tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post5810337629870240935..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Life wasDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-38307445779511164942012-08-30T22:34:00.196+01:002012-08-30T22:34:00.196+01:00some we've left behind
in frock coats, crinoli...some we've left behind<br />in frock coats, crinolines<br />and courtly manners; some have found<br />eternal spring.<br /><br />Just lovely... some things just end, others new life is breathed into them. And the last three lines are just as amazing. Wonderful reflective mood, this poem evokes.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-413875187261759542012-08-29T15:38:22.144+01:002012-08-29T15:38:22.144+01:00Made me feel so nostalgic for times I have never k...Made me feel so nostalgic for times I have never known, and for my long-lost forbears; but at least now I can feel their link to me in this life.<br />It feels like living outside of time.<br />Wonderful imagery :)<br />Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-29118595143575738032012-08-29T14:17:23.129+01:002012-08-29T14:17:23.129+01:00I love the way you started with the artwork... ...I love the way you started with the artwork... 'planes of light and shadow' and then you found the layers of life Wyeth somehow painted into the emptiness of this Big Room. Brilliant poem Dave. Thank you for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-81644548881292769592012-08-29T10:50:33.626+01:002012-08-29T10:50:33.626+01:00Kathe
So good to have your visit and read your co...<b>Kathe </b><br />So good to have your visit and read your comments. Thank you for your kind thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Tumblewords </b><br />Thanks so much. Your comments really are appreciated.<br /><br /><b>ds </b><br />What a very thoughtful comment! Thank you for these observations. They are greatly valued.<br /><br /><b>Steve </b><br />Hi, thanks for your most welcome comments. The fact that you have taken time to make them is very much appreciated.<br /><br /><br />Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76041372522416341372012-08-29T09:39:56.748+01:002012-08-29T09:39:56.748+01:00Hank
That says it, I guess: melancholy and fondne...<b>Hank </b><br />That says it, I guess: melancholy and fondness. Like that.<br /><br /><b>Grace </b><br />Thanks Grace. So pleased you picked that out.<br /><br /><b>ninotaziz </b><br />Hi, a warm welcome to you. Thank you for your visit and your kind comment.<br /><br /><b>jabblog </b><br />My experiences have very much paralleled yours, it seems. Good to compare notes in this way. <br /><br /><b>Brian </b><br />Thanks for these comments. As always, great feedback.<br /><br /><b>Carl </b><br />Thanks Carl.<br /><br /><b>manicddaily </b><br />I totally agree with your last sentence. There is something special about the inanimate that survives all else.<br /><br /><b>Mary </b><br />Thanks. Yes, this is a thought/feeling that I've often had in an old house.<br /><br /><b>Tabor </b><br />I think you have a point, but I'm not sure that the glasses are rose-tinted.<br /><br /><b>Rachna </b><br />Thank you so much. Any magic no doubt owes much to magical comments like this.<br /><br /><b>hyperCRYPTICal </b><br />So pleasing to hear you thought this. Thanks for saying.<br /><br /><b>Leovi </b><br />Thanks again Leovi, a really kind and helpful comment.<br /><br /><b>The Weaver of Grass </b><br />I know that feeling well. Imagination comes into it, I'm sure, but it's more than that. Different people often get like feelings in the same place.<br /><br /><b>Paige + Shauna </b><br />Hi, Good to have you visiting. You are most welcome, as is your kind - and helpful - comment.<br /><br /><b>Jenny </b><br />Thanks for saying so. <br /><br /><b>Helen </b><br />Thanks for this, much appreciated. Lovely area, the Doc Martin territory! Hope you make it and enjoy it.<br /><br /><b>Tigerbrite </b><br />Hi. Thanks for visiting. Really good to have your thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Carrie Burtt </b><br />Hi Carrie. Wonderful to have you and your feedback. Thanks for taking the time to comment.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso</b><br />Yes, I know what you mean. I seem to remember that as a wee kid my gran told me they were fairies!<br /><br /><b>Kay </b>Hi, and a warm welcome to you. Thank you so much for the comment.<br /><br /><b>Tess </b><br />Thanks so much - and a lovely prompt.<br /><br /><br /><br />Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-60474594972744504112012-08-29T03:33:34.290+01:002012-08-29T03:33:34.290+01:00David,
What wonderful pace and tone. Your portra...David, <br />What wonderful pace and tone. Your portrait seems so real, I felt I could reach into the frame and touch the imagery. Excellent.Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-75942194113084440402012-08-29T01:03:54.575+01:002012-08-29T01:03:54.575+01:00Wonderful write, sir. I liked the crinolines and d...Wonderful write, sir. I liked the crinolines and dust motes, the different perspectives between existence and non-existence. You went very very deeply into this room and pulled out what was hiding in the corners. Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-816941679854437252012-08-28T23:57:09.095+01:002012-08-28T23:57:09.095+01:00A superfine read - I'll join the other comment...A superfine read - I'll join the other commenters in applauding that stellar last stanza. Bravo!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-1555171161096269792012-08-28T21:56:47.804+01:002012-08-28T21:56:47.804+01:00absolutely lovely Dave. and the phrase:
"wher...absolutely lovely Dave. and the phrase:<br />"where dust motes that have been around<br />for aeons poke<br />the slumbering absences<br />into a semblance of new life."<br /><br />That made me smile!Kathe W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06781645436343424010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-91114619300469174582012-08-28T20:11:03.656+01:002012-08-28T20:11:03.656+01:00I especially like the forebears in frock coats and...I especially like the forebears in frock coats and crinolines...lovely write...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23697202485848858222012-08-28T19:43:43.650+01:002012-08-28T19:43:43.650+01:00like the others i thought this wonderful...i so be...like the others i thought this wonderful...i so believe that stone can hold memories...xxKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584116146098939783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67894018767747101932012-08-28T18:48:50.766+01:002012-08-28T18:48:50.766+01:00A strong metaphysical flavour here.
