tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post4112732455801704595..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: The final? frontierDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-87317239150374430902009-03-09T20:26:00.000+00:002009-03-09T20:26:00.000+00:00I started reading this before scrolling down and i...I started reading this before scrolling down and instantly thought of Stanley Spencer, so it was a real 'ah-ha!' when the Cookham paintings came up. The resurrection painting has always had the power to move me to tears. Your poem is wonderful.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-41968222137564025832009-03-08T14:47:00.000+00:002009-03-08T14:47:00.000+00:00Great post, great poetry.I love that the question ...Great post, great poetry.<BR/><BR/>I love that the question remains open.Patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722805078667526468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30775882085959028692009-03-06T22:21:00.000+00:002009-03-06T22:21:00.000+00:00Interesting, what you say about Spencer's vision a...Interesting, what you say about Spencer's vision and Cookham. I've always liked his paintings. As for returning to the earth, I've always liked the idea -Hindu, I think- that we are the world dreaming.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-57846491929460336042009-03-06T12:24:00.000+00:002009-03-06T12:24:00.000+00:00I like your poem very much, Dave, not so much for ...I like your poem very much, Dave, not so much for the poetry but for this idea you have that even if there is no resurrection of the body, and no spiritual life after death, there may be a new life we can contribute to in becoming something else here on earth. Something more inert than we usually think of when thinking about life after death. It's kind of comforting.Louise | Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463696606000861953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-78412942625536415542009-03-06T09:23:00.000+00:002009-03-06T09:23:00.000+00:00Midlife, Menopause, Mistakes and Random Stuff And ...<B>Midlife, Menopause, Mistakes and Random Stuff </B><BR/>And thanks for the feedback.<BR/><BR/><B>Bee </B><BR/>Thanks for that. I actually didn't know where the poem was going when I wrote the first lines.<BR/><BR/>So sorry to hear about the illness surrounding you and the black cloud. Difficult to know what to do or what to say to others at such times. We could really do with just a grain of certainty somewhere on the horizon.<BR/><BR/>Yes Spencer's painting is fascinating. Most of his paintings are, but this one particularly so, I think. And yes, you are right: it is all in the detail.<BR/><BR/><B>Tumblewords </B><BR/>It is good to hear that the poem communicates. Thanks for the feedback.<BR/><BR/><B>Lynda </B><BR/>Thanks for that. Did you try clicking on the images? They should enlarge - well, so far.<BR/>Much thanks for the encouragement.<BR/>Don't worry about the loading problem. I had something similar happen yesterday.<BR/><BR/><B>Adrian </B><BR/>Ah!<BR/><BR/><B>SweetTalkingGuy </B><BR/>The ofs do seem to have caused some folk a problem. I don't think I have any more to add to my various remarks above. I don't want to bin the ofs, but am still thinking about a different lead in to them. <I>Frieight</I> in this connection means burdened, loaded down with. It's a good job you highlighted the pun, I missed it first time through! Thanks for all that.<BR/><BR/><B>Barry </B><BR/>That can't be a bad thing, I agree. I would settle for that.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-11302141440831428662009-03-06T02:55:00.000+00:002009-03-06T02:55:00.000+00:00I'm very taken by your poem, but I want to savour ...I'm very taken by your poem, but I want to savour it a bit more instead of comment, because I'm not immediately certainly what I think of it.<BR/><BR/>The nice thing is that its caused me to think.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-3024650518705459552009-03-05T21:58:00.000+00:002009-03-05T21:58:00.000+00:00Hi Dave, this is a dead good poem! (pun intended) ...Hi Dave, this is a dead good poem! (pun intended) it starts off at a great pace and the first stanza is a revelation. 'I've seen the Saviour in a crystal ball,' I love the intternal rhymes in the second verse and the refrain at the start of the third, but to get past the of's without stuttering or stumbling I need to be reading the total poem in exactly forty-five seconds, if I go any faster or slower it doesn't work for me. And finally, while I'm throwing the wellington in, that word freight, doesn't that mean to transport? I don't understand that bit, but it does look well with frighten. Anyway Dave, You are the master! Dead good poem!!!