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Snapshots of Time
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Snapshots of Time |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Snap Shots of Time A feather drifts blown from a mother’s delight just a piece of fluff crossing the porch hesitating by the sheets in sun dry flapping passing the camellia bush and the laughter of a little girl falling falling The path behind the house around the plum tree a gallop of broom pony through the hole in the fence into spring green weeds of the vacant lot away away Catch me not grandfather with your fetid breath and big hands I will dazzle you with my bravery now and leave you to your war of feeling all unsure behind me grasping grasping I hold the words I seek though transient my mind change spills my color down halls of ivy and shouts upon the roof the opera into all the open windows listening listening Rock me my baby is gone take me to the place of grace where candles burn in wake of grief tiptoe across the porthole where peace resides let me be the holder of your warm again again Break me with your harsh judgment watch my pieces fall around you while I wait for something that I thought was cherish and find that there are many other feelings forgiving forgiving Take me now this love all wild and gleeful And rearrange my life all mixed and matted calm the tangled weave and breathe me sweet for hands can touch a place so kept a part with healing healing See this key that time has made to lock away the bitter feelings made of wood so finely crafted from a place far beyond this earth thrown into the curve of the rolling hills then grown a tree where I lay me down dreaming dreaming Two strong spirits came from seeds of youth all unsure and folly building boys all pout and playful who build another girl all dimpled sweet and love finds me still with my arms open smiling smiling In this place of day now I am a marveler of what I find in the search of all so keenly human that celebrate a soul of gladdened knowing nothing can take what cannot break for loving loving -------- from 1-14-02 what a wonderful year this has been! Thank you all my poet friends for listening to me, and alowing me in to your hearts with your words. Happy New Year!! |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Take me now this love all wild and gleeful And rearrange my life all mixed and matted calm the tangled weave and breathe me sweet for hands can touch a place so kept a part with healing healing Thank you for these words so real and true .....brought me to tears they did. My best to you Martie.... and with much respect and gratitude for sharing the depth of your soul. [This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (12-31-2002 10:20 PM).] |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Oh Martie, this is was a wonderful way for me to end my year here at Passions with your poem. I have told you so many times there is no one that squeezes the juice out of a metaphor like you do, but this carved at me, and left a sting. How well you write my friend, a gift for a reason. Especially tonight this was such a healing piece (to me anyway). God bless and Happy New Year. May a handshake, smile, kiss or a hug be the best present you give or receive this year. |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Martie my dear, you have done it again. Made me smile and tear up at the same time. Thankyou for all of the beautiful poems you have shared with us this year, and please share more in 2003. Happy New Year to you and yours. hugs, Chris  "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Happy New Year, Martie Thanks for sharing so much . . . |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Always my best to you...these feelings build the shimmered bridge I think. Happy New Year Martie. TD |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Martie, One of your very, very best. Thank you for sharing all of you, it would seem, with us. You touch, you heal, you teach, with every poem ~you give~. Thank you, again. Happy New Year and may it be the best, ever. Hugs, Pat ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I cried then.. I cry again at the love you share with us... for all the warmth and all the trust... |
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janmew Member
since 2001-10-27
Posts 134Canada |
These are some beautiful snapshots, Martie. Lovely poetry!! Jan |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie You are one of a kind. Have a very good year.  |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thank you, dear lady - for sharing your wonderful words with us...  |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Rock me my baby is gone take me to the place of grace where candles burn in wake of grief tiptoe across the porthole where peace resides let me be the holder of your warm again again Break me with your harsh judgment watch my pieces fall around you while I wait for something that I thought was cherish and find that there are many other feelings forgiving forgiving Take me now this love all wild and gleeful And rearrange my life all mixed and matted calm the tangled weave and breathe me sweet for hands can touch a place so kept a part with healing healing See this key that time has made to lock away the bitter feelings made of wood so finely crafted from a place far beyond this earth thrown into the curve of the rolling hills then grown a tree where I lay me down dreaming dreaming ===================================== so much wisdom, truth and heart in these verses...lifes lessons...a perfect post for today... Happy New Year dear sweet Martie...thank you for all you share with me  Will the wind remember the names it has blown in the past? |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
You've shared a beautiful picture of love, rememberance and longing. May the snapshots always remain fresh in your mind Happy New Year! |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Oh, Martie.... You have made me speechless again with your loving snapshots of YOU........ Your heart is so beautiful, Martie. And, yes, you have a way of bringing tears and smiles with each and every poem I've read of yours. You have such a talent for writing, but you also have a great talent of giving of your heart and of your compassion and love. THANK YOU, sweet friend and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS "Love makes the world go around" |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Great depth, a multitude of emotions and metaphors....what a picture... How did I ever miss the first shot at this? Nicely done Martie...you rode a broom as a child? Nahhhh, not the cackling witch kind....obviously....(smile) |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
(smiles) Yay! Oh Martie, you are such a special friend to us all and we will always be your friend and help through this new year as well with friendship hugs! (kiss on cheek) Happy New Year, sweet friend, yay, 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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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
WOW Martie - thanks so much for a very precious look into your past and your words as always have a wonderful charm to them that takes me by the heart to see in ways I wouldn't without your poetry - thanks Paul |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I thought I read this one before...and replied...who stole my reply? very beautiful write! |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Martie..this is so precious. I love the repeated closing words in each stanza... coming to the closing "loving loving". THIS dear lady is you at your finest... even though you made me tear up. Thank you for all your wonderful poetry throughout the year... I look forward to many many more in 2003. ~Hugs & Love, Nancy~ ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Sometimes I wonder if I can bare any more of the beauty of your poetry, and then I find myself unable to stay away. Then as I read, I am pulled along, unable to be freed from the power of the beauty and the agony of some of life's handing out...you write with a tight grasp on the heart and the mind of the reader, Martie. I love all of this, Martie, but this stanza holds a special grasp and beauty all its own: The path behind the house around the plum tree a gallop of broom pony through the hole in the fence into spring green weeds of the vacant lot away away Whether on the shoal or on the shore, I'll seek the lighthouse evermore. [This message has been edited by VAS (01-03-2003 09:32 AM).] |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
Just have to tell you my favorite lines I hold the words I seek though transient my mind change spills my color down halls of ivy and shouts upon the roof the opera into all the open windows listening listening Out here in the mountains of Idaho there wasn't much to hear at first... but now I can hear so much through the silence. lucky dale Speaking of ghosts, and after such an eternity. . .wouldn't you know, here comes mine again... |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Martie - you're amazing... BC |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Martie, I've come back to read this over so many times. It is just the prettiest piece of poetry, and it gives me hope and a reason to believe..... I just wanted you to know. |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
A reversed iceberg with the minority melted in the warmth of forgiveness. The majority is grand and bright. Happy New Year to you and yours. |
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