tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post6513737867780573645..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: The last time that I saw him - for The Poetry BusDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-7989150467252874492011-02-24T10:46:48.353+00:002011-02-24T10:46:48.353+00:00I'm afraid there are all too many examples of ...I'm afraid there are all too many examples of this neglect around these days...Trellissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283663872471564907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-86449338707118684112011-02-23T16:21:03.745+00:002011-02-23T16:21:03.745+00:00What a harrowing read! But beautifully expressed.....What a harrowing read! But beautifully expressed...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10690652878621767342011-02-21T20:41:10.558+00:002011-02-21T20:41:10.558+00:00I like your poem much better than mine - because y...I like your poem much better than mine - because you have happy memories of the person. It's hard to see them go away like that though...The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-2005644000263144552011-02-21T16:16:07.201+00:002011-02-21T16:16:07.201+00:00very moving, beautifully sketched scenes.very moving, beautifully sketched scenes.Padhraig Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010869074911253314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-36784922196416823262011-02-21T13:06:30.763+00:002011-02-21T13:06:30.763+00:00Thank you for this song. I know just what you mean...Thank you for this song. I know just what you mean! full of flavor and sad too- I love the binoculars !izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379007428464069723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-54648096671334465562011-02-21T10:51:39.091+00:002011-02-21T10:51:39.091+00:00Congratulations on this personal and poignant poem...Congratulations on this personal and poignant poem. To have held it for long and to give it life here must be a wonderful feeling. I do know it was wonderful to read it, and to meet your grandfather was an honor.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12459619687608404792011-02-21T01:39:10.469+00:002011-02-21T01:39:10.469+00:00Straight to the heart with that one. The clarity a...Straight to the heart with that one. The clarity and directness of the poem lends great strength, and the register is just right.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-11905480891755974782011-02-20T10:06:36.016+00:002011-02-20T10:06:36.016+00:00I've been working on a poem about my own grand...I've been working on a poem about my own grandfather for ages. Between yours and Kat's poems, I'm inspired to get it done today. Thank you!NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-83618500394156089512011-02-20T10:05:49.218+00:002011-02-20T10:05:49.218+00:00Whoa there - very like my own grandad and touches ...Whoa there - very like my own grandad and touches a chord for that reason. I'm very envious you were able to write about a family member like that. Its the one thing I simply cannot do, even though I've tried many times.Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-73381289537952913662011-02-19T13:07:08.970+00:002011-02-19T13:07:08.970+00:00Ah, did me in. Well, since I tend to hang me on my...Ah, did me in. Well, since I tend to hang me on my cross every night, true martyr that I am... I resurrect just fine in the morning!JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-37370582852096901642011-02-19T10:52:16.159+00:002011-02-19T10:52:16.159+00:00Gerry
A really encouraging comment. Thanks.
Carl
...<b>Gerry</b><br />A really encouraging comment. Thanks.<br /><br /><b>Carl</b><br />That would be good. Hope you're right. This one certainly did.<br /><br /><b>Promising Poets</b><br />Good to see you agaain. Thanks for stopping by.<br /><br />Shall be coming over anon.<br /><br /><b>Jeannette</b><br />Ouch! Well, I seewhat you mean, but don't like to think of me doing you in. Hope not to too great an extent. Thanks thought for the kind comments.<br /><br /><b>jane</b><br />Welcome and sincere thanks for the comment. I guess I was young and not very knowledgeable at the time. It affected me greatly.<br /><br /><b>Kat</b><br />A big thank you for your support on this one. I was slightly worried about that word pernicious. He was said to have had pernicious anaemia, so pernicious is a technical term for a particular form of the disease. I broke the phrase for my own technical reasons - in other words it was a problem that I didn't fully solve. I'm not sure how reliable was the information they gave us - all part of the unease, I suppose.<br /><br /><b>Helen</b><br />Thanks - I think! (or should it be apologies?)<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke</b><br />That is the tragedy of it. So difficult to deal with.<br /><br /><b>lightverse</b><br />Thanks for that. Your wishes have been echoed by all the family.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-73181255220155064002011-02-19T09:46:54.379+00:002011-02-19T09:46:54.379+00:00Totalfeckineejit
