tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post7343606427038328445..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: a prophet is not without honour...Dave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40656063334162400772011-11-19T09:35:19.352+00:002011-11-19T09:35:19.352+00:00ds
Really good to have this comment. Thank you.<b>ds</b><br />Really good to have this comment. Thank you.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-85561992806965084162011-11-17T23:29:00.907+00:002011-11-17T23:29:00.907+00:00Love the irony in this. Excellent magpie, sir! Tha...Love the irony in this. Excellent magpie, sir! Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-86396408600869064732011-11-16T09:33:51.330+00:002011-11-16T09:33:51.330+00:00sunny
Thanks sunny
Doctor FTSE
Many thanks.
Elis...<b>sunny</b><br />Thanks sunny<br /><br /><b>Doctor FTSE</b><br />Many thanks.<br /><br /><b>Elisabeth</b><br />I'm a sucker for a Cinderella. Thank you.<br /><br /><b>Titus</b><br />Guess she hired the chairs, promising to return them in the morning - touch of flippancy.<br /><br /><b>Jim</b><br />Thanks Jim. Yes, your final scenario does ring a bell. Can't place it for the moment though. I do agree about the writer not being honoured in his home town, among the family ets.<br /><br /><b>Mary</b><br />I think that is very often the case. The trick is not to let on that you're blind - if you're the leader, that is.<br /><br /><b>Other Mary</b><br />Exactly right! Thanks.<br /><br /><b>Kathryn</b><br />Hi! Really good to have you commenting. Thank you for it and a warm welcome to you.<br /><br /><b>Brian</b><br />Exactly, you just promise to return them - again?<br /><br /><b>Elizabeth</b><br />Superb picture. So many directions it could have taken me. I think she looks a person in need of sympathy in the picture.<br /><br /><b>JJ Roa</b><br />Hi and a warm welcome to you. Many thanks for your comment. Good to have it.<br /><br /><b>Haricot</b><br />Could be, could well be.<br /><br /><b>Helen</b><br />Thanks Helen.<br /><br /><b>anthonynorth</b><br />I must look them up. Thanks for the steer.<br /><br /><b>Laurie</b><br />Absolutely.<br /><br /><b>insanebloom</b><br />Good to have your comment. Welcome. Thank you for visiting.<br /><br /><b>Rachna</b><br />Thank you for this comment. I think I agree. Yes, it is different.<br /><br /><b>Tumblewords</b><br />Thank you very much. Appreciate the comment.<br /><br /><b>Sue</b><br />Hi and a very warm welcome to the blog. An interesting line to your comment, but yes, I agree. Worth following maybe.<br /><br /><b>hedgewitch</b><br />Good to have your company and your comment. Thank you for them.<br /><br /><b>Jo</b><br />Hi and welcome. Interesting comment. Thank you for it. Yes, there seem to be as many now as ever there were.<br /><br /><b>Everyday Goddess</b><br />Thank you for your comment. Good to have you visiting.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso</b><br />Thanks for the "ironical". I had thought it might be deemed flippant.<br /><br /><b>Christine</b><br />Indeed. There isn't exactly anywhere to hide, is there?<br /><br /><b>Nicholas V</b><br />Hi! A very warm welcome to you. Thank you for your kind words. They are much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke</b><br />Lost count!<br /><br /><b>Hannah</b><br />2 promises: the world would end, and she would return the chairs in the morning. Thanks for an interesting response. Yes, most seem to be batting for her.<br /><br /><b>Dulcina</b><br />Hi! Lovely to have you visiting and thanks for an absorbing comment. What an excellent idea! Why didn't I think of that?<br /><br /><b>Claudia</b><br />Ah, I hadn't thought to put those two together. Clever of you. Thanks for the comment.<br /><br /><b>Ann</b><br />Many thanks for your welcome visit and comment. Both much valued.<br /><br /><b>Jeanette LS</b><br />Manythanks for your absorbing response and kind words. I do agree with you RE the prompt. It suggested so many lines of development I felt spoiled for choice. Thanks again. Lovely to have your comment.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-80538680442180745232011-11-16T03:45:54.810+00:002011-11-16T03:45:54.810+00:00After the world was supposed to end when we flippe...After the world was supposed to end when we flipped into 2000, a couple of my friends and I wondered what people who fully believed the apocalypse would arrive DID on January 2nd. We wondered how they got on with their lives, how the mundane bits and pieces of life returned to them.<br /><br />Now I know. They return their chairs. They go to the store after all. Try to talk a boss out of accepting their resignation...<br /><br />I really liked this. And I loved that fourth stanza "Far out in space..."<br /><br />Magpie Tales offers marvelous prompts I think. I loved reading Brian's poem and how different his take was. Both poems hit me where I live, which IS the whole point of poetry for me.JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-29807666014337360042011-11-16T00:01:12.930+00:002011-11-16T00:01:12.930+00:00Yes, false prophets; and your last stanza reminds ...Yes, false prophets; and your last stanza reminds us that the end of the world forecast was just another hyped event... Good Magpie Dave!Ann Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501522748426995035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-20713058776863037262011-11-15T23:00:39.933+00:002011-11-15T23:00:39.933+00:00uh dave this is intriguing..with the weak flesh an...uh dave this is intriguing..with the weak flesh and she having to see how she gets those chairs back..love the tale you spun hereClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-29365007168899571592011-11-15T22:29:53.683+00:002011-11-15T22:29:53.683+00:00"... except in his hometown and among his rel..."