tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post4495853381391613707..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: A Walk on the Wild SideDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-91710806542716193372011-11-29T07:35:33.662+00:002011-11-29T07:35:33.662+00:00it is great and like it very much.Cheap Ravens Je...it is great and like it very much.<a href="http://www.ravensfansjerseys.com" rel="nofollow">Cheap Ravens Jerseys</a><br /><a href="http://www.cowboysfansjersey.com" rel="nofollow">Cheap Cowboys Jerseys</a><br /><a href="http://www.chicago-bears-jersey.com" rel="nofollow">Cheap Bears Jerseys</a><br /><a href="http://www.greenbaypackersmall.com" rel="nofollow">Cheap Packers Jerseys</a><br /><a href="http://www.ravensfansjerseys.com/jarret-johnson-jersey-c-18.html" rel="nofollow">Jarret Johnson Jersey</a><br /><a href="http://www.ravensfansjerseys.com/torrey-smith-jersey-c-32.html" rel="nofollow">Torrey Smith Jersey</a><br /><a href="http://www.ravensfansjerseys.com/custom-ravens-jersey-c-13.html" rel="nofollow">Custom Ravens Jersey</a><br /><a href="http://www.ravensfansjerseys.com/lardarius-webb-jersey-c-33.html" rel="nofollow">Lardarius Webb Jersey</a>jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129463062998467989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88879943317371261702011-11-28T23:27:06.770+00:002011-11-28T23:27:06.770+00:00So much good can come from embracing a bit of the ...So much good can come from embracing a bit of the wild side. I love your questions as well.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-81088921915435979912011-11-28T12:19:50.498+00:002011-11-28T12:19:50.498+00:00I love the use of a question in every verse. Anoth...I love the use of a question in every verse. Another winner.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5874335036410405402011-11-28T09:26:46.642+00:002011-11-28T09:26:46.642+00:00Claudia
I paralleled your experiences to an extent...<b>Claudia</b><br />I paralleled your experiences to an extent. Compensating for a sickly childhood and at the same time going to art school ('nuff said!) I became, I suppose, <i>difficult</i>. I agree completely that the tricky bit is balance.<br /><br /><b>kez</b><br />Hi, thanks for the comment, and welcome. I sure wouldn't like to lose what little bit of wildness I have left! A good point you make.<br /><br /><b>Brian</b><br />Yes, I take your point. Your post makes it plain. Thanks for an interesting comment.<br /><br /><b>Brendan</b><br />Hi! Good to have you visiting and making such a reassuring comment. Thank you for it.<br /><br /><b>whatintheworldrudoing</b><br />Hi! A very warm welcome to my blog. I agree with your Socratic questioning remark. Thank you for making it, I was dimly afraid I might be criticised for offering no answers!<br /><br /><b>haricot</b><br />True, very true, but thanks.<br /><br /><b>Crafty Green Poet</b><br />Thank you for that. Yes, people are still fascinated by it, I think - but from behind the arm chair!<br /><br /><b>James</b><br />Good to have you visiting. Thank you very much for a valuable comment.<br /><br /><b>Daydreamertoo</b><br />Hi, Many thanks for your visit. You are most welcome - as are your comments. You are correct, I think, to link technology with our lack of compassion. It puts everything at one more remove from us and dulls the natural feelings.<br /><br /><b>Heaven</b><br />Very many thanks. It was - as always - good to read your comments.<br /><br /><b>manicddaily</b><br />Hi, Good to have you along. Pleasing to see the rhythms mentioned in association with an undercurrent of longing. Thanks.<br /><br /><b>wolfsrosebud</b><br />Very interesting. Thank you for an intriguing comment which, like yourself, is most welcome. I shall give it some thought.<br /><br /><b>The Orange Tree</b><br />Hi! Good to have your visit. Thank you for stopping by to comment.<br /><br /><b>Laurie</b><br />Thank you for this, a really generous response.<br /><br /><b>hedgewitch</b><br />A very warm welcome to you and a sincere thank you for your thought-provoking and very helpful comments. They are much appreciated and will be well mulled over.<br /><br /><b>Caty</b><br />Thank you for this response. Intriguing - not unpleasing - choice! Useful info'.<br /><br /><b>Luke </b><br />Hi, good to have you aboard and to have your response. Thanks for saying.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso</b><br />As always, my thanks for a very helpful comment.<br /><br /><b>Old Kitty</b><br />And my thanks to you for such a generous comment. Really good to have.<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke</b><br />Thank you for saying so. it really is good to have your comments.