tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post8884770331097898689..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Don't say I didn't warn you!Dave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-7552828223794424082013-05-30T23:46:04.982+01:002013-05-30T23:46:04.982+01:00Dark and powerful write Dave...chilling, unique ta...Dark and powerful write Dave...chilling, unique take...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-15019423686907945982013-05-29T22:01:07.838+01:002013-05-29T22:01:07.838+01:00Fabulous Dave! This had a real fascinating dark be...Fabulous Dave! This had a real fascinating dark beauty about it.<br /><br /> I reckon I'd have made Darkman a dedicated 'Igor' having enjoyed it so intensely!Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447013188405986054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-32473251791832665622013-05-29T19:04:29.748+01:002013-05-29T19:04:29.748+01:00Very scary!
Like Carl, I too saw a modern terroris...Very scary!<br />Like Carl, I too saw a modern terrorist plotting his evil plans.<br />Although I understood your intent, my mind was still fixated on that terrorist...an unfortunate sign of our times, maybe?<br />A totally engrossing write, Dave.:)Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-24229321183444524642013-05-29T13:08:18.537+01:002013-05-29T13:08:18.537+01:00I did not see the past in this piece but a modern ...I did not see the past in this piece but a modern day terrorist hatching his plans. I see now on re-read what your intent was and enjoyed it as a totally different poem.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-30709149415166942882013-05-29T09:34:27.479+01:002013-05-29T09:34:27.479+01:00Everyone
First, a big thank you for the response, ...<b>Everyone</b><br />First, a big thank you for the response, which has sent me back to the poetic equivalent of the drawing board. I was wondering... do you think we could just write this up as a classic example of an author not reading his text?<br />I must confess I was dumbfounded when I began to read your comments, not least by their unanimity. I did wonder - briefly - if I was looking at the wrong set, but no, there they all were, the words, just as you had read them and I had written them. Yet the truth is that never once had any thought of the holocaust entered my head in the writing of this. It just did not figure.<br />The gas chamber -- emotive phrase, should have rung alarm bells for me -- was a small(ish) glass and metal affair that stood on the master's demonstration desk in the school chemistry laboratory. We (more often, he) manufactured gases or mixed gases in the safety of its confines. It did go by other names, fume cabinet being one, and no doubt it would have been more helpful if I had used one of the alternatives. My Professor Darkman is a terrorist concocting a toxic gas (think sars) with which to wage his war on civilisation. His " gas chambers" are a high tech means he has devised for confining the gas to well-defined area.<br />So then, my abject apologies to anyone I may have chilled more thoroughly than intended. Hope no one lost sleep over it.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-28052284736546743752013-05-29T01:14:06.577+01:002013-05-29T01:14:06.577+01:00Whew! Scary good writing Dave!Whew! Scary good writing Dave!Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-65891780436870629382013-05-29T01:07:21.170+01:002013-05-29T01:07:21.170+01:00Not a word out of place. Not one wasted. In servic...Not a word out of place. Not one wasted. In service to your uniqueness, which I quite enjoy.<br /><br /><br />AlohaCloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-18788159856768697322013-05-29T01:04:14.518+01:002013-05-29T01:04:14.518+01:00Dave, excellent as usual and perhaps where techno...Dave, excellent as usual and perhaps where technology and poetry meet somewhere... that what we are warned or not will not touch dead things nor heed those who might say our dreams are not real and the chambers of our hearts more than a machine but alive. So much of poetry is in the mind of the reader...L. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-17441981664711541342013-05-28T21:55:56.721+01:002013-05-28T21:55:56.721+01:00The prompt took you in a very scary direction this...The prompt took you in a very scary direction this week. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13318991328136593536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-54679395006499498142013-05-28T20:10:33.896+01:002013-05-28T20:10:33.896+01:00Great lines converging to a stunning ending.
