tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post5068490021161251005..comments2023-03-29T12:32:19.224+02:00Comments on Compasses: What are you waiting for?Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-82407328046707631202009-06-07T21:14:04.882+02:002009-06-07T21:14:04.882+02:00This is a poem of opposites!Dark and frightening i...This is a poem of opposites!Dark and frightening images are balanced by more reassuring ones. The very beautiful stanza that begins "I'm waiting for the warm south wind to blow..." however thrives on a visionary quality and intoxicates by its assonent music.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-72107547054214518042009-06-06T09:55:08.385+02:002009-06-06T09:55:08.385+02:00Thanks for coming to read.
BB - you mean the lard...Thanks for coming to read.<br /><br />BB - you mean the larders, don't you? Somehow we didn't get that worked in...<br /><br />Thanks also for the affirmation about the cliches; it's the only time I've gone against an editorial suggestion from Joe. He was inclined to rework the 'all good things/all things come' lines to freshen them up, but I decided I wanted them as they are most commonly spouted. The wisdom is usually to avoid cliche and truism, of course, but I think perhaps if the irony is fairly clear it's OK...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-85012812671429118682009-06-05T21:38:50.850+02:002009-06-05T21:38:50.850+02:00I like the idea of turning familiar ideas inside o...I like the idea of turning familiar ideas inside out and giving them a good beating and hanging them up for our delectation in a new lightRosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-14211494564596121862009-06-04T11:51:19.949+02:002009-06-04T11:51:19.949+02:00You kinda like the seamy side of crocodiles, don&#...You kinda like the seamy side of crocodiles, don't you? They indulge in even more misanthropic practices but to tell you would be to egg you on.<br /><br />I like this one because you take your (and, indirectly, my) revenge on clichés and make them damned well work for their living. 'ppreciate that.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-81235311913052263482009-06-04T10:53:32.421+02:002009-06-04T10:53:32.421+02:00Yes.Yes.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-12564415128574521792009-06-03T16:14:55.127+02:002009-06-03T16:14:55.127+02:00Arresting, Lucy! All of my senses are engaged.Arresting, Lucy! All of my senses are engaged.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.com