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Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

0 posted 2001-11-01 05:00 PM

Time Stained Warp

Across the wood
time plays out its scratched history
hidden and remarkable
in a secret drawer
where a piece of paper
covered with intricate writing
whispers to me and plays my mind
in swirls of interlaced geometry.

My hand must reach out
pulled by some ancient memory
sanded by time to caress
linger and feel home
ingrained so invincible but fragile
living across the years
that wrote a thought with ink
dipped with scratching flourish.

I can see the graceful flow fade
and the crisp fold
then a sigh
pushing the chair back with closed eyes
thumb and forefinger find
that place between the eyes
where supplies of deep thought slumber
and to post a letter is an intricate thing
across the valley of hoof-beats.

My fingers soak in this time-stained warp
from some other life that has caught me
and given me such thoughtful consideration
that I know how big encompassing can be
before I even read the words.
_________
a repost I was inspired to recall by Sunshine's, She Lived in Yesterday...

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

1 posted 2001-11-01 05:02 PM

Ah, look at you...plucking on heart strings heard across the voids....

the clever one, indeed....

well done, our Martie...

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2001-11-01 06:11 PM

I could read this one over and over and enjoy it's thoughtfulness each time.

~Wynter

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.
It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
(J.Garland)

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 2001-11-01 08:54 PM

I have an old letter - dated January 2, 1852..this reminds me of that....beautiful poem Martie.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2001-11-01 09:14 PM

Martie, Beautiful...enjoyed thoroughly. hugs, Nancy.

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

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2001-11-01 11:27 PM

Martie~

'I can see the graceful flow fade
and the crisp fold
then a sigh
pushing the chair back with closed eyes
thumb and forefinger find
that place between the eyes
where supplies of deep thought slumber
and to post a letter is an intricate thing
across the valley of hoof-beats.

My fingers soak in this time-stained warp
from some other life that has caught me
and given me such thoughtful consideration
that I know how big encompassing can be
before I even read the words.'

Absolutely exquisite~
What a lovely keepsake this one makes~
*Hearthugs*
Love you~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Logan
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since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

6 posted 2001-11-02 08:31 AM

Well, for one, very gentle smile, I am glad to see some of these wonderful reposts that I had not a chance to do so before. Very good write, Martie

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

7 posted 2001-11-02 09:32 AM

Very nice, Martie, glad you reposted.
Sandra

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