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Martie

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0 posted 2002-02-13 11:25 AM

To be his Flower

I watch his hands,
the way he touches the ivy.
He strips off its skirt
leaving it with just a cluster of green
at the top,
then he warms the naked stem,
stroking it until it is pliant
and won’t break.

He curves it into a meadow
he has made from green things,
wraps it around until,
meandering it reaches up
and clings to a cluster of flowers.
Even a tiny blue bird
sits at the base on a piece of bark
and looks down into the moss.

The daisies spring up
as if rain had soaked their roots
and touched just so by light have let
their color spill from the container.

His giant hands
are only a breeze in spring,
wafting across a magic place
where creation breathes.

As I watch I think
I’d like to live in this garden,
but even more,
I’d like to be his flower

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3-01 repost for my flower man

[This message has been edited by Martie (02-15-2002 12:18 AM).]

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2002-02-13 11:28 AM

And a magnificent write it is! Loving this!

strbbux
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2 posted 2002-02-13 11:29 AM

Oh Yes Martie, this is simply beautiful. Wonderful thoughts.

floria

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

Interloper

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Deep in the heart

3 posted 2002-02-13 01:45 PM

Amen!

RosePetal

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4 posted 2002-02-13 02:36 PM

you are the prettiest flower in the garden of his heart!

Dark Stranger
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West Coast

5 posted 2002-02-13 02:59 PM

lovely work ms martie
enjoyed it so much

Silver Streak
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FL, USA

6 posted 2002-02-13 03:03 PM

You are, Martie, you are! Your writing is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

-newell

Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com

Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher

[This message has been edited by Silver Streak (02-13-2002 03:04 PM).]

Mistletoe Angel

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7 posted 2002-02-13 03:08 PM

(smiles) Awwwwwww, this is sooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, may you forever be the rose of his heart just as you are a rose to us all, singing with beautiful poetry and freindship always! (kiss on cheek) 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

Janet Marie
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8 posted 2002-02-13 07:40 PM

one of my most faves of yours...so sensual... so "hands on" ...and hey..who can resist a man with dirty hands

*L*
but then I have a thing for Landscapers (haha)
Happy Valentines Day sweets.....I'll be thinking of you tomorrow...think of all the love and smiles you'll have in your van.
kiss a carnation for me

Some find subtlety in strangers,
some find subtlety in alone.
Your eyes, you see everything,
my eyes, I see it all together now ... and I know.

brianbeaudry
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9 posted 2002-02-13 07:48 PM

What beautiful imagery your words paint Martie....and what tenderness your garden blooms!!!

JBaker515

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10 posted 2002-02-13 07:53 PM

Martie...

The imagery here is magnificent.

Your heart is warm, and so is this piece of art you have shared with us.

~~Jeff~~

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Canada eh.

11 posted 2002-02-13 07:57 PM

Martie this is wonderful! I can only imagine the amount of flowers you will hold in your hands tomorrow....wish I could come and help...I love flowers!
Have a Happy Valentine's Day sweet poetess!
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Love transcends time and space~

Denise

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12 posted 2002-02-13 09:02 PM

Very beautiful, Martie! Lovely, indeed! Love your new pic too!

Madame Chipmunk
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Michigan

13 posted 2002-02-13 09:26 PM

This is so very sensuous, Martie...It makes me wonder if flowers have feelings

Very beautiful imagery!

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Alwye

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In the space between moments

14 posted 2002-02-13 10:06 PM

Beautiful, sensual words, Martie. I loved the images you used, they were as brilliant and unique as always. Wonderful poetry, I love reading it!

*Krista Knutson*

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." -Gandhi

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15 posted 2002-02-13 10:19 PM

Jeez, Martie, you make it a sensual experience. I would like to be the paper you place words on...

Dark Angel
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16 posted 2002-02-14 12:13 PM

Oh I havent read this before and Martie it is so elegantly and sensually beautiful

You're incredible dear

Maree

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17 posted 2002-02-14 12:36 PM

ahhh - Happy Valentine's Day to you both! Lovely verse Martie.

The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes.
Let the reader catch their own breath."
~Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart~

Startime
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18 posted 2002-02-14 12:52 PM

*sigh* Absolutely beautiful...This is so soft and filled with such tenderness...*sigh* I love it...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO BOTH OF YOU **big hugs**

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

Dee
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19 posted 2002-02-14 06:21 PM

Martie, I don't blame you for this. How can you resist a man who works hard with his hands, and can still be gentle enough to tend the flowers?

Dee

I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life. a brand

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