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Lessons from Rock and River
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Lessons from Rock and River |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Lessons from Rock and River Color the canyon walls warm adobe fire hearths of brick warm places in the heart listen The river flows past hard and stable rock two different forms of matter each by uniqueness gives importance to the other a perfect relationship Harmonize with things that flow by you like the rock I think sweep gracefully past the stunning fact impeding gesture with sound that delights then Sky dark clouds dense charcoal the rain stitching lines from sky to earth in the canyon, next to the river Thunder trembles the sky to open the flowing current steady pounding the river surges sending hard and stable rock careening far The rock as others catch against it changes the path of the river flowing growing flooding The world's ever changing nothing stays the same I think ---- 1-7-00 [This message has been edited by Martie (08-08-2004 12:47 PM).] |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
I enjoyed this. Imagining that rock, standing against the current...could be one's spirit as well. Hugs to ya dear one.... |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
I really love reading your poems, Martie. This was took me on a journey and I thank you for the wisdom of it.  ....jo |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
Loved the images, and yes nothing ever seems to stay the same. But one has to ask, is that such a bad thing? "A spring shower was cause to run |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie, And you are the spray that caught me this day.  |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
excellent! Love the way this flows, like the river, it is as stable as the rocks, even when they move , changing form, breaking down slowly into sand as they go...just like this poem that tapers as the story progresses.. enjoyed -------------ice ><> |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
There is much of solidity in this, but also the sense of the water eroding the rock...and the rock going away. You've found a wonderful metaphor. KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
ah, wise, and told with great imagery.  susanHappiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Most things change because we make them change -- intentionally or not. My wish is to be the water, because it doesn't change. Unfortunately I seem to be the rock, and I do depart after endless assault. I can feel it happening exactly now. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
very beautiful Martie! sigh... I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone though you're still with me |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
this is what I think too |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Martie - what wonders you work with words - your poetry is so special and then so are you - thanks for reposting this - Paul |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis~ Indeed, and are we not all shaped by the flow of word-water as it washes over us, moving us ? I think ... no, I KNOW ... yes~ Thank you sweet one~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Pell Member
since 2001-09-16
Posts 134Pacific NW |
Martie, I see myself as the water today, going with the flow in the face of the day's adversities, and watching those adversities wash away. Thank you for the reminder to harmonize, beautiful metaphor. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
and me thinks you thinks correctly, my friend...wonderful read! jwesley |
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