tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post7305315953141271690..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: 400 Feet Above Your HeadDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-66956196074898123882013-02-10T23:26:27.302+00:002013-02-10T23:26:27.302+00:00Thanκѕ for any other excellent artiсle.
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Hi and welcome to my blog...<b>theresamillerwatercolors</b><br />Hi and welcome to my blog. Very many thanks for the generous remarks. I certainly enjoyed myself at your blog.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40782649304887663512009-06-19T16:26:51.706+01:002009-06-19T16:26:51.706+01:00David, what a fabulous blog you have here!!! look...David, what a fabulous blog you have here!!! looking forward to getting to know you better. Thanks for stopping by and for the kind remarks, I appreciate it. Hugs from Theresatheresamillerwatercolorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392595279030557008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-53766227968520149782009-06-19T09:26:36.180+01:002009-06-19T09:26:36.180+01:00Cathy
Sorry you are having difficulty, but it app...<b>Cathy </b><br />Sorry you are having difficulty, but it appears differently in different browsers. I did spend a lot of time on the font size thingy, but couldn't get the tags to work as before. You should be able to resize the print in your browser,<br /><br /><b>lakeviewer </b><br />Many thanks for that encouraging comment.<br /><br /><b>Linda </b><br />Welcome to my blog. I very much agree with your comments on the importance of the canopy, and appreciate the feedback that you have given. It is most helpful.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-55495467844614471452009-06-19T03:13:50.176+01:002009-06-19T03:13:50.176+01:00All the time I was reading the poem I kept thinkin...All the time I was reading the poem I kept thinking that the substance of the canopy has not been discovered and yet it is rapidly disappearing. This canopy is the very protection we need from the climate change we are experiencing all over the world. Looking up into a forest canopy and considering why it exists is something we all need to discover. I like the way the words are written in trailing vines.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67998259544606276092009-06-19T03:06:43.464+01:002009-06-19T03:06:43.464+01:00Old groves or virgin forests still exist here in t...Old groves or virgin forests still exist here in the West, with accompanying polemics. You captured the world of the ancient groves, the smells and signts like nothing else.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35876798605367977152009-06-18T19:22:54.073+01:002009-06-18T19:22:54.073+01:00Ah, Caledonian redwoods! This is lovely, can you ...Ah, Caledonian redwoods! This is lovely, can you spare my feeble eyesight and change the font lol? Thanks, I'd love to read more :-)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-31359594793381228902009-06-18T14:57:47.056+01:002009-06-18T14:57:47.056+01:00Carl
I'm sure you do have it in you to write. ...<b>Carl</b><br />I'm sure you do have it in you to write. It's finding the key word or phrase that will unlock it for you. Not much different from seeing the composition that will stand in for the whole scene. I appreciate the generous encouragement.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13790754691121038892009-06-18T12:15:04.910+01:002009-06-18T12:15:04.910+01:00Dave- You have captured in words that thing that ...Dave- You have captured in words that thing that draws me to the woodlands with my camera. Wonderful indeed.<br /><br />If I have a poem in me to write it is about the quiet and noise of the woods.<br /><br />CSCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-71478566574980302762009-06-18T12:06:13.678+01:002009-06-18T12:06:13.678+01:00Jennifer
I am sure you will thoroughly enjoy it. _...<b>Jennifer</b><br />I am sure you will thoroughly enjoy it. _ Hope to hear about it on your return. Thanks very much for the comment.<br /><br /><b>Karen</b><br />Wow! Thanks for all those lovely comments. Glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br /><b>Derrick </b><br />I read an article in a magazine in a hospital waiting room. It mentioned the redwood canopy (and the Caledonian pine canopies) as being largely unexplored, no one really knowing for sure what is up there. Some facts there were, which I incorporated into the poem, but they inturn set the imagination loose.<br /><br /><b>Shadow </b><br />Thanks very much for that.<br /><br /><b>The Weaver of Grass</b><br />Yes, that was my feeling, it does seem a shame that nothing can be left as was.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />For the explanation to the peom see my comments to Derrick. The email I will chase up, I was only briefly on line yesterday and didn't get to check the emails. Many thanks for the comments.<br /><br /><b>Artist Unplugged </b><br />I do greatly envy you. It must have been a marvellous experience. Many thanks, though, for taking the time out to comment.<br /><br /><b>Fiendish </b><br />Sorry about the difficulties reading. Check my reply to <i>Readingsully2</i>. I don't know why the same tags worked differently on the two occasions, but will try to investigate. You shouldn't have to cut and paste.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments on the poem. they were much appreciated.<br /><br /><b>Heather </b><br />What a disaster with the camera! I would have been devastated! I do sympathise - and I do thank you very much for the comments.<br /><br /><b>Madame deFarge </b><br />There is that something, you are absolutely right. Thanks for that.<br /><br /><b>Leenie </b><br />Here, here! My sentiments exactly. Thanks for the response.<br /><br /><b>A Cuban in London </b><br />Thank you for those remarks. Very humbling. Your analogy with past civilizations is intriguing. I don't think I would ever have thought of it, but having been presented with it, so to speak, it strikes me as a powerful one.