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Martie

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California

0 posted 2002-03-31 06:40 PM

This One Small Butterfly

(Treasures of the San Gabriel’s,with thoughts of Michelle)

This tender land is dry and brittle
with stream moss covered
talking in song giggle here
this warm skin drowns in memories lair
and river stocked with ancient rock
is gold so rare

I dare roll up my pants
and bare my soul
to ooze of slushy sand
then stand like this scrub oak
in tenacious hold on sky and land

Colored like a cloud
a tremble by the breeze
a petal yet not
up here I touch wind and sky
and this one small butterfly

[This message has been edited by Martie (03-31-2002 06:48 PM).]

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

1 posted 2002-03-31 06:54 PM

This is delicate, wonderful writing

You used this theme to perfection!

Take care,
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

2 posted 2002-03-31 06:57 PM

And such very beautiful thoughts too, Martie

~butterfly kisses and hugs~

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

3 posted 2002-03-31 08:32 PM

Colored like a cloud
a tremble by the breeze
a petal yet not
up here I touch wind and sky
and this one small butterfly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beautiful Martie!
As gentle as the spring rain...love this.

Hugs, Nancy.

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

4 posted 2002-03-31 08:35 PM

Very pleasant spring-like write, Martie

Mistletoe Angel

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Portland, Oregon

5 posted 2002-03-31 10:35 PM

:

(big hugggssssss) Awwwwwww, this is such a gorgeous dedication, sweet friend, I know Michelle will always love this and guide you with her love always as she will never forget you! God Bless You, sweet friend, we all love you so much! (chocolate bunny hugs) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Greeneyes

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since 2000-09-09

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In Your Poetic Mind

6 posted 2002-03-31 10:48 PM

Martie~

Very lovely....

Lauren~

~Greeneyes~

Step through the
barrier of my mind,
enter my soul,
feel my desire,
let my eyes guide you
into th

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passing shadows
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displaced

7 posted 2002-04-05 11:23 PM

Martie, you always paint such wonderful scenes.

Janet Marie
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8 posted 2002-04-06 10:07 AM

this warm skin drowns in memories lair
and river stocked with ancient rock
is gold so rare
=================================
Colored like a cloud
a tremble by the breeze
a petal yet not
up here I touch wind and sky
and this one small butterfly
===================================

couldnt miss this gem...its written on satin wings.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

9 posted 2002-04-06 10:16 AM

Bless Janet Marie for lifting the butterflies to light...I somehow missed this one the first time around....

but grateful not to miss it the second time.....

and I'll bet there'll be a third....

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

10 posted 2002-04-06 10:32 AM

Martie,
You always take me off the whimsey land.

Denise

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11 posted 2002-04-06 10:57 AM

Tenderly touching, Martie. So lovely.

strbbux
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since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

12 posted 2002-04-06 12:31 PM

Oh Martie, I have goosebumps. Lovely write, Warm and loving, and ((((hugs))))) to you. floria

Floria

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

Ivy Rose
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 1300
MA, USA

13 posted 2002-04-06 01:17 PM

EXCELLENT WRITING, MARTIE!!! Just love the imagery in this poem. ***Ivy Rose

ShadowRider
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since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

14 posted 2002-04-06 03:03 PM

Martie:

rare is a gift
so precious as yours
stare, does my eyes
your words so adored

while mired in thought
these lines do awake
and happy, a man,
from your talent, you make.

JkF

skyshine

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since 2002-02-07

Posts 3058
Beneath the northern stars

15 posted 2002-04-06 04:03 PM

This is as delicate and sweet as a butterfly.

sky

I'm in charge, and I say question authority!

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

16 posted 2002-04-06 05:36 PM

.

....

....

sigh

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

17 posted 2002-04-10 01:49 PM

Martie...."..up here I touch wind and sky..." Nicely done. Touching. Bob

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

18 posted 2005-09-10 10:44 AM

Sis~
You share your heart so beautifully ... thank you for this~
On this day of Butterfly memories ... I'm blessed to share yours~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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