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Martie

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0 posted 2004-03-25 01:07 PM

Something About Light

It is always feathers
and turning shadows
into something about light.
I see it moving like the Morning Glory
from the far side of destiny,
tendrils of gold
falling from an oval sky.

It warms the slanting green chair,
stops it from look so proper
in its humph of cold wood,
then melts across the pathway of cement
into the room
moving towards the crumple of sheets
still indented by the naked night.

I close my eyes and turn on the sky,
wait for the fragrance of line dry
to open doors and let out the danger
of the dragging down fog,
as the dog, warm and filled with barking,
furs swiftly past my leg
into the mocking bird’s song.

Inside this room of bone and skin
I awaken to the possibility of wing.
yes, it is always feathers and flight
and the changing way of shadows
and something about light.
--------
with thanks to Wranx for getting me thinking about light, and another special muse who inspired me to start.

[This message has been edited by Martie (03-25-2004 02:08 PM).]

MGROVES

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1 posted 2004-03-25 01:13 PM

i enjoyed this glad i stopped by

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2 posted 2004-03-25 01:49 PM

Martie...I had to smile at the title...
and drew in my breath at the song of your poem.

I have often wanted to find words twined,
just so...but you not only braided these so well, you added a scarlet ribbon.

Library...

Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2004-03-25 01:52 PM

Martie,
Done in your own inimitable style, enjoyed.

ThisDiamond
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4 posted 2004-03-25 02:00 PM

Perfect.
TD

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5 posted 2004-03-25 02:13 PM

How could this poem not be written! You have such an eye for finding the uncommon within the common, and such a gift for leading us to that special vantagepoint from which we can see it too..... This is truly beautiful.

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6 posted 2004-03-25 02:29 PM

Beautiful!

Eric

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7 posted 2004-03-25 02:37 PM

I close my eyes and turn on the sky,
wait for the fragrance of line dry
to open doors and let out the danger
of the dragging down fog,
as the dog, warm and filled with barking,
furs swiftly past my leg
into the mocking bird’s song.

Lovely Martie as always.
hugs, Chris

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Hans Christian Anderson

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8 posted 2004-03-25 03:51 PM

as the dog, warm and filled with barking,
furs swiftly past my leg
into the mocking bird’s song.

Such a delightful image... such a unique description... you make even the mundane magical. *S*

Marge Tindal

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9 posted 2004-03-25 04:39 PM

MartieSis~
And just WHEN is the book coming out ??????
*Huglets*
~*Me*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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10 posted 2004-03-25 04:52 PM

Ah Martie, your pen is a wand and your words are pure magic!
Very beautiful indeed.
Hugs~

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

Janet Marie
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11 posted 2004-03-25 06:58 PM

something about morning has always been such an amazing muse for you ... this is yet another example...the personifi and imagery leaves me giddy...
you are indeed "silk lined"

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Home is a feeling I buried in you ...
I'm alright, I'm alright ... It only hurts when I breathe ...

M.E.

[This message has been edited by Janet Marie (03-25-2004 07:36 PM).]

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12 posted 2004-03-25 07:04 PM

Martie - I read these poems of yours and my journey begins - you take me places I have never been but feel like I have been there before - you waft feelings and images over me that lead me on - this is just so great as are you!!! Paul

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13 posted 2004-03-25 07:10 PM

Spectacular!

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14 posted 2004-03-25 10:40 PM

beautifully written

iliana
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15 posted 2004-03-26 01:27 AM

"Inside this room of bone and skin
I awaken to the possibility of wing.
yes, it is always feathers and flight
and the changing way of shadows
and something about light."

Martie, enjoyed the lovely poem; so real; and I especially liked the last stanza. I think we must be like plants or something (we need the sunlight).

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16 posted 2004-03-26 03:38 AM

It warms the slanting green chair,
stops it from look so proper
in its humph of cold wood,
then melts across the pathway of cement
into the room
moving towards the crumple of sheets
still indented by the naked night.

I close my eyes and turn on the sky,
wait for the fragrance of line dry
to open doors and let out the danger
of the dragging down fog,
as the dog, warm and filled with barking,
furs swiftly past my leg
into the mocking bird’s song.

Impeccable Martie...to see the light through your eyes is amazing Dear friend

it's a keeper.

M

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

passing shadows
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17 posted 2004-03-26 03:56 AM

you are a beautiful light Martie

wranx
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18 posted 2004-03-26 08:47 AM

A beautiful photography.
Yes, literally "light writing"

And if something I've written contributed to this, I am most flattered.

Toerag
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19 posted 2004-03-26 09:00 AM

very well done sweetie

Earth Angel
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20 posted 2004-03-26 09:55 AM

Martie, a graceful, and divinely lovely, write of light...

Love & Light,
Linda

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21 posted 2004-03-26 11:33 AM

It warms the slanting green chair,
stops it from look so proper
in its humph of cold wood,
then melts across the pathway of cement
into the room
moving towards the crumple of sheets
still indented by the naked night.

this spoke volumns about change, and welcoming and melding into everything until all becomes so amazingly positive....with purpose...even in all our nakedness, we are still children who possess so much, if we'd only open to it...

You are, and so vividly you walk...wonderful writing...

Alan
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22 posted 2004-03-26 11:40 AM

Martie, it is wonderful You paint a beautiful picture with words.
alan

ice
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23 posted 2004-03-27 09:15 AM

Martie
As always I am taken to a different world when I read your poetry...Thank you for the transportation...this poem was just the car I needed this morning.
_______ice
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