tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post887215140159268623..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: from the poet and the word.Dave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-18730746752279468242009-01-24T12:23:00.000+00:002009-01-24T12:23:00.000+00:00LucasMany thanks for those comments. Much apprecia...<B>Lucas</B><BR/>Many thanks for those comments. Much appreciated.<BR/><BR/><B>Every Photo Tells A Story</B><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/><B>Sweet Talking Guy</B><BR/>Thanks for that.<BR/><BR/><B>Roxana</B><BR/>Thanks for the contribution.<BR/><BR/><B>Laura Jayne</B><BR/>Welcome to my blog and many thanks for the kind word.<BR/><BR/><B>Mansuetude</B><BR/>Couldn't agree more - on all points. Thanks.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35214155492466033122009-01-23T14:22:00.000+00:002009-01-23T14:22:00.000+00:00fascinating!Love the idea of "fidelity" and all th...fascinating!<BR/>Love the idea of "fidelity" and all the music it implies.<BR/><BR/>A spiritual teacher once said to us, you can't help casting shadows while you are in time. What can you do? <BR/><BR/>All of humanity has had writers asking these same things, and here is our delight, i think. <BR/><BR/>Words, i think they should be allowed to stretch and shift, as we do. They are alive.mansuetudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805383049085040581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-27542709534737412852009-01-23T09:22:00.000+00:002009-01-23T09:22:00.000+00:00I have read the first poem three times now... it i...I have read the first poem three times now... it is wonderful.Laura Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277887372939757081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-35566290968847376132009-01-21T12:42:00.000+00:002009-01-21T12:42:00.000+00:00wonderful! I especially enjoyed the first one, thi...wonderful! I especially enjoyed the first one, this line is brilliant:<BR/>But does a shadow's absence<BR/>equal truth?Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-4244806981914534112009-01-19T21:58:00.000+00:002009-01-19T21:58:00.000+00:00Hi Dave, I love the way you wrote this. Fleshing t...Hi Dave, I love the way you wrote this. Fleshing the word out with a voice - Amazing!Andy Sewinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-48581565323669086402009-01-19T16:25:00.000+00:002009-01-19T16:25:00.000+00:00"My words are open to the night"Beautiful, Dave!"My words are open to the night"<BR/><BR/>Beautiful, Dave!Every Photo Tells A Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914175541948429064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-50203092066446238012009-01-18T18:35:00.000+00:002009-01-18T18:35:00.000+00:00I enjoyed both these poems that bounce off each ot...I enjoyed both these poems that bounce off each other, being different. After a second reading I am very struck with how "From the Word" is so beautifully controlled as a sustained play on words. The idea of fellow feeling, between hard-worked words, works especially well.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-43405336174941210762009-01-18T09:10:00.000+00:002009-01-18T09:10:00.000+00:00DickI hadn't thought of it that way, but, yes, tha...<B>Dick</B><BR/>I hadn't thought of it that way, but, yes, thanks for that.<BR/><BR/><B>Noelle</B><BR/>Yes, I knw what you men. It's good to know there's more to it than you'd realised, but good, too, to now that you've got your thoughts across.<BR/><BR/><B>Amanda</B><BR/>Thanks and welcome.<BR/><BR/><B>Clay</B><BR/>Thanks for those kind words.<BR/><BR/><B>Elizabeth</B><BR/>Far from having better things to do, I find those comments fascinating and would have loved more of them.<BR/>I haven't heard <I>cadge</I>used for a long time, but it is still in the dictionary, as are all the other words you mention. <I>Gifyed</I> I have not heard used as a verb in the way your example uses it, but it is used in sport: a defender who made a mistake might be said to have gifted the opposition a goal.<BR/>Many thanks for your visit and comments.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-49266104024522818062009-01-17T21:50:00.000+00:002009-01-17T21:50:00.000+00:00These were both wonderful.And mellifluous.I like f...These were both wonderful.<BR/>And mellifluous.<BR/>I like frumpy -also 'mogging' -as my grandmother used to say referring to comfortable and old (shoes in particular).<BR/>Since I have lived in America for 30 years but was brought up in Essex what a mental mess my language skills are.<BR/>For some reaon misuse of some words jars more than other.<BR/>Why should one object to someone being 'gifted with a present'?(except I do).