tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post218095892374329936..comments2024-01-31T13:17:39.976-08:00Comments on Various: On Weaver's Poetry BusNiamh Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-8067088122150325352010-06-09T01:45:44.338-07:002010-06-09T01:45:44.338-07:00Thanks Watercats - it's an interesting one alr...Thanks Watercats - it's an interesting one alright - the science v's wonderment - i think you're right the more questions we answer, the more we think of more interesting questions that have yet to be answered.Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-66048415853428158092010-06-09T01:23:54.233-07:002010-06-09T01:23:54.233-07:00Really enjoyed this, loads of brilliant language.....Really enjoyed this, loads of brilliant language.. love "gnarly cities"... <br />I had this argument with the Ronald the other day (it was about science taking the wonder out of everything)... far from the truth! when you relaise and even vaguely understand the biology that goes into the simplest living thing.. it only makes it even more amazing!<br />Just like you say here, much more eloquently! :-)Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-44149278220138450112010-06-07T23:29:15.905-07:002010-06-07T23:29:15.905-07:00Thanks Kat and Titus... very kind :-) and Titus no...Thanks Kat and Titus... very kind :-) and Titus not sure if you're right on that, but I shall try not to stop it if you are!!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-23915421723094340202010-06-07T15:08:16.337-07:002010-06-07T15:08:16.337-07:00Ah, I loved this one and wish I'd written it. ...Ah, I loved this one and wish I'd written it. Is that two brill ones in a row for you? Stop it!Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-70607851189019642582010-06-07T13:41:06.045-07:002010-06-07T13:41:06.045-07:00From the "load of insects" to the word a...From the "load of insects" to the word absurd, you had me in awe. Really good. We were thinking along the same lines, this week.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-88140064049742779752010-06-07T12:16:34.374-07:002010-06-07T12:16:34.374-07:00Thanks Bug! twould be bad if the trees sang too, o...Thanks Bug! twould be bad if the trees sang too, or would it?<br />Thanks NanU, BT & EW glad you enjoyed. :-)<br />Oak - that's a very generous comment, thank you.Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-32532556510145478012010-06-07T07:58:10.357-07:002010-06-07T07:58:10.357-07:00This is wonderful, Various. You're brilliant. ...This is wonderful, Various. You're brilliant. These lines really rocked me:<br />What was once a load of insects becomes a bird<br />And what came here as sunlight, married mud and water<br />Became an aromatic organism, it’s absurdEnchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-81276241201591304672010-06-07T07:23:40.006-07:002010-06-07T07:23:40.006-07:00A beautiful and somewhat intriguing poem Various.A beautiful and somewhat intriguing poem Various.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-20156656813558691532010-06-07T05:48:01.959-07:002010-06-07T05:48:01.959-07:00hiya, i'm with the rest on the dust and the ba...hiya, i'm with the rest on the dust and the bad hair. May I add the strangeness of <br />And what came here as sunlight, married mud and water<br /><br />niceEmerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-90008057449074110582010-06-07T02:44:44.838-07:002010-06-07T02:44:44.838-07:00Nice one, Niamh. I was walking in my suburb on Sun...Nice one, Niamh. I was walking in my suburb on Sunday morning, astonished at how loud the world was with birds, from every tree and bush and fence rail.NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-45351262555279709512010-06-06T16:04:00.887-07:002010-06-06T16:04:00.887-07:00I love this! like everyone else I really like the ...I love this! like everyone else I really like the dust lines (and am now noting the dust on my own tv). You're right about the denizens of the trees being loud enough without the trees making a racket too!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-5097191751873572092010-06-06T08:05:16.632-07:002010-06-06T08:05:16.632-07:00Research is ongoing, results available soon, thank...Research is ongoing, results available soon, thanks Rachel!<br />Tks v much Gwei, the dust line is actually true... well kinda, there's a line in the dust on our tv just now, I'm not sure whether I did it, but it does create a brighter stripe across the picture.<br />Thanks Peter, I like your theory for the rhyming scheme so much that I'm going to agree and claim that this was indeed my thinking here...!! :-)Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-81982114060479656562010-06-06T06:11:55.785-07:002010-06-06T06:11:55.785-07:00Okay, I like it a lot (particularly the hi fi / sc...Okay, I like it a lot (particularly the hi fi / sci fi rhyme and that TV dust line) but I'm wondering why the first quatrain doesn't rhyme at all, the second bit rhymes every second line and the last bit rhymes every line. Is this deliberate? As in making sense out of chaos?Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-38553832952379311222010-06-06T04:35:21.828-07:002010-06-06T04:35:21.828-07:00I have to agree with Rachel thr TV dust lne is som...I have to agree with Rachel thr TV dust lne is something very special.<br />You've created a very "elf-like" piece for me, strange, intriguing, not quite all of this world - a glimpse of something else.@ctors Businesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118148558033452749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-32731467382355998502010-06-06T04:27:25.100-07:002010-06-06T04:27:25.100-07:00I'm hoping it is bad hair that makes good poet...I'm hoping it is bad hair that makes good poetry. It's my only hope.<br /><br />Love your TV dust line and its repetition to somehow frame the trees and tweeters. And the load of insects becoming a bird.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com