Open Poetry #35 |
Poppies Fickle Road |
Martie
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Posts 28049California |
Poppies Fickle Road Sturdy yet fragile a face of grace holding on to air that moves petals like wings she loves wind’s hands upon her face but with tenacities fingers crumbling clods to slowly builds gates listening she yearns toward the road the river takes wanting to travel someplace unnamed like him to follow the sound he makes her whim maybe a mean wind she thinks could take one small part an orange piece of heart that could go with the flow even where cement would ransom beauty into the arms of the sea but she turns away instead to dance naked with the tree one arm still holding tenacity. Open me she calls to sun guessing the hour the wind has blown the tresses of the field alive and on the road to harmony she is not the only flower to thrive the sound of the river is life sustaining down down in the middle part of earth it seeps into the press of dirt around and fills her with love for river sun and wind and now most blessed love of all the ground [This message has been edited by Sunshine (02-28-2005 06:22 AM).] |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Ah the touch of the master...er um..mistress..er..um...woman poet extraordinaire. Well done, Martie..!! Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Open me she calls to sun guessing the hour the wind has blown the tresses of the field alive and on the road to harmony she is not the only flower to thrive ~*~ There are all kinds of brown rivers, and the poppy seeks the hardest, most driest of all... Excellent write, sweetheart! |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
maybe a mean wind she thinks could take one small part an orange piece of heart that could go with the flow I love the Poppies in my garden but it is still so far in time before they will show their beauty M |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
The poem..jst like the flower is beautiful...thank you.. Goldenrose. Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. (William Shakespeare.) |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Wonderful! The struggle of the will. Brilliant! |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie You always get a heart tug out of me. Lovely |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
You...lovely....there are no words that can express your brilliance...my aunt used to tell me about the poppies in Calif. how beautifully abundant they've been....you are lucky, thanks so much Martie, for sharing both your visions and the picture, as you paint loving words across the hearts of all who read. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
OhMartieSis~ Such a stunning blossom ... such beautiful word-praise~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Half an hour ago, I was standing by that river....it's an ugly thing here as you know, a goant slit trench of cement....but poppies grow on the banks, and I took a special message from them this morning, having already read this poem. You see the world in a wholly unique way, and you express that uniqueness in ways that make my spirit a better thing. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Stunning poem, Martie. to go the rivers flow? perhaps future seed the wind will blow... Enjoyed immensely. miscellanea |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Simply lovely, Martie, and it says so much. Penned by a true poetess. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
touching piece Martie |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Dear Martie, thank you for sharing with us the beauty you see, to see through your eyes is an amazing experience. Love you poetess have missed you Mxx and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
she is not the only flower to thrive the sound of the river is life sustaining Absolutely lovely! *S* Such brilliance definitely brightens a day. *S* |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
listening she yearns toward the road the river takes wanting to travel someplace unnamed like him ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and fills her with love for river sun and wind ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you knew I would love those lines. reading this is a lovely reminder of why you are our queen of imagery. one drop, an ocean ... one seed, the forest ... one leaf, the wind ... |
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Robert Frazier Senior Member
since 2003-02-06
Posts 1014 |
wow! this poem blooms like a flower - beautiful! Rf |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good write |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
You say flower like no other - you are the great one as description and Taylors grows them - what a wonderful pair and what a wonderful poem - Paul |
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