Dust motes...I...A strong metaphysical flavour here.<br />Dust motes...I love breathing by them particularly when the sun fills them with its gold stings.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-60115787709023955232012-08-28T18:03:13.881+01:002012-08-28T18:03:13.881+01:00Lovely writing Dave....each stanza holds it's ...Lovely writing Dave....each stanza holds it's own true and beautiful!!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76130934854153837162012-08-28T17:40:40.374+01:002012-08-28T17:40:40.374+01:00I love the layers of history you see in this room....I love the layers of history you see in this room.Tigerbritenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-78471434510824391242012-08-28T17:37:23.953+01:002012-08-28T17:37:23.953+01:00A magnificent poem, Dave.
I also enjoyed 'Two...A magnificent poem, Dave.<br /><br />I also enjoyed 'Two Parts of the Road' and 'To the Manor Born.' (On my next visit to the UK I want to return to the south and Doc Martin territory.) Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-31664531096530154212012-08-28T17:26:55.085+01:002012-08-28T17:26:55.085+01:00The last line is particularly thought provoking an...The last line is particularly thought provoking and interesting. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89958467420908942972012-08-28T16:16:05.418+01:002012-08-28T16:16:05.418+01:00dave, you bring this room to life,
the quietness e...dave, you bring this room to life,<br />the quietness even the delicate<br />mustiness, the ideals watered here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-25614848794584155192012-08-28T16:00:35.627+01:002012-08-28T16:00:35.627+01:00I often stand in places where people have stood be...I often stand in places where people have stood before (as, for example, in the old lead mines - and think what memories are there in the stones, in the ground and everywhere around if only we could tap into them. Very thought-provoking Dave.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-58020097398491855712012-08-28T15:25:42.252+01:002012-08-28T15:25:42.252+01:00Great poem, full of imagination existentialist, et...Great poem, full of imagination existentialist, eternal spring, really a dream, I love it.<br />Leovihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970831445283294241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-16281552347365350192012-08-28T15:13:30.894+01:002012-08-28T15:13:30.894+01:00Wonderful write Dave and that last stanza - superb...Wonderful write Dave and that last stanza - superb.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-34498202773198881152012-08-28T14:47:25.655+01:002012-08-28T14:47:25.655+01:00Dave, your poetry is getting more and more magical...Dave, your poetry is getting more and more magical.<br /><br />"where dust motes that have been around<br />for aeons poke"<br /><br />Super lines.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-22771964859874674422012-08-28T13:48:57.879+01:002012-08-28T13:48:57.879+01:00Wonder whether our forebears saw as clearly as you...Wonder whether our forebears saw as clearly as you say or are we seeing it through rose colored glasses as we look back.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26418938106814136272012-08-28T13:08:53.399+01:002012-08-28T13:08:53.399+01:00I agree with Grace. The last stanza is beautifully...I agree with Grace. The last stanza is beautifully wrought. So much to contemplate...the place where life and non existence meet, for example.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-46990747394944123242012-08-28T12:39:40.245+01:002012-08-28T12:39:40.245+01:00Dave - hope my comment got in there right - lovely...Dave - hope my comment got in there right - lovely thoughtful poem! k .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-58337134339137322432012-08-28T12:38:00.278+01:002012-08-28T12:38:00.278+01:00Yes, wonderful poem. I actually like the beginnin...Yes, wonderful poem. I actually like the beginning best - with light caught in the clothing, and also the ongoing life of dust motes! There is something wonderful about the life of all that inanimate stuff that lasts and lasts. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com