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Martie

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0 posted 2004-02-07 11:05 PM

Forever February
(with thanks to mother nature)

All along the edge of night
she silent slips with ancient ways
with toss of head sends mauve to dark
this art work is the sky and more
belabor not the trust she has
that turn of hand can bring sun down

Come February now the time of mourn
she stops to ponder not warn or wasted
from so much night and day
how display the color of the way it feels
to leave beloved flying over hills to stay
forever along the mist that tears have made

She knows this space from every year
has come to feel the callus it has wept
and contemplate the ways to pull the paint
to make a backdrop compliment the grief
and some relief the beauty caught define
like sweet memory of sun in shine of hair

The time is near now she can feel the strain
though it remains eclipsed the brightness fades
then opens new a page of month of days
so turning now she sets the sun in clay to bend
forever February into love again

----------------

Looking for you, Finding me
(with thanks to Michelle)

Trying to find you
when the sky sends warm
to February
and all the scattered down clouds
have gone to other grief,
I realize,
to be sleeveless
and skip into your place in time
with a smile
is not about looking for you,
but about finding me.
------------
reposted for me, in memory of Michelle

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

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1 posted 2004-02-07 11:12 PM

"She knows this space from every year
has come to feel the callus it has wept
and contemplate the ways to pull the paint
to make a backdrop compliment the grief
and some relief the beauty caught define
like sweet memory of sun in shine of hair"

Martie...Both remarkable writes. Some very effective visuals set a soft tone for this. Love the title.

serenity blaze
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2 posted 2004-02-07 11:14 PM

*touch the screen*

I wanted to touch you back.

(At least February is the shortest month, huh?)

I'll just keep you company if you don't mind.

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

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Michigan, USA

3 posted 2004-02-07 11:14 PM

Such a beautiful space in your heart here Marti.
TD

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

4 posted 2004-02-07 11:28 PM

Martie?

~ I like not only to be loved,
   but to be told I am loved ~

Richy
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5 posted 2004-02-07 11:32 PM

Bless you dear Martie, and dear little Michelle, during this most special time.

You will be in my heartfelt thoughts constantly

Martie

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6 posted 2004-02-07 11:33 PM

It was such a beautiful day today...74 degrees and so sweetly clear...the mountains snow capped...the kind of day that is hard to be sad in. I have come to use February as a time to remember...but I think it has been more a time to grow...bigger then any other month of the year. Amazing that the death of such a small child, can make this not so young lady become a better person every year.

Mistletoe Angel

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7 posted 2004-02-07 11:36 PM

(big angel hugs) God Bless You, sweet friend, as always I send many angel heart hugs to you as I know with all my heart Michelle is always guiding you from the heavens and will always happily be your daughter forever, know we are always here for you, 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

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Richy
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8 posted 2004-02-08 12:27 PM

You know Martie, I’m several hundred miles north of you, and when I was out today, I also noticed how beautiful it was today. All the fields and the surrounding hills are all green, the trees are starting to bud, and it was so clear that even we could see all the way to the Sierra’s, and see the snow.

It really was one of those very unique kind of days. The kind that people feel really special about, and remember. I’m glad I was able to be out today, enjoying it. But most importantly, I’m glad, you were too.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

9 posted 2004-02-08 06:47 AM

she silent slips with ancient ways
with toss of head sends mauve to dark
this art work is the sky and more

~*~

it's the "and more" that
keeps you glued...

Margherita
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Eternity

10 posted 2004-02-08 06:54 AM

quote:
by Martie:
It was such a beautiful day today...74 degrees and so sweetly clear...the mountains snow capped...the kind of day that is hard to be sad in. I have come to use February as a time to remember...but I think it has been more a time to grow...bigger then any other month of the year. Amazing that the death of such a small child, can make this not so young lady become a better person every year.

All your words are so full of beauty and so deeply touching, dear Martie.
Hugs. Margherita

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

11 posted 2004-02-08 09:43 AM

MartieSIS~

'contemplate the ways to pull the paint
to make a backdrop compliment the grief
and some relief'

The wending of your word-thoughts take us all on a very reverent journey to where you've been and where you are now going~

I love you dearest one~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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

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tavern wench
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12 posted 2004-02-08 10:18 AM

It is very cold here today and the ground is white with snow, but the sun is shining bright and it is a beautiful Sunday morning.
We have had days and days of cold icy rain and that makes today seem even more wonderful.
We are holding you in our thoughts, Martie, as you hold Michelle's memory in your heart.

Ratleader

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13 posted 2004-02-08 10:19 AM

May it come to you in full measure, the healing, the growing....and the peace.

You know you're in my thoughts through this month of all months.

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
______________Ratleader______________

Nan

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14 posted 2004-02-08 10:21 AM

Hope you can handle one more hug...

Youngatheart
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15 posted 2004-02-08 10:23 AM

Even one more hug???? {{{{Martie}}}}

Grover
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London, ON, Canada

16 posted 2004-02-08 10:34 AM

You have the gift of expression. Thanks for sharing yourself with us! Grover.

Goodknight
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Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

17 posted 2004-02-08 10:36 AM

your Michelle poems touch me so deeply and say so much I am often over whelmed -you are such a special person with such gifts - one of which is sharing these amazing and wonderful words images and feelings with us - thanks so much - Paul

icebox
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in the shadows

18 posted 2004-02-08 10:51 AM

"I realize,
to be sleeveless
and skip into your place in time
with a smile
is not about looking for you,
but about finding me."

*hug*

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

19 posted 2004-02-08 01:16 PM

and another hug....airmail, special "D"....

There was once the Ides of March, which
were preceded by the Ides of February...

Such a month to ponder and reflect on.

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

20 posted 2004-02-08 09:58 PM

Martie...

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)

suthern

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21 posted 2004-02-09 10:16 AM

I tried to pick my favorite parts... but every line touches so tenderly... Beautiful write!

Janet Marie
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22 posted 2004-02-11 12:26 PM

She knows this space from every year
has come to feel the callus it has wept
and contemplate the ways to pull the paint
to make a backdrop compliment the grief
and some relief the beauty caught define
like sweet memory of sun in shine of hair

The time is near now she can feel the strain
though it remains eclipsed the brightness fades
then opens new a page of month of days
so turning now she sets the sun in clay to bend
forever February into love again
==========================

I been trying to get to this for days...
you know how I feel about these writes and how they move me... and you know I love this title...and the poet.

The work of language deserves our greatest care ...
for the tongue’s fire may devour the world or may light the way.

S.R.Sanders

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

23 posted 2004-02-11 12:52 PM

A Mother's love is long, ever after.
And it's so evident in this,
and everything you write.

Hugs, sweet Martie girl~

You're quite a lady~

iliana
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Posts 13434
USA

24 posted 2004-02-11 03:16 PM

Martie -- this is a beautiful sad sweet write and flows like a river. ........hugs

Christopher

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Purgatorial Incarceration

25 posted 2004-02-11 03:19 PM

quote:
this art work is the sky and more

Is a really, really cool line.

As usual, a write full of clear, personal imagery that's always a pleasure to read.

A minor suggestion, change "warn" to "worn", which I assume was your intention.

garysgirl

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Florida, USA

26 posted 2004-02-11 03:29 PM

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