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Martie

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0 posted 2002-08-18 06:19 PM

Michelle in Cardboard

In a cardboard box
papers full of her name

The crunch of years beginning to yellow

pencils scrunched eyed alphabet

crayon flowers and a mother’s face
eyelashes long and black
and then again and again

I love you
I love you
I love you

printed with tongue between lips
frozen in time

no lace or cut glass

these fragile memories
a nesting material
a trap for tears still mixed with dust
to cement years one on another
until they are just a minute

a piece of time
big in this place I clean
trying to make compartments out of treasure

in a cardboard box
papers full of your name

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2002-08-18 06:23 PM

Martie,
You have your own way of saying things and it's beautiful.

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

2 posted 2002-08-18 06:27 PM

Martie...
I know

I've been there...and I still have all of his stuff including his Dr.Suess "My Book About Me" all filled in in his childish handwriting.
All his report cards and lovely Mother's Day cards he made in school.

~ lots and lots of hugs and tears

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

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Canada eh.

3 posted 2002-08-18 06:27 PM

"these fragile memories
a nesting material
a trap for tears still mixed with dust
to cement years one on another
until they are just a minute"
--------------------------------------------
Ah dear Martie...where would we be without our memories...
Penned as only a loving mother can.
Michelle will never be forgotten...
~Hugs~

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

4 posted 2002-08-18 06:31 PM

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (08-18-2002 06:44 PM).]

Magnus

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South Carolina, USA

5 posted 2002-08-18 06:59 PM

Darn,  here I am sitting here with tears
running down my face...  Hugging you and
Lyra...in my heart....  I know what this
poem means to you....

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

6 posted 2002-08-18 07:34 PM

Ahhhh, last Christmas, I presented my daughter's "My Book About Me" to her as a gift. She was more thrilled than I would have believed and going through it together was our treasure spent on bonding.

You know, that has given me a grand idea, her favorite book was a novel done in pictures. I used to limit her borrowing of it when she was first learning to read because it had no words. Since training in the field of education, I've determined that was a big mistake. I purchased the book for using in my classroom. I'm thinking I'd better find it and present it to her this coming Christmas. Whaddya think? She's 32, but surely there are children with whom she can share it as time goes by, even if she has none of her own.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Mistletoe Angel

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Portland, Oregon

7 posted 2002-08-18 07:53 PM

"these fragile memories
a nesting material
a trap for tears still mixed with dust
to cement years one on another
until they are just a minute

a piece of time
big in this place I clean
trying to make compartments out of treasure

in a cardboard box
papers full of your name"

(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Martie, now you have me flooding in tears! (EXTRA BIG HUGS) My heart goes out to you and I know how hard it must feel to experience a loss like this but know Michelle will always love you and will guide you with her heart as more than what you will cherish in her scrapbook will always be in your heart! (wipes tears) God Bless You, sweet friend, I am always here if you need someone to talk to, 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

[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (08-18-2002 07:54 PM).]

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2002-08-18 09:19 PM

Dear Martie how your loving words can bring a tear to the eye and yet warm the heart. hugs to you, Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

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9 posted 2002-08-18 09:41 PM

Martie, sigh this really is achingly touching and you've so beautifully written of Michelle.

hugs
Maree

Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

10 posted 2002-08-18 10:04 PM

Martie, So beautifully written into the box are your feelings, and I felt the love and sentiments with avery paper crunch. And I saw her as she was writing. All comes through so clearly in your work. It is as gloious as ever
Hugs
Liz

ethome
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New Brunswick Canada

11 posted 2002-08-18 10:17 PM

Martie
You're misting me up here and I'm so thankful to be able to appreciate the tenderness of this poem.
Those reminders are so sad but so dear to you having been touched by the grace of her beauty and the miracle of her spirit remains in these words of reflection from your heart.

"these fragile memories
a nesting material
a trap for tears still mixed with dust
to cement years one on another
until they are just a minute

a piece of time
big in this place I clean
trying to make compartments out of treasure

in a cardboard box
papers full of your name"

I don't even know how you can look in there but I'm so glad you do because your insight into the preciousness of life is a gift you share with all of us......Love to you!
Eric

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12 posted 2002-08-19 11:25 AM

Your poetry offers a wonderful look into the memories you share. You write so well of that special place in you that remembers Michelle and keeps her spirit so alive and vibrant - thanks for a wonderful poem and for inviting us into that special place - Paul

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

13 posted 2002-08-19 11:31 AM

Your "Michelle" poems are always so touching.

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

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14 posted 2002-08-19 11:33 AM

no lace or cut glass

these fragile memories
a nesting material
a trap for tears still mixed with dust
to cement years one on another
until they are just a minute

a piece of time
big in this place I clean
trying to make compartments out of treasure

in a cardboard box
papers full of your name
===================================

and a poetry site whose hearts are full of her too. thank you for that my friend.
heart-hugs

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

15 posted 2002-08-19 11:56 AM

MartieSis~
Thank you for allowing us to share
your feelings of remembering Michelle~
Big heart-hugs, sweetie~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

ShadowRider
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since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

16 posted 2002-08-19 07:38 PM

It solves the pain
if just for a nano
it soothes scarred souls
your poetry of Michelle
in the wonderful style of you
that can only be assembled in
the word factory of your anguish.

jeff

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

17 posted 2002-08-20 05:49 PM

a trap for tears still mixed with dust

I knew this one was special before I ever opened it... through your loving words, we've come to share Michelle and love her too... this is painfully beautiful.

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

18 posted 2002-08-22 12:45 PM

Hugs...

hoot_owl_rn
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Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

19 posted 2002-08-22 10:25 AM

Sadly beautiful Martie...but long after the paper has yellowed, long after the moths have laid holes in the cardboard, long after the ink has faded Michelle's memory will remain in your heart, in your words and in the thoughts of those of us who've had the opportunity to know, love, and grieve her, with you, through you poems.
((((HUGS))))

~ Ruth

CocoBaci
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20 posted 2002-09-24 10:24 AM

Martie, this poem, as well as most of your writing, moves me beyond words to submit a reply...

My heart hugs ya dearPoetFriend...
*~coco~*

Krishankins

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since 2002-06-23

Posts 972
Texas

21 posted 2002-09-24 10:52 AM

Great write, Martie!

Hey dog, did you see the size of that chicken!?

Paddy
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since 2002-09-23

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Straya

22 posted 2002-09-24 10:54 AM

Wonderful!

I guess one becomes content with one’s poetry when one opens the book ten years hence and does NOT exclaim, “Did I really write this?”

Nan

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

23 posted 2002-09-24 11:02 AM

Hearts etched in love
Held within forever's hand
Mother's bond with child

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