tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post8091426628992521210..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Prelude to DisasterDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-21230395014803709042013-05-13T15:46:50.924+01:002013-05-13T15:46:50.924+01:00Thanks everyone and apologies once more for being ...Thanks <b>everyone</b> and apologies once more for being so far behind. We all seem to be pretty much agreed that in many ways these are dark times we are living through. It got me wondering how many people since human life began have lived through times that were not dark. When I was a boy there was the war, then there was the cold war, now there is global terrorism and global warming. Before cancer there was T.B. Always there seems to have been something to strike fear into the human heart. Maybe poetry should pick up from religion and shout the joys and the worthwhile nature of life.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-44688385764187072072013-05-12T07:09:15.661+01:002013-05-12T07:09:15.661+01:00Oh Dave. It doesn't come much darker than thi...Oh Dave. It doesn't come much darker than this - and how I wish it was fantasy. <br />I also really like the moon grafitti, the gasping chest and the overwhelmed rock pool. Thank you (I think).Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-8786546402648814582013-05-11T20:23:26.431+01:002013-05-11T20:23:26.431+01:00A rightfully pitiless, utterly real and powerful p...A rightfully pitiless, utterly real and powerful poetic meditation on our day and age.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-14549452941517427022013-05-11T20:21:38.929+01:002013-05-11T20:21:38.929+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-50838507545518208042013-05-11T19:05:41.892+01:002013-05-11T19:05:41.892+01:00The sea's beauty is in contrast with the plast...The sea's beauty is in contrast with the plastic bags, decayed fish and toxic pool ~ A tragedy we all have to bear and respond some day ~<br /><br />The title is very eye-catching too ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-38195912654172264362013-05-11T18:15:34.295+01:002013-05-11T18:15:34.295+01:00We are destroying our environment and close our ey...We are destroying our environment and close our eyes to it..tis our children that shall bare the burden...<br /><br />Anna :o[hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-21647288637138978392013-05-11T16:25:19.819+01:002013-05-11T16:25:19.819+01:00.. what are we doing? To our world, to ourselves?..... what are we doing? To our world, to ourselves?Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88750542911168676582013-05-11T15:06:46.187+01:002013-05-11T15:06:46.187+01:00The sad thing about these distasters is that they ...The sad thing about these distasters is that they are totally avoidable...if only we open our eyes. Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-66372883104558258602013-05-11T13:42:22.884+01:002013-05-11T13:42:22.884+01:00Yes, in many ways we are living in a shadow of wha...Yes, in many ways we are living in a shadow of what was, a prelude to disaster--ecologically,socially, culturally. Your poem is chilling, the details drain the heart with the puncture of sheer evil--the true evil, our lack of responsibility to the planet and to our species and every other. A conservative Senator trotted out this phrase the other day: "God will not let us ruin the earth, so we don't need to worry.' Such a rationalization is a staggering abdication of personal responsibility(not to mention logic) and to me truly frightening. Okay--off my soapbox now ;_)--great poem, David.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-82441470972164556322013-05-11T12:25:27.933+01:002013-05-11T12:25:27.933+01:00moon graffiti...now that is a cool descriptor...ug...moon graffiti...now that is a cool descriptor...ugh though on what your poem portends...a brutal future we create...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-20676253584701555402013-05-11T12:11:05.113+01:002013-05-11T12:11:05.113+01:00This is a tragedy that could be avoided.
'th...This is a tragedy that could be avoided.<br /><br /> 'the sea heaves like a gasping chest' - what a brilliant line.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-78367034889424705482013-05-11T11:26:56.499+01:002013-05-11T11:26:56.499+01:00Yes indeed, that is definitely a disaster waiting ...Yes indeed, that is definitely a disaster waiting to happen. In fact, it has started already. The details you included set the stage. One can hope that there will not be more stanzas to this poem....that the prelude will be all there is, that disaster will be averted. Somehow. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com