tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post7105232001340801273..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: a tiny kingdomDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39839836459162712112012-06-24T08:48:17.235+01:002012-06-24T08:48:17.235+01:00Really nicely done Dave. Setting and place clearl...Really nicely done Dave. Setting and place clearly set up and illustrated, taking us there. Lots of really nice examples of imagery and neatly phrased lines. Very nice. ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-56839763459027218462012-06-23T16:27:38.642+01:002012-06-23T16:27:38.642+01:00I love the way you've engaged all five senses ...I love the way you've engaged all five senses in this amazing piece.<br />I could honestly see, hear, smell touch and taste all the elements of Nature here.<br /><br />Evocative and hauntingly beautiful :)Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26985982145940478472012-06-23T15:51:47.277+01:002012-06-23T15:51:47.277+01:00This gives me a great sense of this place where na...This gives me a great sense of this place where nature puts on show her splendor. My favorite lines include the kingfisher, who comes on the scene so brightly, as though captured in the exact moment when it surpirses the mind's eye. That sense of immediacy is quite special, startling and wondrous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-20636119532264025402012-06-23T09:26:23.001+01:002012-06-23T09:26:23.001+01:00vivinfrance
Good to have your company! Thanks for...<b>vivinfrance </b><br />Good to have your company! Thanks for coming.<br /><br /><b>Polly </b><br />Welcome to the blog and thank you so much for your kind thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Grace </b><br />Appeciate this very much.<br /><br /><b>Brian </b><br />Yes, know what you mean - though mine tended to be on bomb sites. Thanks for.<br /><br /><b>Hank </b><br />Know what you mean. Often wondered it myself. Tried it for a while when my son got keen. We both went off it pretty soon.<br /><br /><b>Daydreamertoo </b><br />Dark? Wasn't meant to be dark - except in the sense of the light being occluded. There are areas around the lake where brambles and creepers cover the ground and it is very difficult to walk without being tripped os snagged. They also form barriers like barbed wire - or broken cello strings - in tangled rolls.<br /><br /><b>Laurie </b><br />Thanks Laurie. Realy good to know.<br /><br /><b>Tabor </b><br />Not really. I've had it in mind for some time to write a poem or poems about this spot. It seemed to gel very precisely with the prompt for this week.<br /><br /><b>Hannah </b><br />Yers, it's an intriguing place - as long as you're wearing old clothes that will protect the normally exposed parts! Thanks for your comment.<br /><br /><b>hedgewitch </b><br />It's good ole Blighty Ma'am. Less than 20 minutes drive from where I live. I'm no fisherman, but I'm sure there's no trout there. Just carp and such like. It's stocked by the local Angling Society, so I don't know how much or what is there naturally.<br /><br /><b>Claudia </b><br />You re so right. They are precious, I do know what you mean, but so are the ones we find in later life - which this one is. Partly though, the magic is that it reminds me of similar places I haunted in my youth.<br /><br /><b>Victoria </b><br />Thank you so much for your kind words - and even more so for the delicious prompt. Both very much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Rachina </b><br />So good to have such feedback. My grateful thanks to you.<br /><br /><b>aprille </b><br />Thanks aprille. Good to have your thoughts, as always. In answer to your question: I do not know. To the best of my knowledge I didn't put in the white highlights - and I have not been able to find a way of removing them. Some Blogger sleight of hand or something! If you're missing something, I'm missing it as well.<br /><br /><b>Rachel </b><br />What a lovely comment. Thank you so much!<br /><br /><b>Carl </b><br />Mmmm, I haven't actually managed to go that far as yet - just thought about it.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />Wonderful quote, yes, I applaud. Thanks.<br /><br /><b>The Weaver of Grass </b><br />Very grateful you said this. I wasn't too sure about "pops" and spent a goodly while trying to think of an alternative, so it's good to know you like. Thanks.<br /><br /><b>Mystic Mom </b><br />A warm welcome to you. As you've probably guessed, it's a fav. spot of mine. Good to have your thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Dulce </b><br />Perfect description. Love it!<br /><br /><b>Mary </b><br />The four words that say it all: "I can picture this". Thank you.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-68068899734311253552012-06-23T01:21:58.207+01:002012-06-23T01:21:58.207+01:00Dave, I can picture this; and it is a LOVELY view!...Dave, I can picture this; and it is a LOVELY view!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67205868340904684812012-06-23T00:01:43.684+01:002012-06-23T00:01:43.684+01:00feels like.. sinking there, with the lovely sound ...feels like.. sinking there, with the lovely sound and peaceDulcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109609856487463466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-51556486083231076862012-06-22T21:25:25.706+01:002012-06-22T21:25:25.706+01:00Dave what a lake you've taken us to! Amazing. ...Dave what a lake you've taken us to! Amazing. Really well done.Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52219964911581458282012-06-22T20:12:51.639+01:002012-06-22T20:12:51.639+01:00I love that 'pops and blisters' speaking o...I love that 'pops and blisters' speaking of the lake's fecundity Dave - very evocative.