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Somersault In Time
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Somersault In Time Prose rendition of same story is here: /pip/Forum15/HTML/001775.html The daughter held a pink satin slip. The kindly nurse had said, go home, get some sleep, but she couldn’t sleep. When was it they had reversed roles? Wandering around her mother’s bedroom, she touched bottles and jars, even smelled the scent of her mother’s hair in a brush on the dressing table. As she rubbed the soft material of the slip she remembered her in front of the open window, writing her memoirs, the room like ice. Worried then, in this shingle-sided house of her youth, for her mother who was just looking out. Slip to face, caught in a faint hint of Nivia skin lotion and floral fragrance of old sachet, she breathed, glanced at the chair, empty, then saw the notebook that lay on the floor. She picked it up and opened it to the first page. As the silk slip fell from her lap She read, "Just Meandering-A Memoir It’s funny how things turn around and around--the world, the seasons, life and death. What was, is again. In a somersault of time, she is like a mother to me now." ------ 3-8-01 [This message has been edited by Martie (05-07-2003 10:24 PM).] |
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Startime55 Member Elite
since 2003-04-05
Posts 2148Alberta, Canada |
Breathtaking...filled with such incredible emotion that I wept...Thank you, so much, for sharing it with me.... |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Martie sweet lady, as the song goes, "all my life's a circle....sunrise and sundown." This is exquisite. hugs, Chris  "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Worried then, in this shingle-sided house of her youth, for her mother who was just looking out. Oh Martie, this is like a slide show, where time passes in slow motion. Thank you for writing and sharing the deep seeded tenderness that lives within your heart. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
If you guys think this is beautiful...(and it is indeed so) go read the prose...... ya just GOTTA read Martie when shes in her long winded pen  she rocks!!  |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggssssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, this too felt like a somersault to me reading as your golden heart takes us through a photo album of loving images! (kiss on cheek) I truly think our children teach us too and can be our mothers and fathers too on occasion, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Again Martie's magic touch, adding her special essence to something that's already meaningful, to make it something so deep and, well, magnificent. Thank you for sharing. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Yes, I know you know... and yes... the scents remain... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I love when you do this. Someday? when I am a teacher? I would love to teach your work, as an example of HOW you can express yourself. this is lovely, Martie. But then, no way it could miss...  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Exquisite Martie! ..what is very sad is when the scent finally leaves....and you just can't get it back. Thank you for this..may I have a tissue please? ~Hugs~ ~Somewhere in my heart I'm always |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie Nice always enjoy your writing, |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis~ You took my heart on a somersault-of-remember~ touching ... just so touching *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Martie - such special words and what a journey you take us on. So much emotion and such deep feelings - you are truly something special - Paul |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
you are truly awesome! |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
It’s funny how things turn around and around--the world, the seasons, life and death. What was, is again. --------------------- Perfect!! I loved this, also read the prose version (first). Luv, Liz xxxxx "Gorge the honey from life, and live through the stomach aches knowing they will pass..." ~Liz Pinard 2003~ |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Martie, Just beautiful...how wonderful for all of us, you share your fantastic gift of writing expressively of love and wisdom, through imagery, in poetry and in prose. Thank you, Hugs and love, Pat |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
The many stages of humankind... 'Tis the way of life - and you've penned it beautifully, of course... |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
You know I am a sucker for poems that even hint of time....and this was no exception. I felt like I was there in that room... Thanx dear one... |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
OK, that got me. Now I have to pick up all these shattered chunks of my mind. You are an amazing writer. Thank you. |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Your words always pull me right into the scene. Excellent, as always, Martie. |
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