<BR/><BR/>The other day I had to look up 'CADGE" in the dictionary to prove to my American husband it existed and I hadn't made it up.<BR/>Is 'seldom' vanishing? and 'assuage'?<BR/>I could go on whilst I'm sure you have other, better things to do.<BR/>However, loved your poems which offered much food for thought.<BR/>ps 'whilst' looked upon here as pretentious and antique!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-13501863353422384802009-01-17T17:34:00.000+00:002009-01-17T17:34:00.000+00:00"How can Iput truth upon the pagein waysthat will ..."How can I<BR/>put truth upon the page<BR/>in ways<BR/>that will not lie<BR/>when others<BR/>who will read it<BR/>read it in their other ways?"<BR/>Masterful Mr. King. I salute you. <BR/><BR/>-Clayrn DarrowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-84840714385615025122009-01-17T15:53:00.000+00:002009-01-17T15:53:00.000+00:00enjoyed these, thanks!enjoyed these, thanks!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553406074853241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23647122332034605212009-01-17T15:17:00.000+00:002009-01-17T15:17:00.000+00:00hey I thought of Anna Nalick's song too!! I alway...hey I thought of Anna Nalick's song too!! I always find that when I write, all of my readers find different meanings in it and that's actually pretty cool...all in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. Although, sometimes I want people to understand my words completely. Great work DAve.Noelle Dunn.... A Poet in Progresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770013944671340961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-71433957312234163342009-01-17T15:02:00.000+00:002009-01-17T15:02:00.000+00:00I love the combination of the elevated and the dem...I love the combination of the elevated and the demotic here, Dave. Right on target with both, as ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88819308210322615602009-01-17T14:17:00.000+00:002009-01-17T14:17:00.000+00:00DominicInteresting, the musical analogy. Maybe Ein...<B>Dominic</B><BR/>Interesting, the musical analogy. Maybe Einstein's analogy - as we might view it, for the sake of our purposes - of time being the fourth dimension to space's three could be pushed a little further somehow? Thanks for an intriguing thought.<BR/><BR/><B>Jeanne</B><BR/>Another fascinating thought - in fact, two for the price of one. I suppose it depends on the nature of the shadow: is it a desired outcome or not?Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40147420475448267812009-01-17T13:36:00.000+00:002009-01-17T13:36:00.000+00:00I've always figured I write in two dimentions and ...I've always figured I write in two dimentions and the third is brought by the reader. What I've never been able to ascertain is to what degree does my skill or lack of it have on the size of the shadow that gets cast....Jeanne Estridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096521122802823385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-63638379290220164092009-01-17T12:59:00.000+00:002009-01-17T12:59:00.000+00:00Interesting:They should not worry,knowing that I u...Interesting:<BR/><BR/>They should not worry,<BR/>knowing that I use<BR/>words two-<BR/>dimensional,<BR/>not being skilled<BR/>to write in three.<BR/>(2-D is shadowless, i'm told.)<BR/><BR/>As a musician, I've always been interested in the musical equivalent of this. It has fascinated composers from Gabrieli to Stockhausen: music happens in time, but could one add another dimension to it? Both these composers (among others) wrote pieces in which where the sound was coming from was important. Stockhausen even created spaces with multiple speakers so that the sound could come from any direction. I suppose the literary equivalent is to use hypertext to allow the reader to "move sideways" in the text, instead of always going forward.<BR/><BR/>The shadowlessness is an interesting thought!Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-22886264203429110232009-01-17T09:31:00.000+00:002009-01-17T09:31:00.000+00:00ShadowIt is about perception, yes, but it's percep...<B>Shadow</B><BR/>It is about perception, yes, but it's perception bound up with, if you like, the almost independent life of words, how they change their meaning from context to context or over time.<BR/><BR/><B>Weaver of Grass</B><BR/>No, I'm afraid I didn't see the Fry thing. Wish I had, sounds fascinating. I quite like the idea of being coffeed and caked. Conjures up all sorts of pictures - probably not the ones intended. Yes, it might be fun to write a poem along those lines!<BR/><BR/><B>Watermaid</B><BR/>Agreed: the meaning of a word is in its use - and, as you so rightly say, in the context of other words. No problem with that.