17 January 2016

Poem

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  1. This is very impressive but I don't know much about poetry or writing come to that.

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    1. I know you are not just "Blender" and lenses Adrian.

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  2. I like this poem very much, although it's very solemn. You're quite a talented writer and poet!

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    1. Solemn yes... but I can do frivolous too. I thank you for bothering to read my poem Jennifer.

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  3. Reflections on mortality inspired by your walks I would guess? Fine words though.

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    1. Thank you for looking at the poem and considering it Ian.

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  4. Sad...footprints and long shadows of sorrow...

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    1. but beautiful...as is life...

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    2. It was on my long walk on Friday that the idea of existence being layered came into my mind. To tell you the truth Lee I am not entirely sure that I conveyed this notion successfully in the poem. I may try other versions.

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  5. A beautiful and spiritual poem.

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    1. Thanks for reading it and thinking about it Red.

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  6. (Whoops, left a word out ) - I like this poem very much. Using geological layers as a metaphor feels very natural in this context and works very well indeed.

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    1. As long as it is a "word" you let out Aiden and not something gaseous!

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  7. That Neil Theasby should contribute more poetry to your blog.

    Ms Soup

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    1. There are reasons why I keep quiet about my real name on this blog Alphie - people I don't want searching for me.

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  8. YP - I live pretty much in a fog - I realise now that your name is Neil and YOU wrote this poem? Bloody Nora, it's a really great poem - please post some more. Pablo Neruda is my favourite poet (Just in case you were wondering LOL)

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    1. I am surprised that you favourite poet isn't Fleur Adcock or Janet Frame...

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    2. I understand what you are saying. James K Baxter, Brian Turner, Sam Hunt, A R D Fairburn et al are also worthy NZ poets.

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    3. Aiden Smith is also a renown NZ poet. His "Sailing from Whangarei and Other Poems" is almost as moving as "Poems from the Bay of Plenty" by Kate Steeds.

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  9. I like this poem very much, Neal, er, YP. I bet you could have had a successful career as an English teacher. And the accompanying photo is perfectly matched to it too. Please, sir, may I have another?

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    1. Thank you Bob. When my creative juices bubble again I am sure that another poem will be spewed out.

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  10. Beautiful poem, Mr. Pudding. Was it a gray and dreary day when you wrote it? Or, was your knee hurting? Very reflective and loving of the places you have walked.

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    1. My knees have been in great shape for months now Mama Thyme and I wrote the poem after last Friday's sunny walk. I don't find the idea of the layers of history a dreary notion nor solemn as Jennifer earlier implied.

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    2. I find it comforting.

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  11. More please YP ! All those wonderful walks you share with us, are an inspiration.

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  12. Another beautiful ode, YP. I am coming late to an appreciation of poetry, inspired by Poetry Please on R4 of a Sunday :-) This is really evocative, I love the evocation of all the others that have walked those byways before you and those that will walk in your own footsteps after your days x

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