tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post6307121443298037909..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Haiku # 8Dave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-59526416513429127972010-01-08T11:52:49.667+00:002010-01-08T11:52:49.667+00:00Having the last word, I guess.Having the last word, I guess.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35386648244786927382010-01-08T11:24:54.659+00:002010-01-08T11:24:54.659+00:00Your comment here, Dave reminds me of Albert Camus...Your comment here, Dave reminds me of Albert Camus's L'Etranger. His hero failed to cry at his mother's funeral and was punished accordingly.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52461511818807726782010-01-08T09:37:03.016+00:002010-01-08T09:37:03.016+00:00Thanks all
The inspiration was a paragraph in the ...<b>Thanks all</b><br />The inspiration was a paragraph in the Times (I think) about a court case in Switzerland. The man had apparently been abused as a child. He spat on his mother's corpse and was arrested, charged, and fined under an ancient law against disturbing the peace of the dead.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-86239188717683539152010-01-08T06:46:49.687+00:002010-01-08T06:46:49.687+00:00Wow! David, I haven't visited for a while and ...Wow! David, I haven't visited for a while and what a post! Mmm? I'm still thinking. Ancient Law? dead? spitting? What train of thought inspired this little piece. I'd be really interested to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-84489071158386133362010-01-08T05:48:05.378+00:002010-01-08T05:48:05.378+00:00also not a little ironic !also not a little ironic !Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-58382586183215933912010-01-08T02:27:50.532+00:002010-01-08T02:27:50.532+00:00He who spits last spits best. Too bad he didn'...He who spits last spits best. Too bad he didn't know about that ancient law.<br /><br />I take it there was a little dysfunction going on in this family.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30983773797703622702010-01-08T01:32:27.104+00:002010-01-08T01:32:27.104+00:00ouch!!! that's a zinger dave. well done!!! s...ouch!!! that's a zinger dave. well done!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-38552548742829713922010-01-08T00:39:16.028+00:002010-01-08T00:39:16.028+00:00I also wonder at how this imagery came into your m...I also wonder at how this imagery came into your mind.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-75586479532523260742010-01-07T23:34:41.648+00:002010-01-07T23:34:41.648+00:00ancient law?
does that mean I have to spit on the ...ancient law?<br />does that mean I have to spit on the dead?<br /><br />Nasty image, whatever way round. I hope mother spits back.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5668860759591403872010-01-07T23:21:16.405+00:002010-01-07T23:21:16.405+00:00...and I can't help but wonder what the invoca......and I can't help but wonder what the invocation is. Is it that you CAN disturb the dead? Maybe ONLY by spitting?Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-33137287368500636222010-01-07T23:00:01.970+00:002010-01-07T23:00:01.970+00:00I cannot help but wonder at the inspiration!I cannot help but wonder at the inspiration!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-49244857538879713702010-01-07T22:36:21.458+00:002010-01-07T22:36:21.458+00:00A very intriguing little poem, Dave. I like the ab...A very intriguing little poem, Dave. I like the abstract beginning contrasted with the strong imagery in the last line.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.com