tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post9109942111835001932..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: The Night GardenDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-17724181018895619852012-02-25T11:02:25.203+00:002012-02-25T11:02:25.203+00:00Windsmoke
Thanks. Appreciated.
Blue Flute
A war...<b>Windsmoke </b><br />Thanks. Appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Blue Flute </b><br />A warm welcome to you and much thanks for your generous comments. Good to have you visiting.<br /><br /><b>stu mcp </b><br />Thanks for this. Yes, it is puzzling, why the night appeals so strongly. Maybe because we less detail and during the day we suffer from a surfeit of it.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />Indeed, it does happen very frequently. I've always felt it was the web, but yo may well be right, perhaps it's the poetry. Thanks for the comment.<br /><br /><b>skyraft </b><br />Wow, I am flattered! Dylan Thomas, eh! Seriously, though, thank you so much for your kind comment. It is always good to know what folk think. And good to have your company.<br /><br /><b>Susie </b><br />Thanks as always for your much appreciated comment. Most encouraging.<br /><br /><b>ds </b><br />A really fabulous comment, for which I do thank you. Such responses mean a great deal, and it is always good to have your company.<br /><br /><b>haricot </b><br />Intriguing - but then, that's the dark for you! Thanks.<br /><br /><b>neelthemuse </b><br />And thanks for your visit and comment. Both are very much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Charles </b><br />Your point that it was winter when the creation myths were told was not known to me. I agree that is interesting. Fascinating, in fact. Thank you for that and for your comment generally. There is much in it that is of interest.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13176557418026456902012-02-25T09:44:51.081+00:002012-02-25T09:44:51.081+00:00Beth
Hi, welcome and thank you for coming. Your co...<b>Beth</b><br />Hi, welcome and thank you for coming. Your comment is very much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>pandmoniumcat</b><br />Hi, Good to have you visiting and many thanks for your comment. They are all valued.<br /><br /><b>Yousei</b><br />Thanks for this, and most welcome. I must say I was surprised by the gold colour. I hadn't noticed it before.<br /><br /><b>manicddaily</b><br />Many thanks for these wonderful comments. You've almost written my next poem for me! I don't sit out in the garden a lot in Feb. at night! I went out looking for inspiration.<br /><br /><b>Rallentanda</b><br />I do so agree with your opening sentence. Thank you for your comments. Good to have them.<br /><br /><b>adan</b><br />Very many thanks for these interesting observations. They are much valued.<br /><br /><b>Mary</b><br />Thank you for these kind words.<br /><br /><b>Brian</b><br />Thanks for this. really good to know your thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Laurie</b><br />The first words I wrote. I guess it all came from them. Thanks.<br /><br /><b>Daydreamertoo</b><br />Thank you so much. A really exciting response.<br /><br /><b>Beachanny</b><br />Hi and a warm welcome to you. Thank you very much for your kind and encouraging comments. It's really helpful to know mthe thoughts of others.<br /><br /><b>Anonymous</b><br />Hi and a warm welcome to you. I am grateful for your comments and the time you took to make them. It is good to have your company.<br /><br /><b>Claudia</b><br />Thank you so much for these words. They are very much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Fred</b><br />Thanks for these thoughts. It is good to have you visiting. Odd that you should pick on "or": I spent some time considering whether to put 'or' or' and'!<br /><br /><b>Eileen</b><br />Very many thanks for these observations. They are most apt and very helpful to me.<br /><br /><b>De</b><br />Hi, and a warm welcome to you. good to know your thoughts. Thanks for saying.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5628177464717681992012-02-25T06:12:20.237+00:002012-02-25T06:12:20.237+00:00I thought of the chaos that is winter bringing int...I thought of the chaos that is winter bringing into play so much anxiety and foreboding. The way nature changes and its infinite variety, even amidst such turmoil of the natural order, questions all design. Interesting to note that winter was the when the creation myths are told in native cultures. By retelling these stories, they hope to return the world to chaos and remember that from this chaos new life is born.