<BR/>-AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-79738663025944944052009-03-05T21:15:00.000+00:002009-03-05T21:15:00.000+00:00For this one you may not need the "Enterprise".For this one you may not need the "Enterprise".LR Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634383283728817474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-68232671895261813032009-03-05T20:59:00.000+00:002009-03-05T20:59:00.000+00:00Sorry, Dave--my comment would not load, and then i...Sorry, Dave--my comment would not load, and then it went, 3 times!Lynda Lehmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10914824862008453219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89067397025348258232009-03-05T20:58:00.002+00:002009-03-05T20:58:00.002+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lynda Lehmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10914824862008453219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52661092156335424452009-03-05T20:58:00.001+00:002009-03-05T20:58:00.001+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lynda Lehmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10914824862008453219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-21027545152352773022009-03-05T20:58:00.000+00:002009-03-05T20:58:00.000+00:00Your poems flows well and brims with connections. ...Your poems flows well and brims with connections. I like it a lot!!!!<BR/><BR/>The art work images are small, so I can barely make them out. <BR/><BR/>I think you should keep writing! Good stuff!Lynda Lehmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10914824862008453219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-34207800227983219572009-03-05T20:34:00.000+00:002009-03-05T20:34:00.000+00:00I, too, can believe. Your poem today speaks strong...I, too, can believe. Your poem today speaks strongly to me and the accompanying art adds extra dimension. So enjoyable!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-64093871451273868292009-03-05T15:09:00.000+00:002009-03-05T15:09:00.000+00:00I'd like to see Spencer's painting in more detail....I'd like to see Spencer's painting in more detail. I found it fascinating.<BR/><BR/>As for your poem - marvellous. The first line: "I can believe . . .". My problem is that I DO believe that we are "going home to ash," but I can't quite believe that it will happen to me. Interestingly, I initially read the poem as "I CAN'T believe . . .".<BR/><BR/>Lots of death and cancer in my general vicinity these days. I've been feeling a black cloud of it around me. Your third stanza was comforting.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-69626697933735433022009-03-05T13:15:00.000+00:002009-03-05T13:15:00.000+00:00Oh Dave!!! I love that...."I've seen the Saviour ...Oh Dave!!! I love that...."I've seen the Saviour in a crystal ball".<BR/>That's just beautiful. Thank you and you made my day with this one :)<BR/><BR/>Steady On<BR/>Reggie GirlMidlife, menopause, mistakes and random stuff...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04189854037804749722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-73970312976390722262009-03-05T11:43:00.000+00:002009-03-05T11:43:00.000+00:00JinksySorry I missed you on my tral through. Not s...<B>Jinksy</B><BR/>Sorry I missed you on my tral through. Not sure how that happened, but henks for your comment. Spot on, I thought it.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-54543758124405082042009-03-05T11:23:00.000+00:002009-03-05T11:23:00.000+00:00Derrick As to your first comment, I am sure you ar...<B>Derrick </B><BR/>As to your first comment, I am sure you are right about that.<BR/>Your second comment is interesting: I had expected comments along the lines of the sentence being grammatically incomplete - which I don't think it is, though it may sound as though it is. I went back to it in view of your comment and realised that I had omitted an semicolon after <I>sperm of</I> (which I have now corrected), but I doubt that answers your comment. The repetition was intended, but I will bear it in mind and see how I feel about it after the passage of some time. Incidentally, I don't regard it as temerity, just friendliness. All comments offered in that spirit are very welcome. Thanks for yours.<BR/><BR/><B>Stephen </B><BR/>Interesting coments. I do agree with them all, and liek you was struck by the sensuality of the Medieval version - though not by Spencer's for I knew that to be part of his vision. Other artists have combined the sensual with the religious aspects, but to Spencer they were almost one and the same.<BR/><BR/><B>John </B><BR/>Thanks for that. I must confess that I was unsure about that, really as to whether there was a better form of words that would still retain the final prepositions. I decided to post and see what happened.<BR/><BR/><B>Pat and Abe </B><BR/>Thanks for that. It all sounds really fascinating. I look forward to a post/some posts at some time in the future.<BR/><BR/><B>Butler and Bagman </B><BR/>Yes, I absolutely agree with your last remark. I am pleased you appreciated the juxtaposition of the paintings. I thought they each gave a little to the other.<BR/><BR/><B>Karen </B><BR/>Thanks for that. Much appreciated.<BR/><BR/><B>Lyn </B><BR/>Absolutely - gives a new meaning to the phrase <I>Rock on</I>!<BR/><BR/><B>Cathy </B><BR/>And thank you for visiting and for sharing.