<BR/><BR/><B>Derrick</B><BR/>Thanks for that. I think it is probably the one I will end up favouring - though it's too early to say for sure.<BR/><BR/><B>Gutsy Writer</B><BR/>Much thanks for the kind words. Me neither.<BR/><BR/><B>Barry</B><BR/>I shall certainly try, but they're as slippery as eels!<BR/><BR/><B>Chuck</B><BR/>Welcome and thanks. I very much enjoyed your last sentence particularly. Very true.<BR/><BR/><B>Findingmywayinlife</B><BR/>Welcome and many thanks for the quote. I find it breathtaking. Quite exhilarating. I don't know the song, I'm sorry to have to admit, but I shall certainly look it up.<BR/><BR/><B>Drive thru</B><BR/>Welcome and thanks for the comments, the comment is always helpful. I very much enjoyed my visit to your blog.<BR/><BR/><B>Linda</B><BR/>My friend? Byall means! My frumpish friend? Judging by your photo': impossible! I am much moved by the kind words, and much enjoyed my visit to your blog.<BR/><BR/><B>Jasko</B><BR/>Welcome to my blog and many thanks for those generous words.<BR/><BR/><B>Susan</B><BR/>Thanks Susan.<BR/><BR/><B>Adrian</B><BR/>Welcome to the blog and many thanks for stopping by to comment. Also for the complimentary remarks.<BR/><BR/><B>Cloudia</B><BR/>Thanks once again Cloudia.<BR/><BR/><B>Lyn</B><BR/>Mmmm, like it! A lot of truth there. But will they stay the way I put them down? Thanks.<BR/><BR/><B>Jim</B><BR/>Thanks for that Jim. Yes, you are right, the meaning thing has really struck home. I'm finding phrases appearing in that connection when I have no thoughts of looking for them. You were correct to pick out the serious/flippant contrast, too. That was quite deliberate and was intended from the beginning.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-11685423167506150322009-01-17T05:27:00.000+00:002009-01-17T05:27:00.000+00:00Yes, I like this. The nature of meaning has really...Yes, I like this. The nature of meaning has really gotten under your skin hasn't it? What struck me about the piece was the tone. The poet is serious but the word is flippant; each section has its own voice. Good.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-29549665309148440162009-01-17T01:00:00.000+00:002009-01-17T01:00:00.000+00:00From the Poet...it's so smart.I say, put the words...From the Poet...it's so smart.<BR/><BR/>I say, put the words down... if you build it, the writing, they will come..their voices, accents, inflections will make the words theirs. That's why we do it. <BR/> So be it.<BR/><BR/> Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88068925538035966462009-01-17T00:58:00.000+00:002009-01-17T00:58:00.000+00:00I too love my frumpish friends, Dave! Aloha-I too love my frumpish friends, Dave! Aloha-Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-41482425844605026822009-01-16T22:19:00.000+00:002009-01-16T22:19:00.000+00:00Greetings Dave, great poems and images, a nice blo...Greetings Dave, great poems and images, a nice blog to read and enjoy, congratulations.LR Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634383283728817474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-9965881425530209882009-01-16T21:02:00.000+00:002009-01-16T21:02:00.000+00:00You always get me to thinking. From the Poet reall...You always get me to thinking. From the Poet really struck me this time. What fabulous questions!SUSAN SONNENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348324221180443517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-7777447418556524122009-01-16T20:57:00.000+00:002009-01-16T20:57:00.000+00:00The first poem really struck me. In it, you have a...The first poem really struck me. In it, you have achieved what I like in poetry – to say so much with seemingly very few words. A true one, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-64759573248302164402009-01-16T18:23:00.000+00:002009-01-16T18:23:00.000+00:00I SO want to be your frumpish friend. Again your p...I SO want to be your frumpish friend. Again your poetry, "From The Poet" has sent me into a "don't talk to me" coma...I am not answering the phone, allowing this wonderful poem to have it's way with me.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67361020771741598292009-01-16T17:56:00.000+00:002009-01-16T17:56:00.000+00:00Dave,I agree that "From the Poet" is an amazing on...Dave,<BR/><BR/>I agree that "From the Poet" is an amazing one. I like the phrase " But does a shadow's absence equal truth?"<BR/>It's so thoughtful.<BR/><BR/>From the word is good as well but with different approach. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your visit to my blog. I do not publish all my poetry and quotes on my blog as I like to get them published first.Khaled KEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056388277824598564noreply@blogger.com