tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post3372955304780384909..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: The Eagle and the ChildDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30623433323742886382010-12-08T09:17:58.821+00:002010-12-08T09:17:58.821+00:00Derrick
I love it when folk look back! Ta very muc...<b>Derrick</b><br />I love it when folk look back! Ta very much.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-80740073147460009852010-12-07T16:28:35.488+00:002010-12-07T16:28:35.488+00:00Glad I looked back to read this, Dave. Well worthy...Glad I looked back to read this, Dave. Well worthy of all the preceding comments.<br /><br />WV: plato - you're keeping good company!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88918794664479295742010-12-06T18:34:06.848+00:002010-12-06T18:34:06.848+00:00Totalfeckineejit
Ah, the mire... I know a good bit...<b>Totalfeckineejit</b><br />Ah, the mire... I know a good bit of mire when I see it! Thanks.<br /><br /><b>Trellissimo</b><br />Hi and a warm welcome to you.<br />Thanks for the comment. Shall pop over.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-90300375629430563712010-12-06T15:30:43.000+00:002010-12-06T15:30:43.000+00:00Nice one! We have a double ticket this week, so yo...Nice one! We have a double ticket this week, so you have a bargain if you come and see us! :)Trellissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283663872471564907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-28500621110091198272010-12-06T12:34:11.421+00:002010-12-06T12:34:11.421+00:00Wel done Dave you've pulled a bit of magic out...Wel done Dave you've pulled a bit of magic out of the mire!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-83831241114162155892010-12-06T12:13:16.784+00:002010-12-06T12:13:16.784+00:00Note
In answer to a few enquiries, something that ...<b>Note</b><br />In answer to a few enquiries, something that I should have posted earlier:<br /><b>The Eagle and Child</b> is (or was) in Windermere. I can't claim it as a favourite pub, I have only been in it the once, but always remembered it vividly and with affection.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-66498177528758374802010-12-06T12:07:15.094+00:002010-12-06T12:07:15.094+00:00Rachel
It's true I do draw on my childhood a g...<b>Rachel</b><br />It's true I do draw on my childhood a great deal. Your comment was very thought provoking. Thank you for it.<br /><br /><b>Carolina</b><br />A warm welcome to you and very grateful thanks for your comment. Very encouraging.<br /><br /><b>Kat</b><br />Again. my thanks - also for my inclusion on your side bar. I am in the process of revising mine (well overdue!) and shall be happy to return the compliment.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso</b><br />William Blake, eh? Well, now I am overwhelmed!! So very true, your last remark.<br /><br /><b>SouthLakesMom</b><br />Hi and welcome to my blog. Please accept my thanks for your visit and your comments. Almost you have spawned another idea. maybe it will survive - the way I'm sure the novel did! Thanks again.<br /><br /><b>Peter</b><br />Many thanks for that. One could hardly have a more valued comment!<br /><br /><b>Tumblewords</b><br />Most reassuring to hear. Much thanks.<br /><br /><b>120 Socks</b><br />And thank <b>you</b>!<br /><br /><b>Titus</b><br />That is a great remark in the circumstances. Lovely.<br /><br /><b>Cloudia</b><br />Thanks again.<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke</b><br />Thank you for the feedback. Always useful.<br /><br /><b>Raj</b><br />I was the kid, I guess.<br /><br /><b>Nelson</b><br />Yes, I can hear that. I'm responsing to it even as I type.<br /><br /><b>Niamh B</b><br />Well, I have to say that I sure don't feel defeated now! Thanks.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-4443532848344587972010-12-06T11:43:11.075+00:002010-12-06T11:43:11.075+00:00Not at all defeated!!
This was a very enjoyable t...Not at all defeated!!<br /><br />This was a very enjoyable trip!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12357295563194814352010-12-06T11:36:12.377+00:002010-12-06T11:36:12.377+00:00Jinksy
Much thanks for that.
