tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post310245594867130322..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Boys and their Guns!Dave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-53110331159811801692012-09-10T15:46:06.200+01:002012-09-10T15:46:06.200+01:00ds
Thanks for saying.<b>ds </b><br />Thanks for saying.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-59582500391495966102012-09-08T17:52:11.786+01:002012-09-08T17:52:11.786+01:00Brilliant. Thank you.Brilliant. Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-57358708519398789092012-09-08T09:27:42.830+01:002012-09-08T09:27:42.830+01:00Brian
Yes, I had meant his intentions to be good....<b> Brian</b><br />Yes, I had meant his intentions to be good.. but I guess no one is wholly good and I think perhaps he enjoyed the (imagined) demolition more than he should have.<br /><br /><b>Mary </b><br />Absolutely! And that is what the poem was meant to be about: stripping away the unimaginative masonry that has accumulated around the basic faith.<br /><br /><b>Daydreamertoo </b><br />Thanks for this. You seem to have read my mind - or shared my day dreams!<br /><br /><b>manicddaily </b><br />Yes, I take your point. This was all meant to be daydream, of course and with the best of (theological) intentions, but of course daydreams can get ut of hand and sad people can live them for real. Fine when the intention is good, but you are right: today's obsession with shooting can cast an evil light on innocent play.<br /><br /><b>Jenny </b><br />Thanks Jenny. I guess the possibility for ambiguity is built into it. A boy with an adult vision of the luggage with which the church has burdened itself indulges a childish phantasy of stripping away the accretions of time and getting back to what the church should be about.<br /><br /><b>hedgewitch </b><br />Thank you so much for saying this. I must confess I was unsure of it and thought twice about posting.<br /><br /><b>Rachna </b><br />Thanks. Great to hear this.<br /><br /><b>Claudia </b><br />Political undertones were not intended, rather theological ones, but it is damnably hard to keep politics and theology apart! Thanks for your thought. I shall ponder it.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />Much thanks for this. Allowing faith to catch up appeared as I typed the verse into Blogger. So very last moment.<br /><br /><b>Victoria </b><br />Very much appreciate your comments and many thanks for the prompt. I shall try to track down "The Truth Shop".<br /><br /><b>Cloudia </b><br />Many thanks for saying this. Most helpful. And do have a great weekend yourself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-47990791844934599352012-09-08T04:49:04.236+01:002012-09-08T04:49:04.236+01:00You are getting good stuff.
"That's bett...You are getting good stuff.<br /><br />"That's better eh? The golden corn has room to breathe,<br />the dog can see the rabbit,<br />the priest has sight of those he thought [ or 'ought' ? ] to serve.<br />He's suddenly among the dispossessed."<br /><br /><br /><br /> Have a Great Weekend<br />Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> =^..^= <br /> <br /> > < } } ( ° ><br /><br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12462235432896716002012-09-07T19:07:24.007+01:002012-09-07T19:07:24.007+01:00Very textured, layered poem, Dave. A line from ano...Very textured, layered poem, Dave. A line from another poem I read years ago came to mind--something about challenging our deeply held beliefs. The poem was called "The Truth Shop" and written by an Easter Indian Jesuit...Anthony deMello, I think. Have to try to find it, now. The work of a lifetime.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-81111430457471907962012-09-07T18:46:27.657+01:002012-09-07T18:46:27.657+01:00"when faith allows imagination to catch up&qu..."when faith allows imagination to catch up" a marvellous line and Wordsworth's echoes under your strong verses.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-46813900370215639892012-09-07T18:06:02.523+01:002012-09-07T18:06:02.523+01:00i'm not really sure but for me this has politi...i'm not really sure but for me this has political undertones...vivid images here and tightly writtenClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52827741170756249752012-09-07T16:43:30.278+01:002012-09-07T16:43:30.278+01:00Wow! This is wonderful, Dave. Wow! This is wonderful, Dave. Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26501509270546112592012-09-07T15:56:13.221+01:002012-09-07T15:56:13.221+01:00This is an excellent excellent poem and a great us...This is an excellent excellent poem and a great use of symbolism, carried through both diligently and seemingly effortlessly, scything everything before it. Loved it Dave.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39937646066675358932012-09-07T14:18:29.500+01:002012-09-07T14:18:29.500+01:00Ambivalent about this poem, or perhaps I have just...Ambivalent about this poem, or perhaps I have just not understood. It seems oddly negative compared to what you often write, although, as ever it is powerful and interesting. . Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-43465884651234806852012-09-07T14:13:25.239+01:002012-09-07T14:13:25.239+01:00Such a sweet poem but I can't help reading it ...Such a sweet poem but I can't help reading it in an almost sinister light in face of all the shooting stuff we have in the U.S. But this itself makes for its own interest, as it reminds me of that kind of imaginative play so well - the interplay between priest and inner mind so well done- and then you think about people that get the real weapons! And have some little inkling as to a kind of immaturity that gets out of hand. Agh. So interesting. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-55758678096195467702012-09-07T13:52:25.967+01:002012-09-07T13:52:25.967+01:00This all made me smile Dave. We played with guns a...This all made me smile Dave. We played with guns and water pistols and catapults we made as kids. But, the best games were the ones where we were super hero's (always the goodies) killing all the baddies and saving the world, whether it wanted saving or not! LOL<br />I love the jumping from kids to the buildings, dilapidated, trees dying, the church falling apart around the priest, who remains blissfully unaware.<br />Great capture of life here in all of your symbolism Dave. Really enjoyed it.! Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-5617936930204262412012-09-07T13:27:19.562+01:002012-09-07T13:27:19.562+01:00"The people are invisible -
except I see them..."The people are invisible -<br />except I see them now in stark relief,<br />redrawn by what the brain can do<br />when faith allows imagination to catch up." -- These are the lines of the poem that strike me hardest. I do think sometimes faith needs imagination and in imagination sometimes one can find faith.<br />Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-74729156015056304562012-09-07T13:20:27.618+01:002012-09-07T13:20:27.618+01:00wow...vivid, intense....some fun quips....the prie...wow...vivid, intense....some fun quips....the priest now with a view of those he is supposed to serve...ha...the gun toter has a bit of madness but i wonder on him a bit and his intentions, are they good...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com