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Catching Happiness
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Catching Happiness |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Catching Happiness The dock was splashed as if with white paint from a modern artist who threw it in great dollops and with obvious enjoyment. Fly artist fly with your cry that recalls all my ocean experience, swoop and snatch this eager fisher’s bait mid-cast then tussle twirling in aerobatic bird brawl. I remember the sun touched my hair and the boards were scarred and splintered and all around was lively air that took my perfect well placed cast, anyway, and angled it and twisted it just so around the wooden post where seabird sat in apparent nonchalance. This bait was better fish than any I could perceive in the undulating murky depth before me, I thought, and took to tossing it in the air for free falling seagull catch game which charmed me more and made the gnarled man next to me with full bucket, smile. And so I passed the day catching happiness. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie~ 'The dock was splashed as if with white paint from a modern artist who threw it in great dollops and with obvious enjoyment. Fly artist fly' I swear - only YOU could take bird poop and make it sound like something we all should order tomorrow. I'm suggesting it for Grumbacher's next Name-That-Color contest ! You ARE happiness, my friend. Thank you for the smiles this night ! I just love it when you are frivolously enjoying yourself ! *HUGS* ~*Marge*~< !signature--> ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] [This message has been edited by Marge Tindal (edited 01-06-2001).] |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
This is great, MArtie! Fishermen may not always catch fish...but they always catch happiness!  |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Marge--Thanks for catching the smile of this poem......it was meant to convey the joy of simple things. Balladeer--It's been a long time since this fisher caught a fish. |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is delightful, Martie! This brought a bit of warmth into my cold winter day! Denise |
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Quiet One Junior Member
since 2001-01-01
Posts 46Shhhhh |
I really enjoyed this, you're very talented |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
MARTIE, another splendid read that you provide me with this eve... Thank you PoetLady |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
You definitely captured the joy of the simple things in life but there is nothing simple about this piece of yours. This was outstanding and I have to agree with Marge.......ONLY you could make white stuff sound as if it belong on a wall in an art gallery. Bowing now to your superior talent. |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Denise--So glad to give you some warmth...it is cold here today too. Quiet One--Thank you, what nice thing to say. Coco--thanks so much for thinking this splendid...I appreciate it. Mark--a bow right back to you, friend cowboy! |
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