have touched you.

Kathleen~
Thank you, hon.

Tracie~
That's the way it felt to have written it ..
'lovely and peaceful.'

SEA~
So many memories when this mom rocked her four little ones far into the night.
The most tenderly cherished time in my life.

Melissa~
The ultimate compliment - 'this reminds me of my Mom'.  
My four are remarkably close to my heart.

David~
Thank you, hon.

Nando~
Yes, you captured it !  Even though I wrote it from the feminity of motherhood, I fully realize that there are many fathers who stand the loving 'guard.'

Karilea~
We reap the harvest of those precious, tender moments of bonding.
Keeping watch over our priceless treasures.

Lori~
Yes, everything is held in the heart of a mom or dad ... to be savored for the moment and kept for later.

Brian~
Sleep well, my friend.  So glad to have lulled you to sleep.

TennesseeAngel~
Welcome home from a grueling day.
I'm pleased to have helped soothe you.

*Thanks to everyone who enjoyed this poem as much as I enjoyed the muse of the memory that helped me pen it.
~*Marge*~
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 ~*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 06-09-2000).]

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