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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2004-10-12 07:14 PM

How to Know a Poet

I am becoming more adept, in often strange-some ways,
In recognizing those who feel
Lexis coloring days, and if I watch some eyes so bright,
The gleam in stream of dreams, then a poet is about to meet
Another, with their ways.

Watch the hands of flitter fly, talking in the air,
Or watch as eyes find a gaze
On a horizon that is not there…

Or watch some apple dumpling cheeks
Shine bright to catch sun’s rays,
Knowing that the freckles there
Are kisses from other days…and then,

And then…

Listen to a voice so fine, it shimmers
In your soul; and find the touch of hands so warm,
A pen is held in glow…

Then know before you a poet stands,
And if you are a poet, too?
A hug is the requisite form of talk,
When one and one braid two…

And then? The air is round with solemn calm,
A peace fills full all time, as minds seem to meld
The storms, and quiet stills all space,
When eyes speak volumes, when shoulders share
The weight of all that is…

And sisters of poems then plait silence,
To be just what they are, bound by knowledge
Of their lives, as touched by the highest stars…

Poet, you have touched my heart, and
I hope,
That I have touched yours, too,
In ways that know no words…for
Forever special is held in this heart…
Martie, poetess,
For all I’ve heard with my soul, is true.

October 6, 2004

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1 posted 2004-10-12 07:22 PM

Ah SO beautiful and SO true your words Karilea!
Just look at you two!!!
Wish I could have been there to meet you both.
Wonderful write and a very special picture of two of Passions most creative souls.
~Smiles & Hugs to you both, Nancy~

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

MGROVES

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2 posted 2004-10-12 07:42 PM

this is absolutely beautiful

beautiful words from beautiful hearts and souls

ecrivan
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my own state

3 posted 2004-10-12 07:51 PM

She's a poet and wouldn't ya know it..nice poetic tribute

icebox
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in the shadows

4 posted 2004-10-12 08:06 PM

A fine tribute to a fine Lady.

Martie

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5 posted 2004-10-12 08:09 PM

Sissy K

You are the sunshine
inside and out
you warm with everything you are
your face, your eyes, your hair
alive with light
and true of spirit flight

I wanted you to braid my hair
but you braided your fingers within my hand
and held it with your poet's care
and warmed the cold from me you see

Thank you for allowing me quiet
and not insisting on words on words
your sweet understanding I treasure
always and forever heard
between the lines like poetry
we wove a magic tapistry

Mark Bohannan
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In the winds of Cherokee song

6 posted 2004-10-12 08:27 PM

Excellent tribute to a poetess that I am very fond of and very familiar with her works of pen. I would have to say you captured her essence to a tee. Nice to see the smiles also.

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7 posted 2004-10-12 09:13 PM

big smiles here, gosh very big smiles...

Look at how beautiful you both shine...

and Karilea, this is really a very beautiful poem and gift.

for you both.

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

~ani difranco~

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8 posted 2004-10-12 10:22 PM

All of this...... all of this, and so much, much more.....

There are many ways a poet can be known...this one excels in all.

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
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9 posted 2004-10-12 11:35 PM

ahhhh to have been a moth on the wall.

keeping this one..for the lovely poem and the pic.

I would love to live as a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.

~Fluent~
John O'Donohue

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10 posted 2004-10-12 11:36 PM

Ahhh, yes you caught her in a jar for all to see.

babygirlwlove
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11 posted 2004-10-13 08:14 AM

::applauding:: lovely tribute!

write on!

**babygirL**

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12 posted 2004-10-13 08:32 AM

oh oh we got a new gang in california
it will never be the same again
(I hope) cool stuff ms sun...and makin martie smile like that too.were you two telling lies?

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13 posted 2004-10-13 08:34 AM

OMG....this is so beautiful!! And look at you two, your smiles could light the sky! Love this, love you both!

The greatest beauty on earth, is
found in the hearts of those
who love....