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-50676599272081434832012-02-25T04:11:03.054+00:002012-02-25T04:11:03.054+00:00Perfect use of imagery...a divine designer of word...Perfect use of imagery...a divine designer of words! Thank you Dave!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-66751907443991221062012-02-24T23:50:58.668+00:002012-02-24T23:50:58.668+00:00The imagination in the darkness is growing in me, ...The imagination in the darkness is growing in me, and they all look like people.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5156560227404468912012-02-24T23:08:54.815+00:002012-02-24T23:08:54.815+00:00You had me at the title. Beyond that, the first th...You had me at the title. Beyond that, the first three stanzas could each stand on their own, but work marvelously together to lead us to the rest.<i> "All thoughts of a Divine Designer/unravel in the tangled mess/of the forsythia."</i> Gorgeous. And the willow as cataract! You have captured a place, a time (two, actually), and a mood--that moment of introspection when we are looking out at a garden, or the night, and wondering begins. Brilliant write, sir. Thank you so much.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-79686542089876354842012-02-24T22:07:58.575+00:002012-02-24T22:07:58.575+00:00You have created a vivid image in this one...I can...You have created a vivid image in this one...I can see the stark trees in their limited lighting...All thoughts of a Divine Designer<br />unravel in the tangled mess<br />of the forsythia..love this lineSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35895973131346012902012-02-24T22:01:12.554+00:002012-02-24T22:01:12.554+00:00A fantastic write with my favourite line being &qu...A fantastic write with my favourite line being "scraped as on a scraper board<br />stark black and dazzling white."<br /><br />Reminded me of Dylan Thomas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-68934713267476556572012-02-24T21:13:04.616+00:002012-02-24T21:13:04.616+00:00This poem of yours breathes the heart of the night...This poem of yours breathes the heart of the night.<br /> In the summer I wrote " Night In The Garden" ( one of my dearest poems which I am submitting to magazines in earnest) and which would gladly "discourse" with this poem of yours.<br />What coincidences can poetry bring!Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-73535150426227900762012-02-24T20:26:18.864+00:002012-02-24T20:26:18.864+00:00ahhhh I loved this. As I read it I imagined all of...ahhhh I loved this. As I read it I imagined all of the images. I on't know why we love the night so much. Maybe its because its a place we don't see that often, which makes it more mysterious, more romantic...I don't know- but it we do...or at least- I do! :)...this held such great description AND form AND flow!stu mcp (hate & hope)http://www.poemsofhateandhope.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-57820086553281210932012-02-24T20:00:38.375+00:002012-02-24T20:00:38.375+00:00Very nice description, "scraped as on a scrap...Very nice description, "scraped as on a scraper board / stark black and dazzling white." I also like the sound echo of "stark" and "shards." Another nice image was "A spiral / or a wing form / give themselves<br />mysteriously / as petals to the dark."Frank Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512960953837979822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-20015283424081776582012-02-24T19:58:14.387+00:002012-02-24T19:58:14.387+00:00Very vivid imagery of a nightime wonderland :-).Very vivid imagery of a nightime wonderland :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-11537068772766069962012-02-24T18:49:28.496+00:002012-02-24T18:49:28.496+00:00LOVE this stanza:
Nearby
a rustle in the hellebor...LOVE this stanza: <br />Nearby<br />a rustle in the hellebores.<br />They shake or nod their heads<br />in total disagreement<br />look down ashamed<br />of their discord<br />recorded in<br />the flicks and flashes of the night.<br /><br />Excellent.De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-4276718607683437802012-02-24T18:10:00.132+00:002012-02-24T18:10:00.132+00:00Dave,