<BR/><BR/><B>Cecil/DreamCreateRespect</B><BR/>Welcome to my blog and very many thanks for your comments. I did enjoy my visit to you.<BR/><BR/><B>Lady Glamis </B><BR/>Very many thanks.<BR/><BR/><B>Roxana></B><BR/>Thanks for the comment .<BR/><BR/><B>Kilauea Poetry </B><BR/>Many thanks for such a generous comment.<BR/><BR/><B>Weaver of Grass </B><BR/>I've never been able to decide whether I prefer the ash or the breaking down in the soil, so - it hadn't occurred to me unti this moment - I guess I sidestepped the issue. I might have to return to it! Thanks for the illumination!<BR/><BR/><B>Tommaso Gervasutti </B><BR/>Thanks for the interesting comments and compliments. As for the "of"s, "for" and "towards", their reception has been fascinating. The object of them was intended to be the God-like perspectives. It was a change of word order that I am not 100% convinced about, but have not yet found one that pleases me better.<BR/><BR/><B>Lucas </B><BR/>Again, thanks for your comments. I was particularly pleased by your appreciation of the <I>suble use of spondee</I> and the fact that you found the pictures enlightening.<BR/><BR/><B>Dick </B><BR/>Thanks Dick. Much appreciated.<BR/><BR/><B>Garnetrose </B><BR/>Thanks for commenting. Always useful.<BR/><BR/><B>Cuban in London </B><BR/>And my thanks to you.<BR/><BR/><B>Jim </B><BR/>I'm not the one to comment just now on our allusion to my last poem: my head hasn't b een in the right place for a day or two now!<BR/>As for the coincidences, could it just be a case of great minds? or maybe that we're both in touch with the zeitgeist?<BR/><BR/><B>Cloudia </B><BR/>Thanks for sharing the comment.<BR/>Haven't seen your Thursday post yet, but I am sure I will approve! Thanks in advance.<BR/><BR/><B>Clay </B><BR/>Wow! My work compared to Prufrock! What more could any man wish for? I am a devoted fan of Prufrock. Thanks for that!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-22061121768084605712009-03-05T06:02:00.000+00:002009-03-05T06:02:00.000+00:00"God-like perspectives,some essence of;a sperm of ..."God-like perspectives,<BR/>some essence of;<BR/>a sperm of seedling of;<BR/>a blue-print for; instinct "--Brilliant imagery here--reminds me of an obscure alchemical process--I say Mr.King, you work reminds me of T.S Elliot's...ah, Prufrock, Prufrock. Age and the subsequent decay and preponderance of those destructive elements which constitute "nature". Splendid piece sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88486338296974320562009-03-05T05:23:00.000+00:002009-03-05T05:23:00.000+00:00I mention you in my Thursday post. Hope you approv...I mention you in my Thursday post. Hope you approve.Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-29978233341507405872009-03-05T05:22:00.000+00:002009-03-05T05:22:00.000+00:00Your poem affects me like a vision!Thank you, Dave...Your poem affects me like a vision!<BR/>Thank you, Dave for sharing it.<BR/>Aloha-Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-71511330489187728052009-03-05T04:42:00.000+00:002009-03-05T04:42:00.000+00:00Great opening line and great last stanza. The rest...Great opening line and great last stanza. The rest was good too but these stood out for me. And the whole thing has a nice flow. This one was indeed poetic and I bet your last one was too but my head was probably in the wrong place when I read it.<BR/><BR/>BTW, it might interest you to note that about an hour ago I also wrote a poem about ash. The coincidences just keep piling up, don't they?Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-63670466542278270662009-03-04T22:33:00.000+00:002009-03-04T22:33:00.000+00:00The end of the cycle. Images galore, similes aplen...The end of the cycle. Images galore, similes aplenty. I particularly liked this one: 'as if by locusts in a swarm'.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-9148535450542748852009-03-04T22:27:00.000+00:002009-03-04T22:27:00.000+00:00I loved the poem. I really can believe....I loved the poem. I really can believe....Garnetrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911448607956799034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10540646258208221072009-03-04T22:19:00.000+00:002009-03-04T22:19:00.000+00:00The poem makes its declaration to powerful effect,...The poem makes its declaration to powerful effect, Dave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-82642653300391132672009-03-04T21:38:00.000+00:002009-03-04T21:38:00.000+00:00Dave, Thanks for the two pictures side by side. I ...Dave, Thanks for the two pictures side by side. I remember seeing the famous Spenser picture as a teenager. It made a huge impression on me then as it does now.<BR/>I find your poem - as ever very insightful - has a wonderful rhythm to it, a kind of walking pace. I admire the internal rhymes and also the subtle use of spondee - "reform", "God-like" and "blue-print". I agree with John about the power of the refrain, "I can believe I'm going/home to ash."Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.com