tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post3962769724857933292..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: A Man For A' ThatDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-47630621190625462492012-01-26T09:13:32.420+00:002012-01-26T09:13:32.420+00:00sunny
Thanks a lot sunny. Good to have your commen...<b>sunny</b><br />Thanks a lot sunny. Good to have your comments.<br /><br /><b>Jeanette</b><br />I think it's more that they find me. I sometimes sit down to write with no idea what to write about. At such times I feel like the priest who began hiis sermon with: "On my way here tonight only God and I knew what I was going to say. Now only God knows." I'm glad the pizza made you smile, it did me also when I read about it in the paper. I have longthought there was some element of web synchronicity in the formulation of those word verification codes.<br /><br />Thanks for your response.<br /><br /><b>Madeleine</b><br />Thanks. Much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Tabor</b><br />I thought a lot of Burns fans might be saying the same thing. Unbelievable! (Read Hugh MacDiarmid's great "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle" for a humourous take on Burn's Nights.<br /><br /><b>Mary</b><br />You and I both, then.<br /><br /><b>Kass</b><br />That's you two and the guys in white coat,s then.<br /><br /><b>Ygraine</b><br />Well, thank you SO much. Every blogging would-be poet should have a visitor like you.<br /><br /><b>Mama Zen</b><br />Thanks. I found it fun writing it.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso</b><br />Much thanks for those encouraging words. Greatly appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke</b><br />First time I'd ever heard of it also.<br /><br /><b>Dulcina</b><br />Many thanks for all that - <i>There for Honest Poverty</i> in particular. I shall definitely chase up the reference.<br /><br />Ah, the sting is in the tail! Difficult to be against their independence if that is what they truly want, but whether I am actively for it, I have not quite decided. In the end it will come down to the small print of how and under what conditions the separation occurs. RBS being one potential sticking point, I think.<br /><br /><b>Titus</b><br />I just canna picture someone awash with haggis... s it a good feeling?<br /><br /><b>Carl</b><br />agreed - still can't decide what Rabbie would have made of it though...<br /><br /><b>haricot</b><br />Well said, yes I agree.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88117067413179831722012-01-26T05:09:45.922+00:002012-01-26T05:09:45.922+00:00Yes I also think words are special nourishment for...Yes I also think words are special nourishment for us. Whichever the man was a spesific person or a poet, a Scotch maybe, the power of words worth tasting .haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-56448490380129894902012-01-26T04:11:50.594+00:002012-01-26T04:11:50.594+00:00Hmmm. HaggisPizza....
wonderful tribute and fun a...Hmmm. HaggisPizza....<br /><br />wonderful tribute and fun at same time.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-24412580640032162672012-01-25T23:54:30.483+00:002012-01-25T23:54:30.483+00:00Cracking Dave! I'm awash with haggis at the mo...Cracking Dave! I'm awash with haggis at the moment, so I'll pass on the pizza if that's OK.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-84914118539334196542012-01-25T23:05:33.922+00:002012-01-25T23:05:33.922+00:00The song "Is There for Honest Poverty", ...The song <i>"Is There for Honest Poverty"</i>, yes, what a good homage to its author!<br />Robert Burns, that advocate for Scottish Independence, had a suitable surname, indeed, and your poem blows like a burning flame.<br /><br /><i>"A prince can make a belted knight,<br />A marquis, duke, and all that!<br />But an honest man is above his might -<br />Good faith, he must not fault that<br />For all that, and all that,<br />Their dignities, and all that,<br />The pith of sense and pride of worth<br />Are higher rank than all that."<br /></i><br />Such a good ode to humanity!<br />My fav version is this one by The McCalmans:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQFpkqLI4GY<br />Your merit has been mixing past & present, offering the Bard a Cosmo haggis pizza, so so good!<br />If we cannot move the heart we cannot be considered poets.<br />And yes, sometimes we are breezes, others winds and when we write asking for justice, in rage, we are <br />gales or terrible tempests; it's our job, our mission, our fate.<br />I wonder if your use of "cognoscenti" referred to the Scots is a compliment or a sarcasm.<br />By the way, are you in favour of their independence...? <br />:)Dulcinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804606583762933316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-51867215453823101222012-01-25T20:43:10.800+00:002012-01-25T20:43:10.800+00:00This is the first time i've heard of a haggis ...This is the first time i've heard of a haggis pizza, i just can't imagine what it would taste like, it sounds like an aquired taste :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77433117405075769982012-01-25T19:59:57.684+00:002012-01-25T19:59:57.684+00:00Absolutely amazing. I should read Robert Burns imm...Absolutely amazing. I should read Robert Burns immediately after this trying to overcome his, sometimes for me, difficult language.<br /><br />But "A pizza for the bard" raised this poem to a marvellous "hymn level" and "words burn themselves into our consciousness" is just simple and perfect.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-42794694018143178612012-01-25T15:12:30.149+00:002012-01-25T15:12:30.149+00:00Dave, I so adore this poem!
Your incredible talent...Dave, I so adore this poem!<br />Your incredible talent never ceases to amaze me.<br />How I'd love to have the ability to paint a picture in words as vividly as this.<br />I will be reading this one over and over again.<br />It is simply wonderful :)Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67476575592559130722012-01-25T14:39:33.095+00:002012-01-25T14:39:33.095+00:00Like Jeannette, I too muse over the contents of yo...Like Jeannette, I too muse over the contents of your head.<br /><br />Delightful outpouring.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89041823585416597792012-01-25T13:27:48.449+00:002012-01-25T13:27:48.449+00:00Well, I for one would pass on 'haggis pizza.&#...Well, I for one would pass on 'haggis pizza.' LOL.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-86251689934992774152012-01-25T12:43:11.644+00:002012-01-25T12:43:11.644+00:00You had me...until haggis pizza!You had me...until haggis pizza!Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-15300288110841098412012-01-25T08:44:17.364+00:002012-01-25T08:44:17.364+00:00Wonderful job!Wonderful job!Madeleine Begun Kanehttp://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-38256842362662795302012-01-25T06:23:24.738+00:002012-01-25T06:23:24.738+00:00Where and how do you find these things in your bra...Where and how do you find these things in your brain? It must be a disconcerting place for you to live, inside that brain.<br /><br />But thanks for letting it spill out into a form we get to read. "To modernise his suppers/the haggis pizza comes:"<br /><br />Yes. How can I NOT smile at those words right there?<br /><br />"Suloo" is my word verification. I said it as if I were on a mountain, trying to be heard. "SuLOOOOOO" listening for the echo.<br /><br />Sorry. Never mind!JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-21008978612464212222012-01-25T05:16:47.322+00:002012-01-25T05:16:47.322+00:00Hi Mr Dave,excellent poem.Hi Mr Dave,excellent poem.sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194522376789894727noreply@blogger.com