tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post5649246162579743807..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Ere the first sad petal fallsDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-60682537409203979112012-11-04T12:13:23.404+00:002012-11-04T12:13:23.404+00:00This poem was touching in so many ways. Funny that...This poem was touching in so many ways. Funny that yesterday I was out in the garden helping my wife out to clean our pond and I noticed how, despite the recent inclement weather and chilly temperatures, there's still a rose in our garden. It looks defiant and challenging against all the elements.<br /><br />Loved that poem. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-72454022533362523552012-11-04T11:55:20.496+00:002012-11-04T11:55:20.496+00:00Shadow
And then the cycle repeats again. Exactly....<b>Shadow </b><br />And then the cycle repeats again. Exactly. Thanks for your thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Daydreamertoo </b><br />Thank you so much for this most gracious comment. Nothing for me to come back with, you have summed it all up beautifully.<br /><br /><b>Jinksy </b><br />Thank you for this very much appreciated comment. I would have to challenge your statement that you couldn't articulate your thoughts well enough. Your blogs say you can. And you are spot on with your thoughts about structure having its own beauty.<br /><br /><b>Grace </b><br />Yes, maybe the reset button was not such a good idea. I shall have to give it a bit more thought... Thank you for yours.<br /><br /><b>Hank </b><br />I think you have hit the nail on the head. That is exactly it - being overwhelmed. Much thanks.<br /><br /><b>Tabor </b><br />Very true. Yes, I can go with that. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Brian </b><br />Indeed, the comparison with people is very apt. Thank you very much for that.<br /><br /><b>haricot </b><br />Lovely thought. Me too!<br /><br /><b>manicddaily </b><br />Long may you procrastinate - but not to the detriment of your writing. I lovwe the compliment. Thanks for.<br /><br /><b>Mary </b><br />Good to hear your thoughts on this. I fully agree - though Brian's linking of the rose with people maybe colours the thought with a few slightly diffrent hues.<br /><br /><b>The Weaver of Grass </b><br />Yes, but there's a beauty and an indefinable gladness even in the sadness itself, remembering that it's the transience which gives the impetus to our enjoyment of beauty.<br /><br /><b>Ygraine </b><br />Compellingly put. Yes, yes,yes, I can go with all of that. Much thanks for saying.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />Wow! Much to chew on here! I love the echoes - esp the Hank Williams song. That appeals to me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-85527529796170491332012-11-03T19:35:03.222+00:002012-11-03T19:35:03.222+00:00A great meditation. With powerful echoes in the ba...A great meditation. With powerful echoes in the background...Keats, Wilde..."The Nightingale and The Rose"... And even something a bit less noble but equally enjoyable, a song by Hank Williams brought back to life by Bob Dylan:<br />" Just like a rose your love faded away..."<br />Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40788461503865827952012-11-03T18:22:12.631+00:002012-11-03T18:22:12.631+00:00Such hope your words have brought to this flower w...Such hope your words have brought to this flower way past it's prime!<br />There IS life past the youth and beauty our society worships, isn't there?<br />Just like the gorgeous roses that I keep in a vase until they've practically decomposed, we too have a changing beauty as we age.<br />Well we can hope we're still appreciated, can't we?! Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-51825193027615664992012-11-03T15:33:00.216+00:002012-11-03T15:33:00.216+00:00Oh Dave, what a sad poem, but true nevertheless.Oh Dave, what a sad poem, but true nevertheless.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40778220245109022732012-11-03T14:13:42.182+00:002012-11-03T14:13:42.182+00:00I like the idea of seeing beauty in a rose that is...I like the idea of seeing beauty in a rose that is past its prime. So many people find beauty in the prime rose; but they walk past the others or nip them off. This is definitely a lesson for life, to appreciate all living things throughout their lifespan...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26982099567368698782012-11-03T13:22:51.632+00:002012-11-03T13:22:51.632+00:00Such beautiful lines about perfection and decay - ...Such beautiful lines about perfection and decay - <br /><br />Wonderful. <br /><br />You see I am procrastinating! But enjoying the diversion here! k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-91442560022347114042012-11-03T13:13:44.205+00:002012-11-03T13:13:44.205+00:00So true and very suggestive lines...I hope that ti...So true and very suggestive lines...I hope that time will go by a little more slowly on the blooming.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-27006557918615043882012-11-03T12:58:06.433+00:002012-11-03T12:58:06.433+00:00i think much like people, flowers carry their beau...i think much like people, flowers carry their beauty well past what some would call prime...its all in how you look at it and appreciate it...or them...smiles...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-57907984470045177452012-11-03T12:44:05.496+00:002012-11-03T12:44:05.496+00:00Lovely. I feel the same way many times. It is th...Lovely. I feel the same way many times. It is the life that is lovely and not just the prime time.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-59367411372582718082012-11-03T12:23:46.334+00:002012-11-03T12:23:46.334+00:00Back then I gave it all my admiration,
but now it ...Back then I gave it all my admiration,<br />but now it has me locked in its embrace,defenseless in the face of these new charms and ravished into ecstasy.<br /><br />Gosh, one has to be really overwhelmed to suffer the bullying and indignity! Nicely Dave!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39251891654658356242012-11-03T11:58:14.297+00:002012-11-03T11:58:14.297+00:00How lovely to read Dave...if only nature had a res...How lovely to read Dave...if only nature had a reset button for the flower but I do love the present beauty of the flower before it quickly fades ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-56691598353733203412012-11-03T10:17:16.012+00:002012-11-03T10:17:16.012+00:00I have been known to keep flowers in a vase throug...I have been known to keep flowers in a vase through their 'dead' stages, too, for precisely the reasons you give- though I've never been articulate enough to voice them as you have. Colour and form may change, but structure has its own ongoing beauty...<br />Thank you for making my brain think this chilly morning!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35078202021813508262012-11-03T10:03:32.821+00:002012-11-03T10:03:32.821+00:00Phew...this was so beautiful.
The life cycle of be...Phew...this was so beautiful.<br />The life cycle of beauty and the wish to keep it forever as it is, and the futility of not being able to because life doesn't stand still. I love the inner ache of the author, the appreciation of beauty for the eye and the way the love changes into even accepting and seeing the different beauty in it changing as its dying.<br />What a truly fabulous read Dave. Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-57105232660462225482012-11-03T09:50:18.797+00:002012-11-03T09:50:18.797+00:00from bud to beauty to decay... it's sad how qu...from bud to beauty to decay... it's sad how quickly it happens, yet thankfully they grow so many more.Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.com