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Martie
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0 posted 2001-09-01 12:48 PM



Full Moon Beguile

A sunset colored with crape myrtle
pressed like silk on blue at first
stayed while I sat down to watch
it drain behind the palm tree’s burst

I thought no beauty could surpass it
and turned to you to speak my view
but you looked passed with eyes celestial
and dreamy with the moonlight’s hew.

I watched it scale a square of building
dissected by a telephone pole
then climb the open angel’s stairway
to rule the sky and light my soul.

I knew you thought of how your Gaga
loved to lay with you out back
when you were just a little fella
and explain its dark and glorious trek.

For when the moon is at the full
I see her climb into your face
almost hear her voice like music
and feel the warmth of her embrace.

The moon at full has all the glory
of the smile that touched the child
and changed forever all the meaning
of the night’s full moon beguile.
________
repost because of the GAGA MOON
  

In the dew of little things,
the heart finds its morning
and is refreshed.
(ee cummings)

© Copyright 2001 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
Janet Marie
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1 posted 2001-09-01 01:04 AM


A sunset colored with crape myrtle
pressed like silk on blue at first
==========================
but you looked passed with eyes celestial
and dreamy with the moonlight’s hew.
=============================
then climb the open angel’s stairway
to rule the sky and light my soul.

=====================================
For when the moon is at the full
I see her climb into your face
almost hear her voice like music
and feel the warmth of her embrace.

The moon at full has all the glory
of the smile that touched the child
and changed forever all the meaning
of the night’s full moon beguile.
========================

God I love looking at the world thru your eyes ...
me

Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2001-09-01 01:27 AM


Martie~
Now you knew ... you just knew this one would get me~

Nothing more beautiful than you sharing your views of EVERYTHING~
From the Slivered Moon to the GaGa Moon ...
you are soooooo wonderful !
Thank you, sweet sister of me heart~
Love you~
~*Marge*~


*My monthly 'moonie' will be rising soon~

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

ethome
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3 posted 2001-09-01 04:51 AM


Ah, Martie!  I just love the tender poetry you write!

                "I knew you thought of how your Gaga
                 loved to lay with you out back
                 when you were just a little fella
                 and explain its dark and glorious trek.

                 For when the moon is at the full
                 I see her climb into your face
                 almost hear her voice like music
                 and feel the warmth of her embrace.

                 The moon at full has all the glory
                 of the smile that touched the child
                 and changed forever all the meaning
                 of the night’s full moon beguile. "

You're such a good poet Martie and those lines are so touching!

vlraynes
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4 posted 2001-09-02 12:59 PM



Martie-
   This is just lovely..
   You pen the moon beautifully, my friend.
   Wonderfully written.

   hugs,
   ~vicky


"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



Denise
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5 posted 2001-09-02 01:07 AM


This is beautiful and touching, Martie! I love it!
The Rusty Knight
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6 posted 2001-09-02 02:17 AM


It is hard to mix two diverse things such as the city and nature without one seeming out of place, but it worked very well here...a lovely piece

Death comes not when we cease to breath, but when we cease to dream.

Honeybee
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7 posted 2001-09-02 01:08 PM



Wow - Martie, this is so beautiful.  Thank you for re-posting this gem, I missed it the first time  

I agree with Janet Marie~

Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

Sunshine
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8 posted 2001-09-02 04:26 PM



What a glorious rendition of a child's love for a grand parent....and the rememberings are more glorious for it!  Well done! You've left behind your smiles again!

catalinamoon
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9 posted 2001-09-02 04:46 PM


Love this, you know there is a full moon tonight...
I always tell my granddaughter I love her up to the moon and back.
This is so sweet, beautifully done.
Sandra

Wes Utica
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10 posted 2001-09-02 06:07 PM


"The moon at full has all the glory" - no it must share some with you. Thanks for posting this lively, lovely poem.
Seymour Tabin
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11 posted 2001-09-02 06:21 PM


Martie,
Your writing always touches me and this was no exception.

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