<br /><br /><b>Glenn</b><br />Hi and a warm welcome to you. This is most useful feedback, thank you for making the visit and for commenting.<br /><br /><b>Mark</b><br />Hi Mark, yes it was a great prompt, and more than that. It suggested all kinds of roads to follow, almost spoiling us for choice. But the text itself was a joy, so thank you for it - and for this valuable comment.<br /><br /><b>ds</b><br />And thank you - very much. Yes, I rather think we have become too complacent.<br /><br /><b>Dulcina</b><br />Fab' comment, for which I thank you very much. I completely agree. the worry is that these wild ones aren't around now - or don't seem to be. Instead of a modern equivalent of the Fauves we have faux fauves who simply pose as Fauves.<br /><br /><b>kaykuala</b><br />I think that sums it up very well!<br /><br /><b>Madeleine</b><br />Thank you for a very generous response.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-69646646858460140822011-11-28T07:45:37.101+00:002011-11-28T07:45:37.101+00:00A wonderful poem in which you pose some wild, imag...A wonderful poem in which you pose some wild, imaginative questions.Madeleine Begun Kanehttp://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77327629175743480542011-11-28T03:05:44.255+00:002011-11-28T03:05:44.255+00:00Dave,
Getting on the wild side is the mark of the ...Dave,<br />Getting on the wild side is the mark of the typical teenager. Being able to keep the head above water is essential.Eventually everyone would correct themselves, may be a few couldn't though.Great verse!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-75147879375749460142011-11-28T02:19:41.497+00:002011-11-28T02:19:41.497+00:00Hi Dave.
I have just read the post in dVerse Poets...Hi Dave.<br />I have just read the post in dVerse Poets' about Wildness, a great post, indeed; I've left a comment (waiting for moderation).<br />Lou Reed's song "Walk on the wild side" is one of my favs, but nothing to do with your lines, as far as I know.<br />You have raised wise questions about where wild verse, paint, song, thoughts in poetry and prose, dance, chorus... in short, barbarous artists, <i>the beasts of our culture</i>, are.<br />What would our culture have become without those <i>beasts</i>?<br />Galileo, James Joyce, Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, Stravinsky, Anna Pavlova, DalĂ and so many others who were considered as the mad black sheep by the sane & tame flock of their time...?<br />My answer: NOWHERE.<br />I'm sure Bob Dylan would have liked singing your poem.<br />Thanks for this wild walk.<br />Doo do doo do doo do do doo...<br />:)Dulcinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804606583762933316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-47911930651965977862011-11-27T23:34:34.658+00:002011-11-27T23:34:34.658+00:00Oh, my, yes. This is wonderful, haunting and true....Oh, my, yes. This is wonderful, haunting and true. Leftover mindsets begriming our attics. Everything was once new, everything was once a "threat." Have we become too complacent? Where are...<br />Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-56215007286539792662011-11-27T23:11:35.806+00:002011-11-27T23:11:35.806+00:00Dave, I'm glad you enjoyed the post and took u...Dave, I'm glad you enjoyed the post and took us into your wild. That final question resonates. When it comes to the arts and philosophy, people seem to get used to anything and the stuff loses its punch. Then again there are always those who can see and find ways to make the same old seem new.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-20651723287610754542011-11-27T22:23:17.241+00:002011-11-27T22:23:17.241+00:00Your poem is like a stroll
down a swath of our liv...Your poem is like a stroll<br />down a swath of our lives,<br />bitch-slapping us back into<br />lesson, pulling the scabs off<br />our lethargy, redefining the<br />system's five year plan.<br />I like the lines:<br />/the whirl of the dancer/<br />blurred by the fury/ of motion<br />unchecked.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39861048910459915872011-11-27T21:01:14.668+00:002011-11-27T21:01:14.668+00:00Like Tommaso i thought of the Lou Reed song and ag...Like Tommaso i thought of the Lou Reed song and agree its a masterpiece. Your poem is very rhythmic and powerful, its gotta be one of your best :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-63150904674734246632011-11-27T20:05:36.807+00:002011-11-27T20:05:36.807+00:00Oh wow. Your strongest poem so far in my most humb...Oh wow. Your strongest poem so far in my most humble opinion (and I know nothing about poetry!!!) but this has rhythm - this has a beat - I like that it flows musically!! Yay - well done you!!! Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76300442299534727442011-11-27T19:07:11.002+00:002011-11-27T19:07:11.002+00:00a delight to read this and the title struck at onc...a delight to read this and the title struck at once...the Lou Reed's masterpiece I have loved for ages...Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-90200416544899464622011-11-27T18:22:03.086+00:002011-11-27T18:22:03.086+00:00Many arresting questions raised here, dave. And wo...Many arresting questions raised here, dave. And words used - 'untrammelled', for one. IntriguingLuke Praterhttp://lukepraterswordsalad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88964376835630626882011-11-27T16:28:55.589+00:002011-11-27T16:28:55.589+00:00awesome questions...and very thought inspiring! M...awesome questions...and very thought inspiring! My favorite stanza: "Where are the barbarous<br />artists untamed<br />lost on the waves<br />that arouse, not explain?"Cathy Feasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01302068829418562420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13723169644641229882011-11-27T16:27:23.146+00:002011-11-27T16:27:23.146+00:00This has great acceleration and push, from a mild ...This has great acceleration and push, from a mild opening to a stark finish--the question format, easily abused, was just right and made for consistent engagement. Excellent poem, with some questions that may not even have answers, but have to be asked.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-51325439960321473152011-11-27T15:23:44.847+00:002011-11-27T15:23:44.847+00:00Pensive and reflective in a thought-provoking pres...Pensive and reflective in a thought-provoking presentation... I enjoyed this, Dave!Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-32687434535782816102011-11-27T14:56:01.225+00:002011-11-27T14:56:01.225+00:00beautiful imaginations.beautiful imaginations.The Orange Treehttp://cooloceanwaves.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-62815080005775734492011-11-27T14:25:01.720+00:002011-11-27T14:25:01.720+00:00... I'm left with a sense of vanishing... inte...... I'm left with a sense of vanishing... interestingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39015156451192301182011-11-27T13:43:59.810+00:002011-11-27T13:43:59.810+00:00The questioning conveys this deep longing, and are...The questioning conveys this deep longing, and are done with such a deep beat--they are both like questions and a chant. Very lovely. K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12759692237731570952011-11-27T13:21:50.086+00:002011-11-27T13:21:50.086+00:00I love the ending questions at each verse Dave. ...I love the ending questions at each verse Dave. You captured the arts challenge and turmoil from music to dance to writing. A pleasure to read you always ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76199009039559629102011-11-27T13:21:49.825+00:002011-11-27T13:21:49.825+00:00Even though we are supposedly 'civilised' ...Even though we are supposedly 'civilised' mankind is still only one small step away from barbaric deeds, even now. we see it in the Middle east and what they do to their own people without even thinking about it.<br />I agree we need a bit of wild side to stretch and grow but, we've lost our compassion and kindness now as our technology isolates us more and more from reality and into virtual worlds that have no emotions. <br />We only have to look at the plight of the threatened extinction of vast amounts and species of creatures to see what we have done.<br />Very nice write.Daydreamertoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52072201843172801452011-11-27T13:15:47.909+00:002011-11-27T13:15:47.909+00:00Well constructed and full of perceptive questions....Well constructed and full of perceptive questions. Enjoyed it immensely.James Rainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12981399551842327691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-8013501516318932322011-11-27T12:58:34.470+00:002011-11-27T12:58:34.470+00:00I like the rhythms in this poem. Wildness is so vi...I like the rhythms in this poem. Wildness is so vital to life yet contemporary culture is scared of it,Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76782368790162201182011-11-27T12:47:46.931+00:002011-11-27T12:47:46.931+00:00The refrain makes me feel easier, though to depict...The refrain makes me feel easier, though to depict without explanation is never easy,I'm sure.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.com