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Martie

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0 posted 2004-10-11 08:34 PM

Stories

You know so many of mine.
Like, the way the plum tree grew into a horse;
but did you know the dirt
and the roads that led away from play?

In the other place, a face,
just a girl at the third floor window.
Does it seem she’s dressed in lace,
her red cork curls idle?

I knew she had a fever
and I didn’t imagine her sallow skin,
I could see it’s pale surface a reflection of my own,
her eyes must be where the scarlet was.

I searched mine.

She never knew I watched her
and in my child’s heart
I worried that those stairs she had to walk
some day would be mine.

When I saw her later out in the air,
her body fluffy and her walk slow,
I tried to be kind, not stare.
But I searched her for some truth she knew
and I couldn’t find it.

I played jacks in the basement
below my third grade class,
the echo still resounds within me
where my dresses twirled and I sat cross legged
on cold cement to win friends.
I don’t remember
the rules to the game of hopscotch
but do you think it is important on this day
to tell you how many times I prayed?

[This message has been edited by Martie (10-11-2004 11:15 PM).]

Susan
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walking the surreal

1 posted 2004-10-11 08:37 PM

this tugs at the heart strings - sweet Martie

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

kayjay
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2 posted 2004-10-11 08:38 PM

Such a simple story of a child's heart, but so well told! KJ

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

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-10-11 09:07 PM

Words written in such a way they can only be yours Martie.
This is...wonderful!
Hugs~

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

Dark Angel
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Posts 10095

4 posted 2004-10-11 09:16 PM

Oh Martie, you're amazing yanno, absolutely amazing. You make us feel.

and I love it when you do.

it's a keeper.

Mxx

cuz fate is not just whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

~ani difranco~

icebox
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in the shadows

5 posted 2004-10-11 09:47 PM

Many threads of strong emotion.

It is always moving to read your work.

*smile*

Greeneyes

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In Your Poetic Mind

6 posted 2004-10-11 10:15 PM

very moving Martie.....

~~*~~
Read between the lines
look deep into each word
and you will understand the
depth of my soul (GE)
~~**~~

serenity blaze
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7 posted 2004-10-11 10:17 PM

totally stunning

brian sites
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8 posted 2004-10-11 10:41 PM

her eyes must be where the scarlet was

....

I've always enjoyed reading you Martie

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

9 posted 2004-10-12 12:44 PM

Hi, Martie! This sure was one that pulled some of my own memories to the surface. Great write!

.......jo

Honeybunch
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10 posted 2004-10-12 02:27 AM

Martie - how beautifully you pull the reader in and leave them touched with emotion. Yes, you are amazing!

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

11 posted 2004-10-12 07:12 AM

It's better now,
to know the true voice
behind the soul sung words...

and it carries a deeper impact
to know how you stare off
into not space, but places,
as you feel the words come
to layer you...

I miss you.

My love to you, and Taylor.

Duncan
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12 posted 2004-10-12 07:38 AM

"When I saw her later out in the air,
her body fluffy and her walk slow,
I tried to be kind, not stare.
But I searched her for some truth she knew
and I couldn’t find it."

Enjoyed the read Martie, your visuals took me right there...

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

13 posted 2004-10-12 07:40 AM

it is in the stillness of courage and truth
that love wraps and produces miracles
there is no better healing than a plate of love
and love is the tie that binds in all purposeful
giving of self, significance and closing the circle of caring for anothers quality of life, to the point of kindness we never
thought we were capable of...there is great
truth in the words of God
regardless if written by profits or words of men...goodness is love, truth is love
warm eyes, placing a hand on the cheek of someone in need, feeding them with great courage...live it, feel it...be alive within
around and for...as nothing but nothing can take away love...but instead develops great growth....

In the distance between, I lay my thoughts on you and Taylor...with warm smiles and great hugs...love you both, so very much.

Thank you for taking the time to write and share...lovely lady/poetess.

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

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New York

14 posted 2004-10-12 08:47 AM

where my dresses twirled and I sat cross legged
on cold cement to win friends.

you weave masterfully . . .
a tale within a tale within truth.

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

15 posted 2004-10-12 10:47 AM

but do you think it is important on this day
to tell you how many times I prayed?

You capture our minds with the stories... capture our hearts with the ending... excellent write!

miscellanea
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OH

16 posted 2004-10-12 10:54 AM

Martie,
This tugged on me, too. You have a special way of gathering and presenting ideas the reader can so easily relate. I admire you and your skills.
cathy

NewEnglandlazurlu
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A Mountain Paradise

17 posted 2004-10-12 11:52 AM

Martie ... no one can string words together like you dear poetess. You do your craft so darn well.

This is such a gift ... hugs, Marti

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
–St. Francis of Assisi

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

18 posted 2004-10-12 06:43 PM

MartieSis~
There is no doubt in my mind that you are the ink of the heart~

Martiesque Moments you so artfully weave ... ribboning your thoughts to touch our hearts~
And ... you do it everytime~

Love to you my sister true~
*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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Ratleader

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

19 posted 2004-10-12 10:30 PM

Yes, I know for a certainty that these stories are true.... and I can attest that they are True.

They're also something else that is deeper than mere truth...they are windows into the soul of a passionate and compassionate woman. That's a view worth gold.

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
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Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

20 posted 2004-10-12 11:35 PM

She never knew I watched her
and in my child’s heart
I worried that those stairs she had to walk
some day would be mine.

Just my, my, my Martie!

Goodknight
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Ohio, USA

21 posted 2004-10-18 08:27 PM

Martie - you say so much so deeply and touch me so deeply - what a powerfully poem this is - Paul

passing shadows
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displaced

22 posted 2004-10-18 08:40 PM

wow

JamesMichael
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23 posted 2004-10-19 01:12 AM

Nice...James

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