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Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

0 posted 2002-02-04 05:15 PM

Tangerine

Breathe, he said,
as his long fingers
dug into the skin and pulled.

He placed the palm of his hand
against my cheek
and I breathed February.

His hand is too big, I thought,
for the tender pile of peel
that grew on the grass
where we sat with the sun
giving reverence to a tree.

Close your eyes, he said,
and I felt the air change
and grow dense with memory.

How melted is time
that could keep small girl hands
and give them to the air
still sticky and fragrant with love
after all these years, I thought,
as I opened my mouth and he placed my memory there
to share.

[This message has been edited by Martie (02-04-2002 07:20 PM).]

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2002-02-04 05:19 PM

(smiles) Awwwwwww, this is soooooooo romantic, sweet friend, your visions are always so sweet and gorgeous, I could envision the laughter of the little girl in your heart and the afterglow of true love radiating in these words! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is breathtakingly lovely! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

2 posted 2002-02-04 05:22 PM

*sigh* such a tender, beautiful poem...It felt so gentle and loving...*sigh* I don't know how you do it but I sure do love it. **big hugs**

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

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

3 posted 2002-02-04 05:35 PM

He placed the palm of his hand
against my cheek
and I breathed February.
==============================
where we sat with the sun
giving reverence to a tree.

Close your eyes, he said,
and I felt the air change
and grow dense with memory.

How melted is time
that could keep small girl hands
and give them to the air
still sticky and fragrant with love
after all these years, I thought,
as I opened my mouth and he placed my memory there
to share.
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and in turn..you share with us ... and touch us with every word.

and only you could come up with this phrase
How melted is time
heart-hugs sweets...and yes...breathe

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

4 posted 2002-02-04 06:37 PM

Nice work, Martie. Very pretty

me

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

brianbeaudry
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since 2001-07-20

Posts 410
Northern Ontario Canada

5 posted 2002-02-04 06:47 PM

WOW!!! you worked this beauty from start to finish!!!!This one is a keeper!!!

strbbux
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since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

6 posted 2002-02-04 07:04 PM

Very creative Martie and a very enjoyable read. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

7 posted 2002-02-04 07:27 PM

Martie, as always I am amazed!!
This one captured and held me from the start!
~Love it, hugs Nancy~

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

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

8 posted 2002-02-05 01:55 AM

Martie~

'How melted is time
that could keep small girl hands
and give them to the air
still sticky and fragrant with love
after all these years, I thought,
as I opened my mouth and he placed my memory there
to share.'

I tasted your memory~
Beautifully shared sweetie~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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mirror man
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since 2001-01-08

Posts 814

9 posted 2002-02-05 03:24 AM

This is very pleasant, a nice memory. Very well written.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

10 posted 2002-02-05 03:47 AM

Oh Martie...sometimes I just don't know what to say. You stun me wordless. You captured a moment in time that captured a moment in time...like infinity mirrors...sigh

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

11 posted 2002-02-05 09:47 AM

How melted is time

Is there a more perfect way to describe memories??? This joins a long list of Martie-lines that I know on first reading I'll never forget. *S* Beautiful poem, Martie... the sweet tang of citrus now drifts through my office. *S*

Interloper

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since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

12 posted 2002-02-05 09:49 AM

Wow!
Lovely work.

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

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

13 posted 2003-12-19 09:08 PM

Sweetness itself....thank you for letting me know it was here.

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