LA LA Land....reposted for bigmike

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Martie

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0 posted 2003-07-19 11:03 AM

It was between seconds, I think,
when I blinked and the sun fell
behind some wasted buildings
with trivia at the windows long worn,
now scorned by color of the street,

sheets of walls and dirt halls
the comfort of cement with crack
and brown paper bags of hope left slack
in piles upon the memory float
where little boys and girls once wrote
of becoming,

their names like hope
on peanut butter and wonderbread emote.

when I passed that blink of block
the garbage truck had taken torn
and replaced it with clean and warm,
just past the place of feral dark
there was even a green of park.
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8-02

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2003-07-19 11:49 AM

Martie
Enjoyed very much.

Ericc
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2 posted 2003-07-19 03:24 PM

Great write.
Eric

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3 posted 2003-07-20 08:05 PM

Martie - I read and I feel and I marvel at how you write so it touches so many parts of my mind and soul - thanks for reposting this - Paul

garysgirl

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4 posted 2003-07-20 08:12 PM

when I passed that blink of block
the garbage truck had taken torn
and replaced it with clean and warm,
just past the place of feral dark
there was even a green of park.

Martie, this poem made me almost see the scene.
You are so good, Lady.

Hugs

Ethel

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Canada eh.

5 posted 2003-07-20 08:33 PM

Wonderful Martie....fantastic imagery.
So very much enjoyed tonight.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

vlraynes
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6 posted 2003-07-20 08:40 PM

You never cease to amaze me, Martie.
Love the imagery in this piece...and this...

"their names like hope
on peanut butter and wonderbread emote."

I just love the whole idea of that.
Hugs to you, friend..
"it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease
to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty"
-- Don Marquis

Balladeer

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7 posted 2003-07-20 08:43 PM

All I can do is shake my head and smile at how well you do this, Martie....you must have been raised on Wonderbread yourself

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

8 posted 2003-07-20 10:49 PM

their names like hope
on peanut butter and wonderbread emote.

How cool is that line!!!!

Loved the poem, you're something else Martie.

Local Rebel
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9 posted 2003-07-20 11:13 PM

nostalgia
the seductive
muse
that dares
remind us
we were
never as good
as we
used to be

but memory
is the
greatest of
all
artists

and thee
m'lady

*bow

I take
my leave now

Lady In White

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USA

10 posted 2003-07-24 04:35 PM

Still looking for Sunday's...

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