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I find this very moving
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
I find this very moving Trevor, as if one realises one's own existence in knowing another - and that the another might be a nostalgic sense of a former self. That's if I have grasped your meaning, and if not, that's what I took from it anyway! It...
I like the idea of marmalade, buttered toast and sunlight. I'm sure the willow is speaking in code too - trees talk to each other regularly. It's a pity we can't hear them. The willow as a veil / grieving is a lovely image too. Very nice thoughts...
Thanks ld, glad you thought so. Triboelectrical is not a word I made up, it is the word for static electricity which is shared, in this case, between bees and flowers. The bees build static in flight which leaves them positively charged, they are...
Well, I have only David Attenborough to thank for this one. I saw a segment about bees and electrical signals and then looked it up and read a bit about it. Yes, you're right about smell. I wonder what chemical signals we miss as a result of...
This is great. You have a brilliant way of writing something so that it makes you smile as well as see the depth of it. I probably haven't explained that very well, but I know what I meant and it is a good thing. Also I'm going to memorise that...
Thanks littleditty, am glad you like my raptor pondering. Yes, just recycling. The buzzards / grouse situation is grotesque, so distressing. Yeah, humans indeed, all the mindlessly cruel stuff that we do is just inexcusable. Thanks for reading it...
It's a very beautiful poem and you've captured the sense of the impermanence of things; summer, life. The worm/ blackbird reference is clever. Interesting to read again with the context you've given. Sorry to hear that you lost your brother....
This perfectly evokes the imagination vs reality of these kinds of encounters. Gave me a smile. I told someone the other day about a cyclist and I who wave to one another every morning. I got told I should get out more! Something romantic about...
I find this very moving
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
I find this very moving Trevor, as if one realises one's own existence in knowing another - and that the another might be a nostalgic sense of a former self. That's if I have grasped your meaning, and if not, that's what I took from it anyway! It...
Read full commentPosted in Someone I Know Well
I like the idea of marmalade,
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
I like the idea of marmalade, buttered toast and sunlight. I'm sure the willow is speaking in code too - trees talk to each other regularly. It's a pity we can't hear them. The willow as a veil / grieving is a lovely image too. Very nice thoughts...
Read full commentPosted in Time Was
Thanks ld, glad you thought
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
Thanks ld, glad you thought so. Triboelectrical is not a word I made up, it is the word for static electricity which is shared, in this case, between bees and flowers. The bees build static in flight which leaves them positively charged, they are...
Read full commentPosted in Electric Bees
Well, I have only David
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
Well, I have only David Attenborough to thank for this one. I saw a segment about bees and electrical signals and then looked it up and read a bit about it. Yes, you're right about smell. I wonder what chemical signals we miss as a result of...
Read full commentPosted in Electric Bees
Lovely memories, Ed, full of
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Lovely memories, Ed, full of sunshine. Love the tile too.
Read full commentPosted in Cherry Dreamin'
This is great. You have a
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
This is great. You have a brilliant way of writing something so that it makes you smile as well as see the depth of it. I probably haven't explained that very well, but I know what I meant and it is a good thing. Also I'm going to memorise that...
Read full commentPosted in Minnesota Fats
Thanks littleditty, am glad
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Thanks littleditty, am glad you like my raptor pondering. Yes, just recycling. The buzzards / grouse situation is grotesque, so distressing. Yeah, humans indeed, all the mindlessly cruel stuff that we do is just inexcusable. Thanks for reading it...
Read full commentPosted in The Diplomacy of Vultures
It's a very beautiful poem
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
It's a very beautiful poem and you've captured the sense of the impermanence of things; summer, life. The worm/ blackbird reference is clever. Interesting to read again with the context you've given. Sorry to hear that you lost your brother....
Read full commentPosted in Boys From An Ancient Wood
This perfectly evokes the
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2020
This perfectly evokes the imagination vs reality of these kinds of encounters. Gave me a smile. I told someone the other day about a cyclist and I who wave to one another every morning. I got told I should get out more! Something romantic about...
Read full commentPosted in Rejuvenation
This is very lovely indeed.
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
This is very lovely indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Stars
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