Theodore
I wonder if...<b>Jinksy</b><br />Much thanks for that.<br /><br /><b>Theodore</b><br />I wonder if it would be a myth... it woul be wonderful to think it m ight be so. Interesting thought. Thank you.<br /><br /><b>David</b><br />Any minute now, I'm going to dance - un heard of thing!<br /><br /><b>Jeanne</b><br />I too, am not a fully paid up member of the rhyming fan club, b ut yes, it was part of the prompt and I thought it did fit. Thanks.<br /><br /><b>Karen</b><br />I will thin k, but I promise no more than that. Thanks for the idea, though.<br /><br /><b>The Weaver of Grass</b><br />Yes, you are absolutely right. I did enjoy it!<br /><br /><b>susansonnenmuses</b><br />Welcome indeed to my blog and much gratitude for the comment.<br /><br /><b>Helen</b><br />Thanks. Yes, I think he and his parents were staying at The Eagle and Child. That must have been it.<br /><br /><b>Kat</b><br />You and I both. I, too, was afraid it was going to end badly when I started out. If I'd been steering it probably would have done, but I let the verse take over - fortunately!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-32034410286401639962010-12-06T11:23:07.407+00:002010-12-06T11:23:07.407+00:00To all
I am genuinely overwhelmed by your response...<b>To all</b><br />I am genuinely overwhelmed by your response and do thank you all so much. I very nearly trashed the poem. Then I changed the lineation a bit and thought, well maybe it would do, so I posted it. Never, though, did I expect that sort of response. I will now try to get round to you all.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13953210985692553742010-12-06T07:14:37.513+00:002010-12-06T07:14:37.513+00:00. . . I can hear it with some gentle minor chord g.... . . I can hear it with some gentle minor chord guitar accompaniment - which I might offer you one day!<br />. . . will add it to my faux-folk repertoire. BBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-37117815178202607382010-12-06T05:32:56.459+00:002010-12-06T05:32:56.459+00:00that was cute! its almost like you were the kid so...that was cute! its almost like you were the kid soaring high and low :)<br /><br />loved it. maybe cause it reminded me of childhood :)Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521949812576502731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12561565111922861892010-12-06T04:09:37.117+00:002010-12-06T04:09:37.117+00:00I could just imagine this eagle flying with this c...I could just imagine this eagle flying with this child in tow over the landscape and then dropping him on his bedroom floor. Very enjoyable well done again.Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-25931161405115027922010-12-06T04:07:41.185+00:002010-12-06T04:07:41.185+00:00Bravo!
That really is excellent and pleasing, Da...Bravo!<br /><br /><br />That really is excellent and pleasing, Dave.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki <br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />><}}(°><br /><br /><br /><°)}}><Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-87585414588588064912010-12-06T00:02:55.644+00:002010-12-06T00:02:55.644+00:00I really enjoyed that Dave. A complex simplicity.I really enjoyed that Dave. A complex simplicity.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-83890091072124371622010-12-05T22:39:33.401+00:002010-12-05T22:39:33.401+00:00Thanks Dave. You took us on a wonderful ride of c...Thanks Dave. You took us on a wonderful ride of childhood dreams. Magical. Thanks again.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912071192179983603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45167905294513863902010-12-05T22:12:32.420+00:002010-12-05T22:12:32.420+00:00This flies with magic and flow. I love it!!This flies with magic and flow. I love it!!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-3127133555221315202010-12-05T21:30:31.259+00:002010-12-05T21:30:31.259+00:00I wish I'd written that. Expertly constructed ...I wish I'd written that. Expertly constructed and with an ending that leads to a thousand questions. And the rhyme and meter are not forced at all - it flows effortlessly.Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12334575827601405312010-12-05T19:08:22.248+00:002010-12-05T19:08:22.248+00:00What a wondrous work you wrote! It captures the ma...What a wondrous work you wrote! It captures the magic of childhood dreams!<br /><br />Hope that novel stayed put until the child was able to get it out onto paper!SouthLakesMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822510653198676631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-51794239208657807332010-12-05T18:53:06.363+00:002010-12-05T18:53:06.363+00:00In William Blake's tradition, marvellous work,...In William Blake's tradition, marvellous work, the final stanza perfectly craddling the atmosphere from myth into "reality", which after all is still myth.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-85328297617863978242010-12-05T18:21:29.568+00:002010-12-05T18:21:29.568+00:00Just change that word "possible" to &quo...Just change that word "possible" to "capable" and you might have a sentence worth reading!Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-11522197960975158882010-12-05T17:09:59.922+00:002010-12-05T17:09:59.922+00:00Dave, this is lovely! I would love to hear it sun...Dave, this is lovely! I would love to hear it sung to me, and I also could see it illustrated in book form. You may think yourself defeated, but in fact you took flight.Carolina Lintheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335905555994442416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-58119872160498718512010-12-05T15:05:37.588+00:002010-12-05T15:05:37.588+00:00I like it when you write with this childlike freed...I like it when you write with this childlike freedom - you're obviously someone who had a very special and unusual childhood and that helps you no end. I especially like the stream with its interesting ingredients! Very Wonka.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-34616005308774937922010-12-05T14:12:12.705+00:002010-12-05T14:12:12.705+00:00As I said on my blog, Dave, I didn't think you...As I said on my blog, Dave, I didn't think you possible of a "scramble" and I'd have to say you've done admirably with this tale - not compromising your usual erudite and perceptive work. I was worried the story was going to end badly, but you saved the day!<br /><br />I would welcome your comments on my own pub-poem,<br /><br />http://hyggedigter.blogspot.com/2010/12/poetry-bus-whale-of-tale.html<br /><br />Kat<br /><br />P.S. You'll now find yourself among the other riders in my sidebar.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-59859433975703542182010-12-05T13:48:45.285+00:002010-12-05T13:48:45.285+00:00Dave, This is a delightful poem ... do you think t...Dave, This is a delightful poem ... do you think the lad might have sneaked into a pub before getting into bed with his book?Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.com