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Martie

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0 posted 2004-09-17 02:51 PM

With Love, To Autumn

It’s that time of year again
groan the ground so hard the dig
the figs are all open
and the sky is a pale in between
no color abounds the dregs of summer’s run
and I am searching as I always do
for a change

The sky melted last nights with apples ripe
and piled on the neighbor’s porch
for pie to perfume this day
but in the naked night I had a dream
that this birth day next all coming would be green

Wither   the old tomato vine is sad
yet still the fruit I eat in slice of rebellion
against the dread   its red a proclamation
to a place of leaves fresh fallen
where I lay down what I thought was me a rolling
comfort grit and teeth unbroken by a fling of heart
I turn to sober shades my hair uncut and falling

Autumn    it is you I love
with your torch you take the wind to me
and burn me with the truth my birth recall
to wait for you this time of day
I wait for me as well

Slow the dragon not the ride
it is you I feel inside
and I can neither wait nor hurry
only leave the callus of my life again this year
and begin again the darning of the hole I made of fear

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-09-17 02:53 PM

I have a feeling...
it's going to be a good fall...

don't you?

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2004-09-17 03:11 PM

Martie
A lovely Martie special, spaced in the space of space.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-09-17 04:06 PM

"Autumn it is you I love
with your torch you take the wind to me
and burn me with the truth my birth recall
to wait for you this time of day
I wait for me as well"

Beautiful Martie....love the lines above especially.
Hugs~

~Autumn..the year's last, loveliest smile.~

kayjay
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Oregon

4 posted 2004-09-17 06:13 PM

"Slow the dragon not the ride
it is you I feel inside
and I can neither wait nor hurry
only leave the callus of my life again this year
and begin again the darning of the hole I made of fear"

This is a beautiful description of our annual trip around the sun. Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

5 posted 2004-09-17 07:05 PM

Slow the dragon not the ride
it is you I feel inside
and I can neither wait nor hurry
only leave the callus of my life again this year
and begin again the darning of the hole I made of fear

Here I sit tapping my fingers on the keyboard,
wishing the words would come to me so you would know how close you come to me.

Martie, thank you for this, and for sharing your heart of gold!

Dark Angel
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6 posted 2004-09-17 07:44 PM

Every line is magic Martie, you create so much of it. And this?....

Autumn it is you I love
with your torch you take the wind to me
and burn me with the truth my birth recall
to wait for you this time of day
I wait for me as well

spoke to me a thousand fold.

it's a "keeper"

M

The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change.
~Stevie Nicks~

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

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South Africa

7 posted 2004-09-17 09:47 PM

Slow the dragon not the ride
it is you I feel inside
and I can neither wait nor hurry
only leave the callus of my life again this year
and begin again the darning of the hole I made of fear

Dear Martie - I too highlight the above but it was a hard choice. I do wish I could write like you but ... there's only one of you.

JamesMichael
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8 posted 2004-09-18 12:57 PM

Enjoyed...James

iliana
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9 posted 2004-09-18 01:12 AM

"Wither   the old tomato vine is sad
yet still the fruit I eat in slice of rebellion
against the dread   its red a proclamation
to a place of leaves fresh fallen
where I lay down what I thought was me a rolling
comfort grit and teeth unbroken by a fling of heart
I turn to sober shades my hair uncut and falling"

Marti, this is soooo good.  I so understand, too.  Take care of you.  *hugs* ....jo

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

10 posted 2004-09-18 09:20 AM

MartieSis~
Again and again you touch me with your thoughts~
And I am richer for the knowing of you~
Thank you~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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

Email [email protected]

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

11 posted 2004-09-18 09:27 AM

"Slow the dragon not the ride" ~

Yes! Exactly!

A unique and wondrous expression of autumnal appreciation!

Happy Autumn!

Linda

mysticpoe
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12 posted 2004-09-18 10:48 AM

Dreaming write here also Martie. Life seem's to leave that extra special door open for us dreamers. Very nice write, you opened-up the Autumn day here.

wayne

If nothing is something
then everything is
our thoughts and feelings
and all that exists.

Goodknight
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13 posted 2004-09-18 08:47 PM

fall is so wonderful and your poetry and birthday do make it even more wonderful - great stuff Martie - just great!!! Paul

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14 posted 2004-09-18 09:06 PM

Still got that touch, don't ya? Excellent
M lady...hope all is well for you and your
family.

Ratleader

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

15 posted 2004-09-19 12:53 PM

Fourth, maybe fifth time I've read this since it was posted....and each time it leaves me with the same haunting sadness that I'm at a loss to explain. This, from a guy with a degree in English Lit....

Perhaps it's something in the balance, the tone, the way your images play against each other.... maybe also in the feeling of resignation in it. I dunno, but whatever it is, it leaves me wistfully sad.

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Eliza
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16 posted 2004-09-19 08:38 AM

Yes, to Autumn!
...and to climbing every mountain!

Margherita
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Eternity

17 posted 2004-09-19 10:23 AM

A softly melancholic embrace between you and Autumn.

Wonderfully written.

Love and Joy, dear Martie.

Margherita

skyshine

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Beneath the northern stars

18 posted 2004-09-19 11:00 AM

You have a lot of beautiful images here, Martie. COngrats on 20,000!

~sky

So you go and make it happen
Do your best, just keep on laughing
It's all on you, there's always a brand new day. -Avril Lavigne

Denise

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19 posted 2004-09-19 11:13 AM

Beautifully done, Martie!

ThisDiamond
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20 posted 2004-09-19 11:48 AM

You have a way of resounding the spirit of the season, in any write you grace.
TD

icebox
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in the shadows

21 posted 2004-09-20 09:57 AM

Wonderful writing!

I am not sure the dragon can be slowed against its will but just hang on tightly, you'll be OK.

*smile*

LeeJ
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22 posted 2004-09-20 10:02 AM

Martie, I cannot pick one line that is better then the other, as this entire poem is totally from the core of being...this was an awesome read....thank you for writing and sharing...

Good Morning Girlfriend!
Hugs hugs and more hugs

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