tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post4466924453704426457..comments2024-03-29T13:05:43.719+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: PoemYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76763433922644422422021-11-16T19:29:55.475+00:002021-11-16T19:29:55.475+00:00Publish and be damned Mark!...That is my profound ...Publish and be damned Mark!...That is my profound response.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72882730101401845582021-11-16T17:09:55.305+00:002021-11-16T17:09:55.305+00:00I try to take time to look at old sketch books and...I try to take time to look at old sketch books and jottings - they always surprise me. Recently, I found some old poems too, and they were better than I thought, though not for publication. I sometimes wonder about writing today in response to my drawings from the past - that would be interesting perhaps. <br />It is our response itself that is the most profound and yet hardest to capture. The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60945394152794341972021-11-16T10:12:55.883+00:002021-11-16T10:12:55.883+00:00Thanks for reading it and reflecting upon it Thelm...Thanks for reading it and reflecting upon it Thelma. At the height of their small civilisation there would have been no knowledge of the outer world. It might as well not have existed.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73236355548216923322021-11-16T10:10:52.492+00:002021-11-16T10:10:52.492+00:00To tell you the truth a lot of what I wrote is lik...To tell you the truth a lot of what I wrote is like lines from someone else's life.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88689032300820226502021-11-16T10:10:01.628+00:002021-11-16T10:10:01.628+00:00Thanks Red and thanks for reading it.Thanks Red and thanks for reading it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84996233602517012262021-11-16T08:24:17.315+00:002021-11-16T08:24:17.315+00:00A sense of wonderment as we file past the world...A sense of wonderment as we file past the world's treasures is what I took from your poem. Elegantly written with knowledge. thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34861961653531533072021-11-16T07:32:26.874+00:002021-11-16T07:32:26.874+00:00I can see how re-reading your diary from twelve ye...I can see how re-reading your diary from twelve years ago evokes those feelings and thoughts you had at that particular place and time.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50108446395745324232021-11-16T02:11:13.166+00:002021-11-16T02:11:13.166+00:00I haven't seen one of your poems for while. I...I haven't seen one of your poems for while. Interesting history on this one. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66235739171342111242021-11-16T00:28:01.264+00:002021-11-16T00:28:01.264+00:00Thanks for reading it Mary.Thanks for reading it Mary.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-90713264126384126932021-11-15T20:31:47.199+00:002021-11-15T20:31:47.199+00:00Nice! Nice! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48140633252178200612021-11-15T19:00:29.788+00:002021-11-15T19:00:29.788+00:00I have no idea Steve. They could have been native ...I have no idea Steve. They could have been native flowers but possibly introduced from elsewhere. The original flora of the island would have been quite unique as pollen investigations have indicated.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7287904368568483092021-11-15T18:52:36.096+00:002021-11-15T18:52:36.096+00:00It's always interesting to go back and read ol...It's always interesting to go back and read old writing and find things we wrote that have since been forgotten. I suppose part of the charm of the poem is its impromptu nature, inspired by being in that lonely place.<br /><br />As an aside, do you know what those orange flowers are in the second photo?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.com