... except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household”, yep!<br />I enjoyed your story in verses, full of irony and suspense, ending as it had to.<br />Only God knows.<br />The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, indeed.<br />Tell the girl to raffle the chairs for an empty theatre...<br />:)))Dulcinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804606583762933316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-65399559394233801332011-11-15T22:13:22.923+00:002011-11-15T22:13:22.923+00:00Ooooh---what's her other promise??? This poem ...Ooooh---what's her other promise??? This poem has just enough narrative and just enough mystery.<br /><br />I like how we are on her side (at least I was!).Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-57874414494033629012011-11-15T21:42:15.995+00:002011-11-15T21:42:15.995+00:00How many prohets through the ages have predicted t...How many prohets through the ages have predicted the end of the world only to be proven false :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-3206949043220523892011-11-15T21:05:40.852+00:002011-11-15T21:05:40.852+00:00Great poem, Dave. You have created a wonderful sto...Great poem, Dave. You have created a wonderful story to go with it and the wry message about false prophets is pointedly apt these days...Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23645535815163374992011-11-15T20:06:17.057+00:002011-11-15T20:06:17.057+00:00Enjoyed this... it is always a problem when one tr...Enjoyed this... it is always a problem when one tries to predict the end of the world and gets the date wrong.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641794618204577036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76972536760526393522011-11-15T19:57:13.543+00:002011-11-15T19:57:13.543+00:00Great, great and surprising, breathtaking as a who...Great, great and surprising, breathtaking as a whole and also marvellously ironical the final stanza.Tommaso Gervasuttinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-2793960198933736132011-11-15T19:41:14.212+00:002011-11-15T19:41:14.212+00:00otherworldly good!otherworldly good!Everyday Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486528297252417282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-51047740409965205422011-11-15T18:51:28.216+00:002011-11-15T18:51:28.216+00:00A very intriguing write - reminds of all the false...A very intriguing write - reminds of all the false prophesy around the end of the worls.Chronicles of Illusionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168156674895078729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-28900211001221383312011-11-15T18:49:50.428+00:002011-11-15T18:49:50.428+00:00Very much like the irony here. Nice work, David.Very much like the irony here. Nice work, David.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-42023017843188843902011-11-15T18:40:15.012+00:002011-11-15T18:40:15.012+00:00Makes me wonder about other things that pass me by...Makes me wonder about other things that pass me by, and about the people who experience them.<br /><br />And I love the last stanza. Just a great ending.<br /><br />=)Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88217439141768131582011-11-15T18:17:44.130+00:002011-11-15T18:17:44.130+00:00Followers can be so fickle and, always, the chairs...Followers can be so fickle and, always, the chairs must be returned. This is a truly terrific Magpie!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-78787801299637772282011-11-15T16:21:09.713+00:002011-11-15T16:21:09.713+00:00This poem is so different from your usual ones, I ...This poem is so different from your usual ones, I liked it a lot, Dave.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-72559668990346125912011-11-15T15:25:27.776+00:002011-11-15T15:25:27.776+00:00Dreamily beautiful...Dreamily beautiful...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-86179677514810171972011-11-15T15:07:49.070+00:002011-11-15T15:07:49.070+00:00That's what happens when others try to play Go...That's what happens when others try to play God... reminds me of another 'false alarm' not long ago.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-75336003482863609292011-11-15T14:52:26.020+00:002011-11-15T14:52:26.020+00:00This reminds me of the Millerites who got rid of e...This reminds me of the Millerites who got rid of everything in preparation for the end of the world. Afterwards, looking silly was the least of their problems.<br />Great write.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12918814776855643632011-11-15T14:52:11.078+00:002011-11-15T14:52:11.078+00:00I wasn't expecting the last stanza! Quite the...I wasn't expecting the last stanza! Quite the Magpie, Dave ...Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89436466373857291352011-11-15T14:24:56.151+00:002011-11-15T14:24:56.151+00:00The one like she makes Earth remained unscathed, b...The one like she makes Earth remained unscathed, by sort of self-devotion,I think.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-2235886793489386542011-11-15T14:14:41.411+00:002011-11-15T14:14:41.411+00:00great Magpie Sir!
JJRod'zgreat Magpie Sir! <br /><br />JJRod'zJJ Roa Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501127870785148555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-2791839112211860382011-11-15T13:40:33.595+00:002011-11-15T13:40:33.595+00:00Oooo. I love it. I feel sympathy for her. And what...Oooo. I love it. I feel sympathy for her. And what a picture to go with!Elizabeth Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283397561867581379noreply@blogger.com