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Colored with his Love
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Colored with his Love Sometimes the sun pulls some kind of magic from the sky and I can feel it nudge my skin in a reverent way, as if someone conspired to let me see more clearly how the water emits radiance and sounds are sharply cut from a song of continuance. Today I saw this magic in something far more finite, something as fragile as a flower and as strong as a caress, I saw it in hands, dear hands, beloved and torn on one delicate thumb, hands that had traced the years around the heart of my nurturing and had felt the callus of life tear into my skin with time. Hands that desire the earth and touch it like a woman, hands that are strong enough to crush the bones of rocks, hands that hear beauty knock and build it in the doorway while I wait with who’s there not yet spoken. I could see so clearly how for-granted colored the knuckles and I felt great tenderness for nail ridge’s curl and the slightly pink flesh that fell into the heartland of his palm. If I could hold them now cupped giants between my own I would open them and kiss the inside of my heart for as I looked with this clarity I saw it there as sure as a blink and it was colored with his love. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Oh, Martie~ 'If I could hold them now cupped giants between my own I would open them and kiss the inside of my heart for as I looked with this clarity I saw it there as sure as a blink and it was colored with his love.' How precious are your thoughts. I love the tenderness in this one. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Martie, take Marge's words, couple them with my own... you are indeed loved, for that you can do this, and write thus, and know peace within... and treasure every moment... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, then speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very tender, very beautifully written, as always, Martie! Denise |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
If I could hold them now cupped giants between my own I would open them and kiss the inside of my heart for as I looked with this clarity I saw it there as sure as a blink and it was colored with his love. ========== my oh my... you two are still going at it  well color me jaded with envy green for the poetry of late and for the inspiration .. lucky poet...lucky muse later-colored-content-gator jm |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
If that no-good bum of a husband of yours (that I envy greatly) doesn't treat you like the queen of the universe, he's gonna have to answer to me!! beautiful, MArtie... |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Martie- I share the feelings of marrge, Kanet Marie- and Balladeer - ('nuff said) |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Marge--Tenderness is a beautiful thing...thank you for seeing it. Sunshine--To treasure...that's what moments are for. Denise--thank you for the sweet comment Janet--green is a pretty color...and you don't wear envy...only beauty. Balladeer...I'm glad you thought this beautiful...thanks for the LOL. Bill--You share feelings with some pretty nice poeple..you are one of them. |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
A special gift you possess fair lady. Wonderfully written and expressed, as you allow us to experience your life. The blooms of your shop pale in comparison to the beauty of your poetic roses. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
If I could hold them now cupped giants between my own I would open them and kiss the inside of my heart for as I looked with this clarity I saw it there as sure as a blink and it was colored with his love. I have to agree with Marge, this verse was wonderful ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Same old perfection Same old eloquence Same old magical phrases But there's nothing boring here I still get the same old goosebumps when I read your poetry Liz |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
martie-- beautiful!! your poetry is like a classic novel...never gets old and you can read it again and again. everytime i read your work i have to read it once more and i miss something from the first time around. thanks for sharing this tenderness with us. pure elegance and grace, this is. take care. amy  |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Martie, my friend, such a wonderful, heart-felt piece. I love the way you write, but this is special...I touched your soul here, and saw your inner light. My  to you, dear lady... |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hi Mike--Thanks for the boquet of sweet words. Wynter...thank you so much for reading..Marge is a good person to agree with. Liz--I'm glad for the goosebumps, my friend..thanks. Oh, Amy dear...you sure know how to make me smile. Jwesley--thank you for your pulsing heart...and sweet words. |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Martie, this is pure tender and so loving, I really love this one. You just get better and better, I couldn't pick out one part of this that wasn't full of lifes beauty. It's all so wonderful, but I think that line 'and kiss the inside of my heart' is so amazing. Take care Mushy Marsha Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
martie martie martie ....lol you are a poetry machine..yes? c'mon ..admit it ......sheesh ...i'm gonna get a large inferiority complex soon .. fav lines: "Hands that desire the earth and touch it like a woman," but it was all beautiful thanks P |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Marsha--thanks for your sweet reply. Philip--You keep reading them, I'll keep writing them. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Oh Martie, I read your poem twice, the second time out aloud, and right now I sit here with a warm feeling inside and a big smile, truly beautiful writing, beautiful thoughts. Thanks for sharing them Martie Maree "If my words could blanket the skies and fill every corner and crevice of this earth, still this won't be enough" "Maree Russo" |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Martie you sure put a lot of warm tenderness into this one...James |
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Alle'cram Senior Member
since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816Texas |
Oh Martie, This is breathtaking! Not only do I enjoy your style but I see your heart through this write, what a beautiful, tender spirit you have. Exceptional, in every way. Love, Marcy |
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Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
"hands that had traced the years around the heart of my nurturing and had felt the callus of life tear into my skin with time." Oh Martie ... your words do leave me simply speechless at times. Sigh ... what an incredibly beautiful portrait of love. Best wishes, /Kit |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Maree--Twice and outloud...that's quite a compliment...thanks. James--It was the feeling...thank you for seeing it. Marcy--What a sweet thing to say...thank you for touching me with your thoughts. Hi Kit--thank you so much for your sweet reply...you always know what to say even when you're speechless. |
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