tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post6515963127781901455..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: A Peruvian Child SacrificeDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-71974029703336380392011-01-08T19:10:27.813+00:002011-01-08T19:10:27.813+00:00Amazing how this picture prompt will bring multipl...Amazing how this picture prompt will bring multiple things to our minds. Well done.Strummed Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345074413602549369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-72505425075442453672011-01-06T12:50:33.848+00:002011-01-06T12:50:33.848+00:00Weaver
I am sure that is correct: it makes a big d...<b>Weaver</b><br />I am sure that is correct: it makes a big difference if they think they are doing what is right - though there's scope in plenty for a philosophical discussion.<br /><br /><b>Tabor</b><br />We are indeed, I am sure of that. Thank you for the kind comment.<br /><br /><b>129 socks</b><br />Thank you so much.<br /><br /><b>Jim</b><br />Yes, I couldn't find a word I was entirely happy with. I'm thinking <i>inducement</i> at the moment, though that has three syllables and ideally I wanted two. Still, there are ways round that.<br />Incredibly, little is known about these sacrifices. The one that set me working on this poem is thought to have been a response to several years of atrocious weather, but no one is sure. It's all theory.<br /><br /><b>Reya</b><br />Welcome to the blog and my thanks to you for commenting.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-28839513361479226102011-01-05T18:17:42.981+00:002011-01-05T18:17:42.981+00:00Wow. This is so powerful. Healing, too. Thanks for...Wow. This is so powerful. Healing, too. Thanks for this.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-68471273958776638182011-01-05T18:09:43.827+00:002011-01-05T18:09:43.827+00:00I enjoyed this one, Dave. Just not sure about ‘fre...I enjoyed this one, Dave. Just not sure about ‘freebie’ though. ‘Sweetener’ is more suggestive but both are a bit on the casual side. ‘Blandishment’ on the other hand seems a bit too much the other way. Perhaps simply ‘bribe’? Is the child not the gift though? Or is he more payment in advance in expectation of a good harvest or something? As you say, who knows? Got me thinking anyway.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76086415167326380112011-01-05T15:20:54.824+00:002011-01-05T15:20:54.824+00:00A wonderful and moving poem Dave.A wonderful and moving poem Dave.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912071192179983603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-83209029234997849812011-01-05T13:11:04.485+00:002011-01-05T13:11:04.485+00:00We are the strangest of the animals on this planet...We are the strangest of the animals on this planet, surely. The imagery is breath-stopping.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-33287732200318887862011-01-05T10:58:15.006+00:002011-01-05T10:58:15.006+00:00So very sad Dave yet I feel we cannot judge these ...So very sad Dave yet I feel we cannot judge these early sacrifices can we? At least they thought they were doing right (I hope) unlike those 220 Nazi burials they have found today.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com