tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post3680102456833593812..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Her Rock of BeliefDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-81400286609989988712011-11-23T11:38:37.509+00:002011-11-23T11:38:37.509+00:00"What happens is:
the vital part,
of what we ..."What happens is:<br />the vital part,<br />of what we call<br />the psyche<br />leaves the body<br />to renew itself<br />in that same spirit life<br />it left to lodge in you."<br /><br />I especially like these words...how true, we have to leave our body in order to renew, even if it's only in our heads that we leave, but we're renewing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-47452390785465726532011-11-20T08:43:08.523+00:002011-11-20T08:43:08.523+00:00I was puzzled by what might be a misprint here - &...I was puzzled by what might be a misprint here - "a negatives is a source" ? Or am I misunderstanding, I wonder.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-54974842585703903592011-11-19T09:32:34.771+00:002011-11-19T09:32:34.771+00:00Rose
Very many apologies for missing you. Not sure...<b>Rose</b><br />Very many apologies for missing you. Not sure how that happened, but much thanks for your kind and useful response.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-71578355331353304402011-11-19T09:28:34.480+00:002011-11-19T09:28:34.480+00:00Christine
I like the observation. I am sure there ...<b>Christine</b><br />I like the observation. I am sure there are enough common factors for there to be much scope for further consideration. Thank you the feed back and the kind remark.<br /><br /><b>unsungpoet</b><br />Thank you so much for your kind words.<br /><br /><b>Ruth</b><br />Many thanks for both comments. Much appeciated.<br /><br /><b>Tabor</b><br />Fascinating questions, these. I hadn't realised that I'd raised such stinkers. I think maybe the critical one is: <i>Is anyone in charge?</i> That's certainly the one that interests me the most.<br /><br /><b>Brian</b><br />Many thanks. Yes, you have selected as the crux the lines I think I would have selected.<br /><br /><b>haricot</b><br />True. As ever, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.<br /><br /><b>Rachna</b><br />Thank you very much. Your response is much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Hannah</b><br />Yes, it's a fascinating field, and as fruitful as it's fascinating.<br /><br /><b>Crafty Green Poet</b><br />Thank you for the comment, I do find all such feedback to be most valuable.<br /><br /><b>The Weaver of Grass</b><br />The great temptations when writing about dreams, are to become too airy-fairy, magical or overly extraordinary. We are too influenced by the likes of Salvador Dali, I think.<br /><br /><b>ds</b><br />Thanks for your views. Interesting as always. In this instance the ending was meant to be ambiguous.<br /><br /><b>Helen</b><br />Thank you so much. It's very gratifying to get such feedback. I am most grateful<br /><br /><b>Cait</b><br />Was it simply the ending you found disturbing, I wonder? Or did it go deeper than that? Thanks for saying.<br /><br /><b>Mary</b><br />Thanks for the first comment. Sorry the ending had that effect,<br /><br /><b>Windsmoke</b><br />Thanks. There seems to be universal agreement on that.<br /><br /><b>120 Socks</b><br />I am most appreciative of your very kind response. Thank you.<br /><br /><b>Dulcina</b><br />Hi and a warm welcome to my blog. It is good to have you abooard. The pairs you mention are more or less synonymous, but only in that the voice believes that none of them quite fits the bill. Who or what is the ultimate authority on what is good and what is eveil? I think the jury is still out on that and will never return. I do agree with your last point: could we survive this crazy world without dreams? Probably not, but that takes us to the heart of the poem: what if the dreams are evil?<br /><br /><b>Lolamouse</b><br />Yes, indeed: a very valid point. And I agree: a very chilling one. Thank you for the response.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-48555218056607307512011-11-19T02:15:59.808+00:002011-11-19T02:15:59.808+00:00This was chilling and felt so true to life. How ea...This was chilling and felt so true to life. How easily we can become an "anti-person" to ourselves.Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-49432594195682038752011-11-19T01:44:10.092+00:002011-11-19T01:44:10.092+00:00Nice description of our own self conflicts, a mixt...Nice description of our own self conflicts, a mixture of good and evil where <i>something</i> inside makes us be one or the other, id est, us. <br />What's the difference between soul & spirit...? or between mind & psyche...? between person and human being...? Are these pairs synonyms?<br />Is good always good and evil always evil or it depends on circumstances, cultures, believes, convenience, interests, religions or something else sometimes?<br />What was right in the past can be wrong in the future or viceversa? Who or what decides the difference?<br />Philosophical verses about human behaviour, good, very good.<br />I especially like these lines, Dave:<br /><i>In her dreams <br />she became<br />a sort<br />of anti-person<br />to herself</i>.<br />- <i>Or this was herself,<br />the she she should be?</i><br />My last question is, could we survive in this crazy world without dreams or hopes? I don't think so.<br />Better stop asking so much, yes: no perfect answer here.<br />God or Love is the answer: God is Love.<br />We´ll know when we will taken away. <br />Well, have a nice weekend. <br />Here, in Spain, today is a <i>reflection day</i> in Elections Eve, but <i>alea jacta est</i>, for sure! The die has been cast from Europe, bankers and Angela, a good or a bad girl? It depends on who is judging her, but who are we to judge anyone? Let God do it.