You have captured the tired and out of seas...Dave,<br /><br />You have captured the tired and out of season view of the night garden. Awakening to the first stirs of summer and new days of growth ahead.<br />As with life!!!<br /><br />Lovely words....<br /><br /><br />EileenEileen T O'Neill .....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325632298717325699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-50475481390139954342012-02-24T16:51:33.427+00:002012-02-24T16:51:33.427+00:00nice job David, really like how you packed the pie...nice job David, really like how you packed the piece with visuals and descriptions, but really liked the internal narration you seem to put forth, love your use of or here, minor I know, but I really love the little things in poetry and how one word and where its placed can give off such power. Great job. ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-50063618412338468422012-02-24T16:34:10.436+00:002012-02-24T16:34:10.436+00:00i love how things look different at night and even...i love how things look different at night and even familiar things are not familiar any more but suddenly seem to have a life of their own...my fav was the divine designer unravelling in the tangled forsythia mess...niceClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5749747322802173502012-02-24T16:32:36.263+00:002012-02-24T16:32:36.263+00:00For me, this is about a spiritual battle and inter...For me, this is about a spiritual battle and internal confusion.<br /><br />These are my favorite parts:<br /><br />"Winter's straggling beams<br />weave ghostly other trees<br />against a cobweb foliage."<br /><br />"All thoughts of a Divine Designer<br />unravel in the tangled mess<br />of the forsythia."<br /><br />"They shake or nod their heads<br />in total disagreement<br />look down ashamed<br />of their discord"<br /><br />"the willow backdrop <br />introduces colour"<br /><br />~Shawna<br />rosemarymint.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39906310238841140572012-02-24T14:07:19.327+00:002012-02-24T14:07:19.327+00:00I shall not choose among your lines as they all ma...I shall not choose among your lines as they all make up a somewhat surreal whole. Wonderful observations of how night changes shapes and outlines, how their is a dark side to the natural world we observe by day. One might call it the other side of their personality. Beautifully painted here, sir.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-6862462702692338062012-02-24T14:00:41.926+00:002012-02-24T14:00:41.926+00:00There are so many lovely lines in all of this, I c...There are so many lovely lines in all of this, I cannot really say which I enjoyed the most. The imagery is so beautiful, and the picture you painted of the willow tree was truly exquisite.<br />A really lovely write Dave.Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-25181888209982112922012-02-24T13:40:40.671+00:002012-02-24T13:40:40.671+00:00All vivid and lovely, Dave. I especially like:
Sh...All vivid and lovely, Dave. I especially like:<br /><br />Shards of light<br />snagged on branch and bark<br />sketch the maple in<br />a new designLaurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-72599843978572544232012-02-24T13:38:53.548+00:002012-02-24T13:38:53.548+00:00you def bring some fine visuals sir dave...smiles....you def bring some fine visuals sir dave...smiles...for me the first that really caught me was...<br /><br />Winter's straggling beams<br />weave ghostly other trees<br />against a cobweb foliage.<br /><br />niceBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-70007981595410115072012-02-24T13:20:57.180+00:002012-02-24T13:20:57.180+00:00This poem is visually stunning, Dave. I love the ...This poem is visually stunning, Dave. I love the surreal images.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-51262236698369184342012-02-24T13:11:23.934+00:002012-02-24T13:11:23.934+00:00"All thoughts of a Divine Designer
unravel in..."All thoughts of a Divine Designer<br />unravel in the tangled mess"<br /><br />and that next to last stanza, nice!<br /><br />interesting to see natural doubt expressed this way, and the "cold air stills" actually gave me a peace that the doubts were calming down, giving way ;-)<br /><br />funny how we read into things! very nice, thanks daveadanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710750989853277203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-84261712959655636392012-02-24T12:39:09.021+00:002012-02-24T12:39:09.021+00:00It is times like this that the designer comes to m...It is times like this that the designer comes to mind!<br />Beautiful description of your night garden..really beautiful!Rallentandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52444191957315145382012-02-24T12:25:46.384+00:002012-02-24T12:25:46.384+00:00I could really see and feel you garden and certain...I could really see and feel you garden and certainly I wished I was there! (In summer though.) The philosophical forsythia, embarrassed Hellesbore, and the wonderfully photo-genetic (not a word) willow.<br /><br />Thanks for moment there. K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com