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Martie

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0 posted 2004-07-22 12:00 PM

He set out to build a basket of the house
using the finest ingredients
he placed bamboo the color of a mossy stream
and made it bend to his will   a curve
then at each end a different vine
to grow from all this chaos    a church in which to pray

Oh    the time it takes   each morning some an inch
how long it takes to grow a place to live or die

The scarlet runner bean is best can do
torching the air with dark orange blossom
like some crazy heart it takes a leap of faith
and makes it to the roof

He is like that now....armed with shovel and soil amendment
he is a warrior
intricately weaving a fortress

but

I see all the open spaces where the sky falls
and I cannot save him with my love

Sunshine

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1 posted 2004-07-22 12:02 PM

like some crazy heart it takes a leap of faith

~*~

I want to HEAR you read this one...

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-07-22 12:16 PM

"I see all the open spaces where the sky falls
and I cannot to save him with my love"

passing shadows
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3 posted 2004-07-22 12:35 PM

"Oh the time it takes each morning some an inch
how long it takes to grow a place to live or die"

*sigh*

Janet Marie
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4 posted 2004-07-22 02:09 PM

I see all the open spaces where the sky falls
and I cannot save him with my love
=============================

oh my do I know this...know the desperation and the desire to do just that... save them with love....

still...

me thinks you answered some of your own questions with this...

like some crazy heart it takes a leap of faith
and makes it

all we can do is just be there...
(thats enough)

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

~Fluent~
John O'Donohue

Seymour Tabin
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5 posted 2004-07-22 02:13 PM

Martie
Each poem is like a fresh salad.

GG
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Lost in thought

6 posted 2004-07-22 02:19 PM

Ah, *sigh* wow...
This is amazing.

Always, Alyssa

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce kilmer

Goodknight
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7 posted 2004-07-22 04:19 PM

Oh my Martie - you speak from the depths here - you can love and this speaks oceans of love and care - Paul

JL
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8 posted 2004-07-22 04:23 PM

Oh yes, GOODKNIGHT has it right… I agree with that!

JL

She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”

iliana
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9 posted 2004-07-22 04:53 PM

Martie, this is most lovely and so sad at the same time. Many hugs to you. ....jo

iliana
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10 posted 2004-07-22 04:54 PM

Whoops, forget to click save.

Marge Tindal

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11 posted 2004-07-22 08:44 PM

Sis~

'He is like that now....armed with shovel and soil amendment
he is a warrior
intricately weaving a fortress'

He IS a Warrior ... and that's a good, good thing~
Hello Taylor~

*Huglets* to you both~
~*Marge*~

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

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lgina
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12 posted 2004-07-22 10:06 PM

Wow Martie that is full of so much life and yet has an empty ring. I like it alot.

James_A_Fraser
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Out Making Anticlines

13 posted 2004-07-23 03:43 AM

It is a man's way, as you know only too well. But you also know how to handle walls, as I recall -- drive your tanks around them, and they don't matter at all.

~~J

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14 posted 2004-07-25 10:09 PM

*saving this*

I want to come back to it when I have the quiet in my surroundings to fully appreciate you. and him...

you break like the waves, Martie...beauty

Dark Stranger
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15 posted 2004-07-26 08:46 AM

by your love he
was already saved
before his skin was man
you were his salvation

enjoyed your eyes here ms

Cpat Hair

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16 posted 2004-07-26 05:57 PM

hugs my friend.. I was here.. I read..and I appreciated the feelings and the talent..

Dark Angel
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17 posted 2004-07-26 06:47 PM

You amaze me Martie.

to you both. Have missed you much.

I'm keeping this.

M

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

Startime55
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18 posted 2004-07-26 06:51 PM

Your touch us with each poem you create. By their very existence our hearts are blessed...

suthern

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19 posted 2004-07-29 03:54 PM

I see all the open spaces where the sky falls

Sometimes they are all too visible... after all... they are part of life's pattern, too.

Excellent, poignant write.

hoot_owl_rn
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20 posted 2004-07-29 04:48 PM

Martie...perhaps sometimes we need to see a bit of that sky shining through just to keep us grounded

Jeffrey Carter

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State of constant confusion!

21 posted 2004-07-29 05:51 PM

I echo what Ruth said on this one! Enjoyed muchly m'dear!

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