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Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

0 posted 2001-10-18 06:34 PM

This Place Where Meaning Gathers

With her ear against the deck,
wave and timber melt.

The layers of sleek wood
are new and freshly cut,
for the fragrance of cedar and pine
and the umber deep sense of sea combine
and she is a fathom away from the place
where she wept tears.

She remembers days
of flitting against glass windows
to get to this place where meaning gathers,
and now she knows the door was always open.

She is a sight,
her hair a bird in wind arrayed,
her fingers spread out against the wood
as if to make music,
her skirt in billow of sail,
yet, if you saw her eyes
you would feel morning catch you
with a child’s heart.

You would recognize
the sense of wonder dawning green and glorious,
and for a moment, remember also.

and so I just know
that love never dies
and that souls hold all the candles
and they are the kind
you can’t blow out

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2001-10-18 06:46 PM

She is a sight,
her hair a bird in wind arrayed,
her fingers spread out against the wood
as if to make music,
her skirt in billow of sail,
yet, if you saw her eyes
you would feel morning catch you
with a child’s heart.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh Dear Martie!! To have the heart of a child...written as only you can. I love this! Into my library it goes.
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

2 posted 2001-10-18 06:48 PM

yet, if you saw her eyes
you would feel morning catch you
with a child’s heart.

Simply stunning Martie, you're amazing!

Maree

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

3 posted 2001-10-18 07:08 PM

She is a sight,
her hair a bird in wind arrayed,
her fingers spread out against the wood
as if to make music,
her skirt in billow of sail,
yet, if you saw her eyes
you would feel morning catch you
with a child’s heart.

You would recognize
the sense of wonder dawning green and glorious,
and for a moment, remember also

**********************

There isn't more that one could ask but to feel this even if just once. I do so love the way you bring the life to us on your special platter of express and indulge us in the mastery of your mind. Beautiful write and of course you know that I will take this one with me in my dreams. HUGS to you my dear friend.

BTW ... It is when the things you do aren't making sense that you will find your way to the answers you have hidden in your heart.

Logan
Senior Member

since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

4 posted 2001-10-18 07:41 PM

Ahh, Martie, Martie, you throw the feeling in the air, and it blows as the warm summer breeze, making you feel alive..very nice write..very gentle smile

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2001-10-18 07:50 PM

Martie,
yet, if you saw her eyes
you would feel morning catch you
with a child’s heart.

Martie, I would drink from your spring. It is clear and sweet. *L*

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2001-10-18 07:58 PM

You, my dear Poet, could make a blind man see red, a deaf man hear song, and a poor man rich.

It's a keeper.

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

7 posted 2001-10-18 08:49 PM

*sigh* you give us a glimsp though a child's eyes and it is perfection. I love it.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2001-10-18 09:28 PM

Just lovely Martie !! Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

9 posted 2001-10-19 01:13 AM

Martie if you were a painter you would be Monet, for all your poetry is just so beautiful to my mind and eyes - this was no exception. Just lovely.

~I always have time to listen to someone talking from their heart~

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

10 posted 2001-10-19 12:31 PM

windows of the soul
how your eyes speak volumes
and my eyes listen

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

11 posted 2001-10-19 12:47 PM

SisterOfMyHeart~

'She remembers days
of flitting against glass windows
to get to this place where meaning gathers,
and now she knows the door was always open.'

Feeling ... just feeling~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

12 posted 2001-10-23 05:15 AM

Martie-
   Have I mentioned that I LOVE your writing?
   Well, I do!
   You never cease to touch me with the
   words from your pen, and this is no exception.
   Beautiful, my friend.
   Hugs,
   ~Vicky

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

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

13 posted 2001-10-23 08:04 AM

Bravo! another jewel from your treasure box shared!!!

Very nocely done! Imagery and flow superb!

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

14 posted 2001-10-24 10:44 AM

She remembers days
of flitting against glass windows
to get to this place where meaning gathers,
and now she knows the door was always open.

But you have to find the door to realize it was always open, just waiting for you to stop searching and step through. *S* This is breathtaking in its beauty, Martie.

The Lady of Shallot
Senior Member

since 2001-10-03

Posts 818
USA

15 posted 2001-10-29 06:50 PM

"with a child's heart" oh yes, yes. Thank you, Martie.

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

16 posted 2001-10-29 07:04 PM

Your writing never disappoints, Martie!

Cor

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