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Martie

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0 posted 2003-03-20 07:29 PM

    Across a Wire

She knew me by my poetry
and took my hand beyond the veil
where we both saw love exhale
leaving pieces of heart to mend
she knew this art

Consigned to gravity
I despaired
and yearned to be air
puffed and blown about would be

not tree   she asked
knowing the way my feet
fall into the damp clods
skipping altogether the garden path

hurry hurrying the latch
that opens the meadow
where wild iris stake the pattern
and straight lines don’t matter

She knew this from my poetry
she knew it from her heart

She was a breeze in air
her voice the music of abundance
all filled up to splashing laugh
gurgled from so many miles
across a wire she made me glad
even though our link to heart was sad

I see her now in heavenly embrace
of those not lost
but traced within her life
I envy her this knowing pleasure
that weaves the end of stife
into being again together

[This message has been edited by Martie (03-20-2003 08:00 PM).]

Enchantress
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1 posted 2003-03-20 07:36 PM

Such a beautiful write of remember for our dear Lyra.
Lovely Martie..perfectly lovely.
~Heart Hugs~

~ I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before ~

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2 posted 2003-03-20 07:45 PM

Whispered eloquence that stirs ones spirit so gently.

...reunions among the stars--but in divine time, Dear One..

Love & Light,
Linda

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3 posted 2003-03-20 07:54 PM

martie... you know...I just don't have any words

sorry.. everything I try to say just isn't enough

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4 posted 2003-03-20 08:54 PM

Beautiful, simply gorgeous.

...and you are closer to this wish--
          "Consigned to gravity
          I despaired
          and yearned to be air"
--than you know.

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
______________Ratleader______________

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5 posted 2003-03-20 09:05 PM

Martie, this is a work of art and brought another bucket load of tears. I think we are all in shock that our little chipmunk is gone. How we will miss her.

She was a breeze in air
her voice the music of abundance
all filled up to splashing laugh
gurgled from so many miles
across a wire she made me glad

How she loved to chat and she had a giggle that can never be forgotten.

Hugs to a special and admired poetress...Marti, with no 'e'

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. A.Einstein

Nightshade

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just out of reach

6 posted 2003-03-20 09:08 PM

She was a breeze in air
her voice the music of abundance
all filled up to splashing laugh

Awwwww Martie, I miss Chipmunk so much, and never even got to meet her. Still I hold her smile in my heart. Thankyou for this. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

WhiteRose
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7 posted 2003-03-20 09:17 PM

This is so soft, so loving. Only you could write of this, this way.

garysgirl

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8 posted 2003-03-20 09:29 PM

Martie, a beautiful poem for our
beautiful Lyra. Thank you.

Heart Hugs,
Ethel

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9 posted 2003-03-20 09:40 PM

Somehow my friend, you put to words for us, emotions that cannot be reckoned.

We are blessed. TD

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10 posted 2003-03-20 11:21 PM

She knew me by my poetry
and took my hand beyond the veil
where we both saw love exhale
leaving pieces of heart to mend
she knew this art
========================

beyond the poetry...and the inspiration found here...are the bonds formed thru our words...thru the parts of ourselves we discover between each others lines...the things we have in common that connect us by verse and rhyme and allow us to reach out and touch one another..many a special friendship has been formed here, the true gift of this home we share across the distances.
A poetically lovely tribute to a lovely & held dear woman who touched many of us with her kind heart and her brave spirit.
love you girlie

The Sun The Moon The Stars The Sky
none of these would my love deny.
For of all the true found in the blue
its twice as much that I love you.

jm

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11 posted 2003-03-20 11:25 PM

Marti, this is such a beautiful poem for our dear sweet friend, Lyra. I miss her so much.

Mysteria

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12 posted 2003-03-21 03:09 AM

I love the title you came up with Martie, and again, this couldn't have been a more shining example of your love for others. I will pray for you both, and yes, some day.

Sharon

Nan

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13 posted 2003-03-21 08:53 AM

Where there are no words... Yours shine, dear Martie...

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14 posted 2003-03-21 08:55 AM

I knew...when you could,
you would, and you did...
beautifully...

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15 posted 2003-03-21 09:10 AM

(tears fall down my cheeks) God Bless You, sweet friend, this too made me cry as I know she will always be the wind now who comforts Mother Nature and shines with Gods grace! (wipes tears) You write of another angelic heart from your angelic heart, sweet friend, God Bless You, 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

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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16 posted 2003-03-21 06:02 PM

Martie - you write of love that touches all life here and beyond - such a talent and such wonderful words for a friend - Paul

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17 posted 2003-03-21 06:32 PM

Martie, this is so beautiful, and the epitome of pure, poetic inspiration.

Dark Angel
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18 posted 2003-03-21 08:39 PM

I don't have the words Martie.. apart from this is beautiful and so are you and I love you.

Maree

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19 posted 2003-03-21 08:48 PM

I still can't express how I feel--she was such a comfort to me after my father passed--sought me out she did, and just kept knocking at my walls through poetry and e mails...I'm still amazed.

and it's always with tears that I know I can never re-pay her.

I'm grateful to read the gracious words of everyone, saying it so much more eloquently than I.

*thank you* Martie.

I think you understand me as well as anyone can.

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20 posted 2003-03-21 08:51 PM

I see her now in heavenly embrace
of those not lost
but traced within her life
I envy her this knowing pleasure
that weaves the end of stife
into being again together

I couldn't pick a favorite tribute to Lyra, whom I did not know well, but you've written with love and honesty. I think your closing lines above say as clearly and closely as any what we all wish for when it is our turn. This is very lovely. Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Auguste

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21 posted 2003-03-21 09:41 PM

We all loved her so much, didn't we, Martie? She was a very caring, strong and compationate woman. I'll dearly miss her.

The stars will shine when I am gone,
the earth will turn on as before,
the gulls, still race along the shore,
the morning star, still kiss the dawn

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22 posted 2003-03-22 12:41 PM

She knew me by my poetry
and took my hand beyond the veil
where we both saw love exhale
leaving pieces of heart to mend
she knew this art

Oh Martie~  No doubt she knew this too.
In her wisdom she went beyond poetry
and touched the heart.  As you have done so eloquently.

I miss her so, thank you Martie~

catalinamoon

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23 posted 2003-03-22 03:02 PM

Martie, so touching and well said.
Hugs
Sandra

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