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The Room of Chairs
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The Room of Chairs |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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The Room of Chairs Tell me why you weep I heard from the quiet space turning turning where I see you sometimes in despair so said the room a stop and then around again when is voice a song I longed to see all mixed up rocking course within the quiet a discourse unwept was I in curious glean to find that dust can talk I clean now shine is on the arm of rocker the fragrance of orange a sign perhaps and I see the smooth of years not harm and feel the hold of rocking arms delighted with the wood and grain I listen lost in past some pain where girl dark curled leaned into pale of how to trust when cushion failed to comfort stripped the bones now matted of fabric thin and holes not tatted Tell me tell me why you laugh I heard from other side of room I swung around in much delight the room fell suddenly into sight with sound like children ocean tuned and surf of love swept out the gloom Then perfume became the air where the ancient set of time rocked with me and mother mine back and forth in wooden boat of chair her arms like ropes around me there Tell me why you weep I heard from the quiet space turning turning where I see you sometimes in despair so said the room |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
now shine is on the arm of rocker the fragrance of orange a sign perhaps and I see the smooth of years not harm and feel the hold of rocking arms Do you realize that you not only bring back memories, but you make them as well!! Martie  Hugs~ |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Oh, this is beautiful....such heart-rending emotion in these simple things, and who but Martie would find it for us? Thank you, sweet lady. You're a marvel. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Martie - you're just amazing with your writings... BC |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
"So said the room." This is beautiful Martie The "room" is alive in this. Ed... [This message has been edited by wranx (05-21-2003 01:06 AM).] |
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Ceinwyn Member Elite
since 2000-07-09
Posts 2175VA |
*smiles and nods* I'm with them..most definately..I saw the room alive in this...sad...*sigh* If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
unwept was I in curious glean to find that dust can talk I clean now shine is on the arm of rocker the fragrance of orange a sign perhaps and I see the smooth of years not harm and feel the hold of rocking arms delighted with the wood and grain I listen lost in past some pain where girl dark curled leaned into pale of how to trust when cushion failed to comfort stripped the bones now matted of fabric thin and holes not tatted Tell me tell me why you laugh I heard from other side of room I swung around in much delight the room fell suddenly into sight with sound like children ocean tuned and surf of love swept out the gloom ============================== if your walls could talk...they would recite the poetry they witness daily radiating from you.   I refuse to accept that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism & war that the daybreak of peace can never be reality. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I too, have experienced this--and you have expressed it beautifully--and with an ethereal, surrealistic touch of graceful writing... Lovely, Martie, simply lovely. Loving hugs, Linda |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
If one were to take Martie's poems, and sideslip thoughts of fancy into weave of stuttered dream, where one roams between REM and light, teetering between love and loss one might find Martie there, gathering words for poetry such as this. |
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KristieSue
since 2003-01-31
Posts 1460PA, US |
amazing...very mentally visually Failure isn't failure if a lesson from it is learned ~ KS |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis~ The title said, "Come in gentle friend. I have a song to share." I did ... and it did ! My, my ... the heartfelt layering of this piece will stay with this fervent admirer for a long, long time~ Thank you ... I am so very glad that you share~  *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
rocked with me and mother mine back and forth in wooden boat of chair her arms like ropes around me there This makes me think of my own Mother. She has rocked me and hugged me many times. She is such an affectionate person, hugging people she doesn't even know, sometimes. Her arms have felt like ropes around me many times. I've felt them when she wasn't even around me, before. If I hadn't I would have surely fell so far that I would have never gotten up again. Martie, sweet Lady, I love the titles you choose for your poetry, too. I could picture a room full of chairs in a cicle with all of us PIPsters sitting around laughing and talking. I'll bet your home is very inviting to your guests, sweet Lady, just as your poetry is. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
shaking my head, wondering how you do it |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Martie - you poems help to hear the voices of life - of all the wonderful and challenging things we experience. I know you are so special and you do poetry so well yet I still find myself amazed and transformed by your words - Paul |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
You've done it again Martie, you've gone and knocked me of my chair! This is absolutey stunning m'friend. Maree oh I'm keeping this. |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
I've read this three times before and haven't really had the time to take and actually appreciate this poem enough to give you a worthy reply. I'm sorry it's taken me so long, I really do think this poem is amazing and deserves a response from me. First of all, the way it's written. You are a flawless poet, I detect nothing out of place, your whole poem is beautiful and meaningful... it's as though you wrote this with careful precision, one word at a time... As for the surreal, involving imagery... wow, I'm just fascinated with this scene you've created. quote: Fantastic... another something for my private library. Thank you for this, Martie. I'd love to see more of this sort of poetry from you. Parasite Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Each line, a fine wine... How beautiful your soul. TD |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggsssssssss) I have seen this hidden heartache too, sweet friend, don't know if it's my third eye or my ESP but whenever I see someone just sitting alone in a quiet room I always have to judge the persons eyes! (sad sigh) This is powerful, sweet friend, 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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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Martie, your writing just never stops growing...beautifully written, my friend. jwesley |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Painfully brilliant imagery. Sorry I missed this before. |
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