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Cedar Chest Refrain
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Cedar Chest Refrain |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Locked away in darling drawer a fabric soft is more like air then float away it’s whisper warmed Open in the attic a cedar chest refrain fill it with a heartbeat sweet sweet love remains It falls from chain into the pale a color true it is a token piece of old from time of wedding veil Can a life be measured by the memories it preserves or lost to present touches because of past reserve Locked away in darling drawer the hair upon your neck curled within like silken thread in book of heart once read Memories are a tool much like a hand on door that opens up or closes the place your life is stored Open in the attic a cedar chest refrain fill it with a heartbeat sweet sweet love remains |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (smiles) Awwwwwwwww, this is sooooooo gorgeous, sweet friend, I love this and I know how it must feel to have that wedding dress safe and sound as my grandmother has hers behind a glass case on the wall, where it will always be safe! (kiss on cheek) Yay, God Bless You, this is so beautiful, 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..." |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Martie, this my friend is a  and also my very favorite of yours as of now. This touched me Martie, in so many ways.Peace hon. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
You know I adore this poem. I can see a person sitting there and can almost smell that cedar. I have an artist's drawing of this picture you have created and I think yours might be the better painting Martie, but then I am not surprised. Lovely. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie You weave a tight net, enjoyed. |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Very fine write gal... |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
yeah what Toe said... and more of it.. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Beautiful as always Martie...perfectly exquistite. Reminded me of my own cedar chest which once belonged to my mother... and the treasures I have tucked away inside. Thank you for the remember...and this keeper. ~Hugs~ ~ Season's Greetings to my 'family' at Passions ~ |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Absolutely beautiful...keeper. TD |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
 bump - I love this one. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I was going to comment on this without reading the others' responses. Then I did the wrong thing, and read the responses. They are lovely. Mysteria's made me laugh. I read this yesterday. Poetry is a very fragile ideal. We can slam it down and exact a penalty on the reader. Or we can slip a feeling into a mind, and let it grow. You slip, and grow. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
This cedar chest refrain is one that I would like to hear over and over again........ ~ Thank you for bringing back my own warm and nostalgic memories of delving into past treasures Linda |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Martie - you take us to memories oh so well - with images and thoughts and feelings so wonderfully evoked - loved this - Paul |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
This is pretty, Martie...very romantic and sentimental. I can also see the picture you've painted here, as you've done it very well. *hugs*  The stars will shine when I am gone, |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Martie - wonderful memories you have brought to mind with this perfect write. Lovely as always. Chris "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Martie - you have a sweet heart, your writings suburb... BC |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
Memories are a tool much like a hand on door that opens up or closes the place your life is stored ..all the pieces of a puzzle that make us who we are..write from the heart! "And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul." |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Such a touching way to speak of the memories stored....Sometimes, I can smell that cedar chest of old...though I have not seen one in years...many years... |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
amazing the way you see things...thanks for sharing yourself |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
This is so beautifully woven, Martie.... like fine heirloom linens... Thank you for sharing your lovely thoughts with us. ~ hugs from my heartLyra |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Martie, It is for me a memory of tears. I built for my daughter a handcrafted cedar chest. I asked that it be returned as she had kept it. Instead I got it back empty. So now I will fill it with my memories and cherish it even more because of you. This poem will become a part of its contents. Bless you sweet friend, bless you.  If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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