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Martie
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0 posted 2002-02-11 12:57 PM



Grace My Alphabet

I’ve been waiting
across this long day
as the keys glare
their silent letters

waiting for delicate
blue eggs
with thin transparent shells
to open some tender thought

I can hear this ticking
slowly savoring time drain
and have simmering fragrance
around me for reminiscence

The bullion bubbles
cascading with memory
but this draught still
seethes with hungering

So I press an asterisk
and see how an eight
is so conclusive and perfect
circling into itself

and I think that time
must be like that
with no beginning
to teach it how to end

a bubble has exploded somewhere
so quiet and absolute
from child-touched treasure
to a perfectly undone rainbow

Where does this matter
display its intent
and grace my alphabet
with a period?
____
4-00

© Copyright 2002 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
Duncan
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1 posted 2002-02-11 01:09 PM


and I think that time
must be like that
with no beginning
to teach it how to end

Your poem sure made me look down at my keyboard.  lol  Love the above verse.  Really enjoyed this unique write, Martie.

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2 posted 2002-02-11 01:17 PM


Exquisite Martie...as always.  Gosh I love how you write!  So happy to hear the good news!
I knew it was only a matter...of time.
~Hugs, Nancy~

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

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3 posted 2002-02-11 03:30 PM



Even when graced with a question mark, your alphabet, arranged thus, leaves me in open mouthed surprise, much like a fish wondering, how DID this hook get here?

This, my dear, is a Keeper...

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4 posted 2002-02-11 03:32 PM


yes, good write here Martie! Congrats on the publication!
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5 posted 2002-02-11 03:39 PM


Martie, this indeed is a wonderfully penned jewel. And yes, you had me looking at my keyboard, also. You write with pure genious. Thank you for sharing with us.
-newell

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Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher

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6 posted 2002-02-11 04:27 PM


What a unique and thought provoking write Martie!
You certainly grace the alphabet with class everytime you put something down in words...lovely poetic words I must say!

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7 posted 2002-02-11 04:42 PM


Marvelous!

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

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8 posted 2002-02-11 04:54 PM


Both poem and the new picture are lovely.

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.  

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9 posted 2002-02-11 05:36 PM




YAY!!! (BIG HUGGGSSSSSS) Oh my gosh, I am sooooooo happy for you, congratulations on the publication, we are all soooooo proud of you! (kiss on cheek) I love it, sweet friend, this is gorgeous, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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10 posted 2002-02-11 05:40 PM


a pleasure to read
ms martie
enjoyed it much

brianbeaudry
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11 posted 2002-02-11 05:54 PM


WOW....and all this flowed from simply looking at a keyboard!!!...I'm going to spend the night staring at mine to see if I can come up with something this good....wonderful poem and thought Martie
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