A war...Great lines converging to a stunning ending.<br />A warning so much on target.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39128320050074463882013-05-28T17:44:26.152+01:002013-05-28T17:44:26.152+01:00Ponytail .. code for turbulence. What a statement...Ponytail .. code for turbulence. What a statement, what a way to begin the poem! This was fascinating. I was unable to glance away as I read, focused on every word. <br />YES, danger, danger! Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26860129029332296262013-05-28T16:42:16.677+01:002013-05-28T16:42:16.677+01:00Holy smoke ... no pun intended. This is a spooky d...Holy smoke ... no pun intended. This is a spooky dark piece! Amazing where the mind's imagination can take us, yes? You've sent chills up a few spines this week, Dave!<br /><br />The piece fits the image perfectly! And where one finds a romantic soft 'something', another can see the dark and ominous ... yin/yang effect to the max!<br /><br /> Susan Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039551683129884367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-90271383842606554302013-05-28T15:44:41.541+01:002013-05-28T15:44:41.541+01:00I am glad of the warning--call me paranoid, but th...I am glad of the warning--call me paranoid, but this seems altogether too possible in our current insane world. Excellent verisimilitude, and very good use of suspense, as well. Donning my gas mask now, but I have a feeling it won't save me.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77503696783452244862013-05-28T15:31:31.617+01:002013-05-28T15:31:31.617+01:00I wish you would make a story I want to keep readi...I wish you would make a story I want to keep reading, chilling and masterfully expressed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-70018598838845241582013-05-28T15:23:47.029+01:002013-05-28T15:23:47.029+01:00Totally chilling and brilliantly done. We must nev...Totally chilling and brilliantly done. We must never forget how such things can so easily happen.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-40311339893624672762013-05-28T14:43:03.200+01:002013-05-28T14:43:03.200+01:00Well, we certainly went in different directions wi...Well, we certainly went in different directions with this! You wove quite a chilling tail here. I think this should be the beginning of a novel Dave. Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-46685693378642245172013-05-28T14:24:13.270+01:002013-05-28T14:24:13.270+01:00Quite the most chilling..I know immediately what t...Quite the most chilling..I know immediately what the chambers do....never again! You did this more than well...Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985979258848310351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-91131536494282841782013-05-28T14:21:08.596+01:002013-05-28T14:21:08.596+01:00Very clever - beginning with his name. Love it, b...Very clever - beginning with his name. Love it, but now I am afraid. ;)Liz Rice-Sosnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705708193546909432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-59045881129198394642013-05-28T14:20:11.986+01:002013-05-28T14:20:11.986+01:00Say hello to Roald and the dark Willy Wonka from m...Say hello to Roald and the dark Willy Wonka from me ! Silent Otto https://www.blogger.com/profile/00475494332523156366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-44723612392673681232013-05-28T13:13:02.991+01:002013-05-28T13:13:02.991+01:00A beautiful poem that puts the tip! Terrifying!
A beautiful poem that puts the tip! Terrifying!<br />Leovihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970831445283294241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-56840298323670802032013-05-28T13:11:32.221+01:002013-05-28T13:11:32.221+01:00Thanks for that. One more thing to worry about. ...Thanks for that. One more thing to worry about. Great poem, but I might lose a little sleep over it. Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-20923937561313449482013-05-28T12:48:20.999+01:002013-05-28T12:48:20.999+01:00Very dark, very possible - so cold and calculating...Very dark, very possible - so cold and calculating, Darkman is well named.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-43172546652115156372013-05-28T11:59:31.107+01:002013-05-28T11:59:31.107+01:00Gruesome! Definitely flash-fiction material. Hol...Gruesome! Definitely flash-fiction material. Holocaust invoking, past and future. And now this is the dominant image in my mind from that "ponytail." If that is the effect you wanted, you achieved it!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-86712108898269030832013-05-28T11:52:47.708+01:002013-05-28T11:52:47.708+01:00This chilled me to the core, Dave. I can only hop...This chilled me to the core, Dave. I can only hope that there are no "Professor Darkman" people plotting the likes of this. And, yes, like Brian I thought of the holocaust as well. Never again.....Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-77694670278920590632013-05-28T11:30:19.847+01:002013-05-28T11:30:19.847+01:00oy this is scary...of course made me immediately t...oy this is scary...of course made me immediately think of the holocaust...for a man to see great beauty in killing on such scale i think is the most frightening aspect...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com