Your last sentence cheers me no e...<b>Totalfeckineejit</b><br />Your last sentence cheers me no end: I had thought it was a miss for the prompt. Thanks for that and for the rest of your generous comment.<br /><br /><b>Jim</b><br />You're not too far off the mark, though you miss a fair bit of him. Thing is, he was <b>my</b> Andy Capp.<br /><br /><b>120 Socks</b><br />As I said in reply to TFE, that cheers me no end - actually, writing the poem did. The prompt - or my version of it - gave me the way in to a poem that I had been wanting to write. So much gratitude to you both.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77704651921330330472011-02-18T21:23:43.412+00:002011-02-18T21:23:43.412+00:00Dave - this is so terribly sad! I wish your grand...Dave - this is so terribly sad! I wish your grandad had been better cared for and I wish he'd stayed in better shape too, as his cap did.<br /><br />Your words gave such a tug on my heartstrings.RJ Clarkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018296461199649445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77931769102377560782011-02-18T21:12:17.198+00:002011-02-18T21:12:17.198+00:00Dementia and old age go hand in hand sadly and rob...Dementia and old age go hand in hand sadly and robs you of your fond memories :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-31277480856976899042011-02-18T17:22:41.451+00:002011-02-18T17:22:41.451+00:00Dave, you are going to be the cause of tears trick...Dave, you are going to be the cause of tears trickling down cheeks .... I know I shed a few.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23319866882250292562011-02-18T17:07:47.212+00:002011-02-18T17:07:47.212+00:00I was very moved by this one, Dave as my dad was t...I was very moved by this one, Dave as my dad was taken from us by an also pernicious disease - Parkinson's along with a hefty dose of dementia.<br /><br />He too, had a favourite cap.<br /><br />This line tells much: "was sparse, ill cared for, soiled."<br /><br />I like that, "Hard up and happy, mate!" Whenever we asked my dad how he was (early in the illness), he'd say, "Still breathing!" but there was a twinkle in his eye then, at least.<br /><br />You've done it again, mate!<br /><br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30271369486815043572011-02-18T15:35:26.178+00:002011-02-18T15:35:26.178+00:00Very sad, many years ago I worked on a geriatric w...Very sad, many years ago I worked on a geriatric ward - this poem summed it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-53287337250007938742011-02-18T15:02:32.103+00:002011-02-18T15:02:32.103+00:00This one did me in today, and caught me off guard....This one did me in today, and caught me off guard. But that's the way one wants to be caught from poetry. Another powerful work that grabs one's heart from the start, and gives it a squeeze as we exit. Thank you so much.JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-69467897830540591822011-02-18T14:22:14.659+00:002011-02-18T14:22:14.659+00:00Greetings, how are you?
Write a free verse 4 Poets...Greetings, how are you?<br /><a href="http://thursdaypoetsrallypoetry.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Write a free verse 4 Poets Rally, enjoy poetic friends, you are invited!</a><br /><br /> Hope to see you in,<br /><br />Love your poetry talent and looking forward to a profound experience with your input.<br /><br />Cheers.<br />xoxoxHyde Park Poetry Palacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817313233737719262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-85239380923199781702011-02-18T14:22:04.716+00:002011-02-18T14:22:04.716+00:00fabulous stop along the way..
keep your poetry co...fabulous stop along the way..<br /><br />keep your poetry collection grand.<br />Happy Weekend.Hyde Park Poetry Palacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817313233737719262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-70820381225577128522011-02-18T12:58:36.246+00:002011-02-18T12:58:36.246+00:00Dave - Wow another really strong one. I think you...Dave - Wow another really strong one. I think you have reached a point where all those poems that you said to yourself that hurts too much or is too personal that I could never write it are going to bubble to the surface.<br /><br />CSCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-24566005759753882802011-02-18T12:09:09.533+00:002011-02-18T12:09:09.533+00:00This is such a moving poem Dave. You have a great ...This is such a moving poem Dave. You have a great way of conveying deep emotion with few words and no sense of being maudlin. Thankyou!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-66097921077963538022011-02-18T11:51:43.382+00:002011-02-18T11:51:43.382+00:00Dave your ticket is perfect, and delighted that yo...Dave your ticket is perfect, and delighted that you boarded this learner driver bus (with dodgy technology) this morning. But I am even more delighted that you wrote this wonderful poem.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912071192179983603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89059844159252490282011-02-18T10:27:19.504+00:002011-02-18T10:27:19.504+00:00I'm afraid I got Andy Capp in my head right fr...I'm afraid I got Andy Capp in my head right from the start and couldn't shift him.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-24873625553107614032011-02-18T10:18:26.755+00:002011-02-18T10:18:26.755+00:00Poignant and sad, life can be very cruel to us som...Poignant and sad, life can be very cruel to us sometimes.Tough poem to write.Nicely done Dave. I'm always impressed by how vividly you recall things and how you paint these poetic colourful memories with skillful brushstrokes.It's actually a bullseye for the prompt too.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.com