For Him, Because...........my 6960th post

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Martie

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0 posted 2001-05-07 08:57 PM

I wanted to post this for my 7000 milestone, but I couldn't wait...and won't have much time on line, due to Mother's Day and flowers and a weeks vacation to see my son graduate from college...so I'm posting it now. Hugs to you all!

For Him, Because

My father was a writer
before I was born.
I can picture his dark head
leaning over paper,
his long tapered fingers
holding the pen.

I’m sure he sat at the kitchen table
of yellow Formica,
while my mother hummed at the kitchen stove,
the smell of meatloaf around him.

He wrote of a war that he never saw
except in his imagination,
story after story of brave men,
men who were like him.

His hazel eyes dreamed to life
a reality that was published
in magazines called War Stories,
but his personal war was inside.

I know now that he wandered away
from his family of English Professors,
took the road around the school
where diplomas are carried,
yet, he was one of the smartest
men I’ve known.

He fell up and down
a bipolar ladder before there was a word
for it except crazy and black sheep.

What I remember is asking
for words to say what was needed
in my growing up paper essay.
He had them,
and gave them to me
mixed with his love.

Thank you Vincent Clark
for my muse,
and for throwing me in the air
and catching me with your love of words.

[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 05-07-2001).]

wayoutwalt
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1 posted 2001-05-07 09:34 PM

my daddy was a great baseball coach.

Thanks Dad!!!

Great poem Great 7000th celebration and kudos

Auguste

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2 posted 2001-05-07 09:43 PM

Great 6960th post. You already know how much I like this one. Can't wait to see your 7000th, my friend.

Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

Marge Tindal

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3 posted 2001-05-07 10:21 PM

Oh, Martie~
It's WONDERFUL !

I fell in love with the picture -
and then ........................

'What I remember is asking
for words to say what was needed
in my growing up paper essay.
He had them,
and gave them to me
mixed with his love.'

How wonderful is this ???????????
Just TOO .....

Love n' hugs, Sis !
~*Marge*~

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

RMW
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4 posted 2001-05-07 10:24 PM

Martie....Words fail. Bob

whiskey

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5 posted 2001-05-07 10:27 PM

Very Nice , I bet your father is really Proud of the wonderful Daughter he has

Beautiful tribute to him

Julie

Martie

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6 posted 2001-05-07 10:33 PM

Thanks you guys.. and especially Michael, Marge and Nan for helping me get this photo displayed...my father has been gone now for 20 years...but, I hope he knows...that I am proud of him.

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7 posted 2001-05-07 10:58 PM

Oh, Martie...I think there's a spot in Heaven a little brighter right now because of this poem...you are so special

SpitFire
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8 posted 2001-05-07 11:03 PM

~Martie,...this is truly a treasure. Ooh I love reading you. Love the way you carry and cover and give. Thank you for your poetry. *Peace.

Mysteria

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9 posted 2001-05-08 01:00 AM

Martie, I wish to thank your Father for bringing into the world one of the purest souls I have had the pleasure of meeting, whose writing ability is only surpassed by her loving heart and generous spirit. I wish to thank you for using a word in your poem that is too often hidden or unspoken and that is "bi-polar", for maybe some will see what it is and help loved ones to recognize they even have it. Hugs, on a wonderful tribute to your Dad, and I am sure he has a word to describe his feelings for you right now, "pride"!

~*~ I write ~ Therefore I am ~*~

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Irish Rose
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10 posted 2001-05-08 05:49 AM

You are blessed to have been given a father like this....I loved this.

Kathleen Blake

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and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

JamesMichael
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11 posted 2001-05-08 06:13 AM

Wonderful presentation Martie...James

Kit McCallum

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12 posted 2001-05-08 07:01 AM

This is so incredibly special Martie, truly wonderful sentiments in tribute to a man who passed along the beautiful gift of words and imagination to you. This is so lovely and touching, many hugs for this heart-felt and tender read this morning, thank you!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Janet Marie
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13 posted 2001-05-08 09:02 AM

took the road around the school
where diplomas are carried,
yet, he was one of the smartest
men I’ve known.

He fell up and down
a bipolar ladder before there was a word
for it except crazy and black sheep.

What I remember is asking
for words to say what was needed
in my growing up paper essay.
He had them,
and gave them to me
mixed with his love.

Thank you Vincent Clark
for my muse,
and for throwing me in the air
and catching me with your love of words.
=====================

YES ... thank you Vincent Clark ...
for gifting us one of the most treasured muses our eyes have the pleasure of partaking in...
the number of posts matters not...tis the intend...
and you scored big time with this sweet poet.
dont work to hard...enjoy your vacation...
and come back to us with poems that will take us there with you

love ya sweet poetess M,

me

"Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold." ...
"So dawn goes down to day,
Nothing gold can stay."
~Frost~

Martie

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14 posted 2001-05-08 10:40 AM

Friends...I am smiling reading your generous replies...thank you so much for seeing me in him..or is it him in me...either way..it's a good thing!

Wilfred Yeats
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15 posted 2001-05-08 11:53 AM

As I read this - nearly all the lines - sound like ones I write = partly because I "have to" (serious addiction), partly because I want to document 'who I am... was' for those who will 'follow' me - But to suggest that that could sum up This - or any other "Martie" poem would be a serious underjudgement - witness "took the road around" and shining even brighter: The last line, clearly indicative of that = I'm in total awe of your talent

Sudhir Iyer
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16 posted 2001-05-08 11:56 AM

this is most fantastic...

Martiesque to the highest limits...

Regards to you,
Sudhir

Sven

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17 posted 2001-05-08 12:47 PM

as someone that knows Martie. . . he knows. . . and I'm sure that he's proud of you as well. . .

absolutely wonderful my friend. . .

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Parker
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18 posted 2001-05-08 02:22 PM

Martie, this was a wonderful write. Thank you so much for posting it. Truelly a loving story.

Parker

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19 posted 2001-05-08 03:33 PM

Martie,

What a wonderful, wonderful poem this is, just fantastic. Loaded with emotion, of happiness and pain, it has it all.

And, a wonderful tribute to your father.

Especially liked these lines:

He fell up and down
a bipolar ladder before there was a word
for it except crazy and black sheep

Corinne

Denise

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20 posted 2001-05-08 11:00 PM

This is a wonderful tribute, Martie. Very touching.

Auguste

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21 posted 2001-05-09 01:36 AM

Hi Martie,

Just thought I'd come by for another read. I really like this one a lot.

Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

Sunshine

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22 posted 2001-05-09 12:17 PM

Martie, in several ways, you have touched my heart with this one. In one very special motion, I shall place this where it will reside for me to touch, and read, and feel....click

suthern

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23 posted 2001-05-09 01:17 PM

This is so beautiful, Martie. And we all owe him a tremendous debt of thanks... for catching you with his love of words has been a gift to us all. *S*

Gemini
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24 posted 2001-05-09 02:15 PM

Martie, Congrats! Your words and photo captured and said it all, a wonderful tribute to your dad.

Dark Angel
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25 posted 2001-05-09 05:48 PM

A beautiful tribute for your Dad, Martie.
And a beautiful photo

Congratulations on 7000

Maree

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Elizabeth Santos
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26 posted 2001-05-09 06:23 PM

Martie, THis is such a wonderfully warm tribute to your father and finally explains your extraordinary talent as a writer and poet. Thank you for this, and congratulations
Liz

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