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-80602673807389736602009-06-18T09:39:32.382+01:002009-06-18T09:39:32.382+01:00What a beautiful elegy to nature, dave. I enjoyed ...What a beautiful elegy to nature, dave. I enjoyed it thoroughly. The joy coming out of it was contagious. And yet your magnificent poem made me think of civilisations gone by rather than our fauna and flora. It reminded me of the Aztecs conquered by the Spaniards, of the Dahomeyan kingdom, brought down by the French, of Yoruba Nigeria, Christianised by the British. Your inclusion in this 'other' world of works made by man was measured and careful. I read it three times and I will probably read a fourth one before I leave. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-47454091914089121242009-06-18T02:22:14.367+01:002009-06-18T02:22:14.367+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-41234022952181501512009-06-18T02:22:12.741+01:002009-06-18T02:22:12.741+01:00I finally got a moment to vist your blog. A lot o...I finally got a moment to vist your blog. A lot of thought provoking writing and some fascinating thoughts on art! As for the redwoods: I've been there. They are unbelievable! So huge, old and musty. It is impossible to come away with a photograph that captures their giantness. Thank heavens the canopy is a challenge to reach. We can only hope this magic place will not be trashed like so many other wonders.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-91897956687841312162009-06-17T21:57:25.269+01:002009-06-17T21:57:25.269+01:00Loved this, captured what I feel when I'm in a...Loved this, captured what I feel when I'm in a big forest or near any trees. There's something about them that catches my breath every time.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-9665054452304414512009-06-17T20:41:01.451+01:002009-06-17T20:41:01.451+01:00Your lovely poem reminded me of a wonderful holida...Your lovely poem reminded me of a wonderful holiday some years ago, visiting Seattle, Vancouver and part of the Rockies. I took an entire roll of film in a rain forest so that I would have a record of those amazing trees, only to find on my return that my camera had not wound the film on!! Thankyou so much for reawakening those happy memories - the holiday, not the frustration!!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-69884221251501096422009-06-17T19:23:08.430+01:002009-06-17T19:23:08.430+01:00Strange piece, soaked with that kind of sharp-focu...Strange piece, soaked with that kind of sharp-focused imagery. I do like it, particularly the eerie ending (and the phrase "high balconies": how lovely). <br /><br />Just a note about the text -- it was too small to read comfortably and I had to copy and paste into Microsoft Word, then increase the size. Maybe you can fiddle with it or something?Fiendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427088675092430747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67048155666190457842009-06-17T19:22:34.604+01:002009-06-17T19:22:34.604+01:00We had the pleasure of walking among these lovely ...We had the pleasure of walking among these lovely trees. Your description is most lovely of the beautiful area amongst them.ArtistUnpluggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13580512807760805224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-34303068243956057342009-06-17T19:08:38.166+01:002009-06-17T19:08:38.166+01:00Dear Dave, great work and so intense, a rapture.
B...Dear Dave, great work and so intense, a rapture.<br />But what happened? To me it seems it had dropped out of thin air. Or thin treetops.<br />As far as I know those kinds of trees are in California but it seems unlikely you have just been there and written the poem...is it about a past experience?<br /><br />By the way I wrote you yesterday an email about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, I had a question and it didn't seem right to write about it here, but your email address I found in the blog doesn't seem to work. Have you got a different one?Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-17909444065522857992009-06-17T18:19:20.931+01:002009-06-17T18:19:20.931+01:00Absolutely beautiful, Dave. I have watched peopl...Absolutely beautiful, Dave. I have watched people on TV going up into the canopy of the rain forest - I have no head for heights but, as you say, it is another world up there. I can't help thinking it would be good to leave it totally undisturbed - but now that people have got the feel for it - as you say, everyone will want to do it. Lovely poem.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-44960601771454864882009-06-17T14:07:09.278+01:002009-06-17T14:07:09.278+01:00your comparisons are amazing. i loved this read!your comparisons are amazing. i loved this read!Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10916387106674568492009-06-17T14:06:15.889+01:002009-06-17T14:06:15.889+01:00From where do you summon such visions, Dave? I lov...From where do you summon such visions, Dave? I love "tents of Bedouin richness" and the rest of that stanza. You could make a person feel unworthy of writing a single word!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-57574234545677757682009-06-17T13:43:41.172+01:002009-06-17T13:43:41.172+01:00Dave - I may have said this before (especially I r...Dave - I may have said this before (especially I remember the one about Tunnels), but THIS is your best work yet!! I felt the rhythm and the tone of the Romantics. Your delving into nature, going deep beyond our sight into the real world, is Romantic poetry at its best. I can't pick out favorite lines, but I know that when I look at monuments and palaces, I'll think of the times they were "an untried thought."<br /><br />This is wonderful. Thank you.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-64674302077258849752009-06-17T13:16:35.889+01:002009-06-17T13:16:35.889+01:00I could definitely see...and smell, and hear, and ...I could definitely see...and smell, and hear, and even taste the air! Beautiful. I have been talking about a trip to see the redwoods. No putting it off now, I'm going to plan it!Jennifer Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620692454770703140noreply@blogger.com