LeeJ
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14 posted 2004-10-13 08:39 AM

how beautifully dressed you two are...and I ain't talkin bout your cloths...those smiles are indeed infectious...

Two great poetesses from the family of PIP
this gives me great joy...

thanks a bunch for sharing....

scorpio
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right...there

15 posted 2004-10-13 08:41 AM

Beautiful..

believe in what your heart feels...

Alicethruglass
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16 posted 2004-10-13 09:43 AM

wonderfully written

*just look at those smiles*

~A~

Elizabeth Santos
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17 posted 2004-10-13 10:34 AM

You have both touched me in ways you cannot imagine and braided words around the nearness of me. What a jewel you have written, dear sunshine.
What a picture,
the meeting of two great poetic sisters, two great minds, two wonderful hearts.
Love you
Liz

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18 posted 2004-10-13 10:44 AM

loved it

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19 posted 2004-10-13 11:26 AM

Writer's fine have signed your thought,
Giving praise as well they ought.
Being one with other's soul
Lets us be a bit more whole.

This is a lovely tribute to a great love and a great lady! Ken

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

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OH

20 posted 2004-10-13 12:25 PM

Sunshine,
Magnificient shinings! "Clear the shelves: make way for another masterpiece!"
I do this injustice by picking out a few stanzas when I probably should copy the entire poem, but these really sparked.

"Or watch some apple dumpling cheeks
Shine bright to catch sun’s rays,
Knowing that the freckles there
Are kisses from other days…and then,

And then…

Listen to a voice so fine, it shimmers
In your soul; and find the touch of hands so warm,
A pen is held in glow…

Then know before you a poet stands,
And if you are a poet, too?
A hug is the requisite form of talk,
When one and one braid two…"

Simply awesome wording and imagery!

missie/cathy

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21 posted 2004-10-13 02:46 PM

Such a treasure, the both of you....

Smiling atcha, both of ya...

This is awesome!!!!

Susan
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22 posted 2004-10-13 02:55 PM

How very lovely - what a smile your smiles bring to may heart -

Susan

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23 posted 2004-10-13 03:15 PM

OMG what a beautiful picture!
Good for you both and
my oh my, who has she NOT touched?

Beautiful. The both of you.

suthern

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24 posted 2004-10-13 04:13 PM

How very beautiful... the poem... the picture... the friendship. *S*

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25 posted 2004-10-13 04:31 PM

Karilea~
You have been Martiesque'd~
Lucky you !
*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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26 posted 2004-10-13 10:11 PM

What a gift that you two were able to meet and become loving soul sisters.

A beautiful poem Karilea!

hugs and smiles, Marti

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

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27 posted 2004-10-13 10:22 PM

"Watch the hands of flitter fly, talking in the air,
Or watch as eyes find a gaze
On a horizon that is not there…"

Indeedy-do! Poets can look at things and see what no ordinary eye can. Magical!

Larry C

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28 posted 2004-10-13 11:12 PM

Karilea,
I knew it! Yup I'd recognize that poet anywhere. Blessed are you both. Two of my favorite ladies...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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29 posted 2004-10-15 03:03 PM

*smiles* thank you lady, am without words today...sigh...but this is priceless

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30 posted 2004-10-15 07:06 PM

And I am so grateful to you two fine poetessas for all the beauty you shine into the world. There is so much Light radiating from your glorious souls, that I am almost blinded by having looked at the photo of you two super novas!

It is wonderful that you two were able to get together. Perhaps I too, will be fortunate enough to meet some of my Pip friends some day!

Blessings to you both! That's one heap of talent smiling out from that photo!

Linda

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31 posted 2004-10-16 10:29 AM

...okay you two, I'm getting kinda misty eyed here...what a beautiful picture, a beautiful poem and a beautiful frinedship that now has bridged the miles that lay between you. May you both continue to grow closer.
Hugs

Ruth

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