<br />:)Dulcinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804606583762933316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-42944566802598245502011-11-18T23:49:45.605+00:002011-11-18T23:49:45.605+00:00Postcards from the soul-totally loved this-very mo...Postcards from the soul-totally loved this-very moving Dave.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912071192179983603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35249054135796993802011-11-18T20:01:02.867+00:002011-11-18T20:01:02.867+00:00The third stanza says it all for me :-).The third stanza says it all for me :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-12137396686925922872011-11-18T19:08:14.630+00:002011-11-18T19:08:14.630+00:00I'm with those who enjoyed the third stanza, w...I'm with those who enjoyed the third stanza, which I thought was beautiful. The ending took me places I didn't want to go -- away.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-71120566345417995482011-11-18T17:44:18.095+00:002011-11-18T17:44:18.095+00:00Yes this left me feeling a wee bit 'disturbed&...Yes this left me feeling a wee bit 'disturbed' - the feeling you get waking after a bad dream. So the poem did its job....Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52913018193930805432011-11-18T17:35:53.807+00:002011-11-18T17:35:53.807+00:00Hi Dave ... I join with others who expressed how m...Hi Dave ... I join with others who expressed how much they enjoyed the 'postcards from a soul on furlough' line ... truly remarkable!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-31270886019496240222011-11-18T16:01:41.593+00:002011-11-18T16:01:41.593+00:00Oooh, I like the postcards from a soul on furlough...Oooh, I like the postcards from a soul on furlough, and the idea of the (photographic) negative image. How often is the ending true--literally and metaphorically. I'll be pondering this one for a while...thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-41133586764464881032011-11-18T15:43:21.742+00:002011-11-18T15:43:21.742+00:00Bit of a black poem this Dave but it makes a chang...Bit of a black poem this Dave but it makes a change from all the airy-fairy ones about dreams that are often written.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40627481296100652122011-11-18T15:01:16.030+00:002011-11-18T15:01:16.030+00:00very thought provoking poem, I particularly like t...very thought provoking poem, I particularly like the third stanzaCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67775167852342157632011-11-18T14:16:35.504+00:002011-11-18T14:16:35.504+00:00I love reading about psychology and dreams, and th...I love reading about psychology and dreams, and thinking about why they happen, and how.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89779264567066821062011-11-18T13:27:35.148+00:002011-11-18T13:27:35.148+00:00Delishiously teasing poem nice twist on the negati...Delishiously teasing poem nice twist on the negative image.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059957468044601830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-72002474243536009652011-11-18T13:15:39.466+00:002011-11-18T13:15:39.466+00:00Hi Dave, another wonderful poem.
"What we ca...Hi Dave, another wonderful poem.<br /><br />"What we call dreams<br />are post cards<br />from a soul on furlough<br />inviting us<br />to share in its renewal."<br /><br />I love this stanza a lot :)Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-52175077422813554182011-11-18T13:06:14.654+00:002011-11-18T13:06:14.654+00:00We have our hearts and minds, and when heart is en...We have our hearts and minds, and when heart is enthusiastic mind sometimes cannot cath up with it.<br />As Apostles fell asleep during Christ was praying...haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-70182756289524926912011-11-18T12:43:49.541+00:002011-11-18T12:43:49.541+00:00nice...the what we call dreams stanza is the crux ...nice...the what we call dreams stanza is the crux of this for me and nicely written...you build the rest around it well...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-18673902596273975082011-11-18T10:49:24.644+00:002011-11-18T10:49:24.644+00:00She was left not knowing what to believe. Does ou...She was left not knowing what to believe. Does our body and brain betray us? Do we betray it? Is anyone in charge? See all the questions you have raised?Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-56949043548595004232011-11-18T09:57:41.513+00:002011-11-18T09:57:41.513+00:00. . . postcards from a soul on furlough . . . , th...<i>. . . postcards from a soul on furlough . . . </i>, that's very nice. And I'm left with a sad chill at the end.<br /><br />I love your new template! I don't know when you changed it; I like the light.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-42063129013098745972011-11-18T07:49:45.507+00:002011-11-18T07:49:45.507+00:00This one is so insightful and artfully expressed.....This one is so insightful and artfully expressed...really made me think deep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-53919666032260666352011-11-18T05:23:38.542+00:002011-11-18T05:23:38.542+00:00What we call dreams
are post cards
from a soul on ...What we call dreams<br />are post cards<br />from a soul on furlough<br />inviting us<br />to share in its renewal.<br /><br />I have just been thinking and writing about the meaning of fairyland. It too can be thought of as a space for renewal and sorting out conflict. I thought the lines you wrote summed it up beautifully.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641794618204577036noreply@blogger.com