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45058140370040919262012-06-22T19:17:46.703+01:002012-06-22T19:17:46.703+01:00marvellous atmosphere and how I cannot think of &q...marvellous atmosphere and how I cannot think of " and the kingfisher's wing answered light to light, and the light is still, at the still point of the turning world...."Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-48207071185088262252012-06-22T19:08:28.832+01:002012-06-22T19:08:28.832+01:00Mmm. Shoes off at the waters edge. Happy and pea...Mmm. Shoes off at the waters edge. Happy and peaceful. Thanks for the quick journey.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-60115017448679232532012-06-22T19:08:05.538+01:002012-06-22T19:08:05.538+01:00Wherever you're describing, I want to visit! ...Wherever you're describing, I want to visit! :)Rachel Cotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969719330048416996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-85309712707998379912012-06-22T17:22:19.650+01:002012-06-22T17:22:19.650+01:00layer upon layer of natures goodies in delicious s...layer upon layer of natures goodies in delicious shades. The tripwire brambles are my undoing these days. I do trip at their behest.<br /><br />Why the white highlights,Dave? Am I missing something here?Janine Bolléehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857073674960699155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77363170177037734592012-06-22T17:04:08.812+01:002012-06-22T17:04:08.812+01:00Your poetry never fails to amaze me Dave. You weav...Your poetry never fails to amaze me Dave. You weave the words so beautifully.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-1648544422259309042012-06-22T17:00:14.036+01:002012-06-22T17:00:14.036+01:00This is breath-taking, evocative. Your sensory det...This is breath-taking, evocative. Your sensory details are so precise you just allow me to sit on the shore and take it all in. A perfect poem for the beginning of summer and the prompt. I love your verb choices and subtle rhyming.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-3070262093450455022012-06-22T16:55:39.269+01:002012-06-22T16:55:39.269+01:00nice...i love the broken cello strings...reminded ...nice...i love the broken cello strings...reminded me of the kingdoms of my childhood...those tiny kingdoms are so precious...a touching read davidClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-83877416363228105922012-06-22T16:37:12.370+01:002012-06-22T16:37:12.370+01:00I don't know what country this is in, but I wa...I don't know what country this is in, but I want to go there. This is so strongly a reflection of that place, not just physically, but of its essence, that I actually feel I *am* there to a certain extent, though my referencing images are of a trout stream in Montana. The places are sisters of the mind. Enjoyed this very much.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76830786404930350712012-06-22T14:41:00.270+01:002012-06-22T14:41:00.270+01:00I liked the dark wilderness at the end, too....it ...I liked the dark wilderness at the end, too....it makes me want to explore!Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-54147731430167247562012-06-22T12:47:15.672+01:002012-06-22T12:47:15.672+01:00Such a different poem from you this time. Was the...Such a different poem from you this time. Was there something that motivated this direction.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-54461712176046868842012-06-22T12:43:11.898+01:002012-06-22T12:43:11.898+01:00Wow, David- you put me right there.Wow, David- you put me right there.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-16237827479675905662012-06-22T12:39:31.486+01:002012-06-22T12:39:31.486+01:00The ending was pretty dark. The wire brambles, bro...The ending was pretty dark. The wire brambles, broken cellos strings, sin dark black. It speaks of man and his callous ways of throwing things away so carelessly. I could see all of this though, clear as day. It sounds like a beautiful place to be, fishing, or not. :)Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-29335706220484237972012-06-22T12:23:32.060+01:002012-06-22T12:23:32.060+01:00Sometimes we often wonder. What really prompt angl...Sometimes we often wonder. What really prompt anglers for hours without a bite. They persist, happily all by themselves even. They then trudge back home and come again the next day. Now I know why, Dave! There is beauty as you fittingly described in their 'kingdoms'. Great take!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-21542281865914394462012-06-22T12:22:21.659+01:002012-06-22T12:22:21.659+01:00nice...vivid in your descriptions dave...made me t...nice...vivid in your descriptions dave...made me think of the small kingdoms we built as kids out back in the woods...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-21597280724773632872012-06-22T12:09:33.558+01:002012-06-22T12:09:33.558+01:00I like the details of the lake, sounds and colours...I like the details of the lake, sounds and colours of life in the tiny kingdom ~ Lovely share Dave ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30562003492334352352012-06-22T11:47:37.949+01:002012-06-22T11:47:37.949+01:00I like your tiny kingdom very much, your words are...I like your tiny kingdom very much, your words are beautifully evocative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-90482051408094822142012-06-22T11:09:20.947+01:002012-06-22T11:09:20.947+01:00I am there with you by your idyllic lake. You sur...I am there with you by your idyllic lake. You surely brought it to life.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.com