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Tell Me a Poem |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Tell me a Poem Tell me a poem, he said as they sat on the front porch watching the sun slowly sink. She smiled at his sun warm face. A poem about what? She said. About you, about the way the rain smells, anything. You tell some, then I’ll tell some. They were tipsy with the sunset and wine and each other, And thus this poem: In a desert the heart can fly, gathering liquid from the stars at night. The nourishment of day comes from courage of cactus’s adaptability forte. If the heart looks closer, sand and rock strewn path are footprints big and frail, the waving swirl of snake and the tiny lizard’s tail. Even death’s bones leak their brittle scar on the path if you look with your heart. But, should you lose your heart on some forgotten road, give it away to another’s creed that stopped and left its imprint on your pathway with some need, then the desert will be hot for quenched thirst cannot be bought. Understand that the other heart does not belong to you anymore then the cactus belongs to dew. They laughed into each other and the night. The End but the beginning. [This message has been edited by Martie (edited 09-04-2001).] |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
Oh How I love this write... All my favorite things in it Thank You for this ... it brought a smile to my face today...... ~Connie~ |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Martie, I just adore the way you write!  Melissa~ "Poetry is not an opinion expressed... |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie~ This is soooooooooooooooooooooooo pretty~ 'But, should you lose your heart on some forgotten road, give it away to another’s creed that stopped and left its imprint on your pathway with some need, then the desert will be hot for quenched thirst cannot be bought. Understand that the other heart does not belong to you anymore then the cactus belongs to dew. They laughed into each other and the night.' I just sit here sighing at the beauty of your thoughts. I'm so glad you're a poet !  This one nudges the 'other' favorites over to make room on the shelf~ *Hugs* sweet sister of penned heart~ ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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The Rusty Knight Member
since 2001-08-29
Posts 414Texas |
A poem within a poem...I like the way you did it. Death comes not when we cease to breathe, but when we cease to dream. |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
You ARE a poem, my friend, and a very nice one at that. (((hugs)))Michael Michael Auguste~ |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
there is no end in true beginnings cast in light, on desert sand... lizard skins protect the winnings not collected, understand... porch swings wait for hands relate in touch of wonder and of hope... poems come and verses go while balancing on high tightrope when beginnings meet horizons, apex of the truth soon shown, sunsets turn to sunrise dawns above the deserts you have known.... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Connie--Favorite things and a smile...I am smiling now..thanks. Melissa--Thank you so much for your sweet words. Marge--The shelf of you hold me up...thanks. Rusty--I'm glad you liked! Michael--And YOU are a friend...and a very nice one at that...Hugs! Doreen--"There is no end in ture beginnings" Loved this...thanks. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
*shaking me head...again* this is cooler than I have words for... encore.. more.. more   me |
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Logan Senior Member
since 2001-05-28
Posts 1641Arkansas |
Ahh, he asked for a poem, and received a masterpiece..very well done, Martie, it has all the elements as only you can do...very gentle smile |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Ahhhh (that is all I can come up with as it makes me smile all fuzzy and warm inside) *~If you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all*~ |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Martie- Oh my...this is gorgeous! Nobody...I mean, NOBODY, tells a poem like you! "But, should you lose your heart on some forgotten road, give it away to another’s creed that stopped and left its imprint on your pathway with some need, then the desert will be hot for quenched thirst cannot be bought." "They laughed into each other and the night." Just beautiful! Hugs, ~vicky "...until you have read the verse on his |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Two poems for the price of one click...you're circling, Martie, and poems are spinning in your wake... well done! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie~ This is one of the nicest poems I've read in a long while. Worth another trip around. Enjoy how you tell of a memory. ~*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 09-09-2001).] |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
They laughed into each other and the night. The End but the beginning. Oh I love this sooo much!! Simply lovely! ~Time has cast a spell on you |
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shadow974 Senior Member
since 2001-06-21
Posts 636Michigan |
When you find your oasis relax, enjoy, quinch your thirst for love. Beautiful poem Martie. Throw your heart out in front of you |
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