tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8529820069769548317..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: PoemYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-18724607765156979832021-04-29T10:37:58.572+01:002021-04-29T10:37:58.572+01:00I have never been on an archaeological dig. I thin...I have never been on an archaeological dig. I think I would love it though I do not like kneeling down these days. Thanks for reading and considering the poem Thelma.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15757012886094411682021-04-29T10:36:31.732+01:002021-04-29T10:36:31.732+01:00In spite of your slight antipathy towards poetry I...In spite of your slight antipathy towards poetry I am so glad that this poem meant something to you Lily. Thanks for reading it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-37250537063848011042021-04-29T10:35:27.831+01:002021-04-29T10:35:27.831+01:00So glad it meets with your approval CG for I know ...So glad it meets with your approval CG for I know that you are an honest judge.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16151631961004733072021-04-29T10:34:45.992+01:002021-04-29T10:34:45.992+01:00Thanks for reading it Bonnie - and for leaving a s...Thanks for reading it Bonnie - and for leaving a splendid reflection.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11021983897279866582021-04-29T10:34:04.365+01:002021-04-29T10:34:04.365+01:00I guess we create our own realities Margaret.I guess we create our own realities Margaret.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45001352172421807732021-04-29T10:33:39.559+01:002021-04-29T10:33:39.559+01:00So do I. Here you will find the bones of the land....So do I. Here you will find the bones of the land. To me London seems like a powdered Regency wig with make-up and bangles.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28407336166058999332021-04-29T10:32:01.420+01:002021-04-29T10:32:01.420+01:00Glad you enjoyed this poem Steve. Many thanks for ...Glad you enjoyed this poem Steve. Many thanks for even reading it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68555794636624142242021-04-29T10:31:08.092+01:002021-04-29T10:31:08.092+01:00Mallards seem to get everywhere. I think there are...Mallards seem to get everywhere. I think there are more mallards than people in this green land.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88386726698908432922021-04-29T10:30:14.358+01:002021-04-29T10:30:14.358+01:00You are, of course, right. How come your mermaids ...You are, of course, right. How come your mermaids look like manatees?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87947192878980176732021-04-29T10:29:16.946+01:002021-04-29T10:29:16.946+01:00From Richard II I believe. Of course we can never ...From Richard II I believe. Of course we can never pin down "the real England". Thanks for reading the poem JayCee. I am grateful.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30985392781013618252021-04-29T10:27:07.619+01:002021-04-29T10:27:07.619+01:00Thanks for reading it Sue. What lies below the sur...Thanks for reading it Sue. What lies below the surface?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-9239671010901507092021-04-29T10:26:12.000+01:002021-04-29T10:26:12.000+01:00Thanks for reading it and for reflecting thoughtfu...Thanks for reading it and for reflecting thoughtfully upon it Debby. Appreciated.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69010298556483354692021-04-29T08:05:05.592+01:002021-04-29T08:05:05.592+01:00Dig an archaeological trench and ponder on the sli...Dig an archaeological trench and ponder on the slices of the levels that are coloured before you. You caught the moment just right in the poem it is like trying to capture an elusive ghostly history which change every time you prod it. thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55238529840224401802021-04-29T03:06:16.262+01:002021-04-29T03:06:16.262+01:00I don't usually understand poetry but I like t...I don't usually understand poetry but I like this. And as someone else said, the real England is all of it and it's everchanging as it always has been.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57104608962416602852021-04-28T22:18:54.435+01:002021-04-28T22:18:54.435+01:00Excellent poem YP.
Excellent poem YP. <br />Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89289923515826477912021-04-28T20:01:18.490+01:002021-04-28T20:01:18.490+01:00This is a lovely poem. I especially like the whole...This is a lovely poem. I especially like the whole concept of it. These days it is all too easy to lose track of the heart and soul of our homelands. We should all search for and protect that where ever we may live.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85055558190357660732021-04-28T18:41:54.462+01:002021-04-28T18:41:54.462+01:00Excellent! What is "real?" How do we rec...Excellent! What is "real?" How do we recognize it?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197599882756386184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32286661907281142852021-04-28T18:41:30.963+01:002021-04-28T18:41:30.963+01:00Rather good - I tip my hat as they say... Simon Ar...Rather good - I tip my hat as they say... Simon Armitage wrote an excellent memoir called All Points North. I always think of the North as true England gritty and real.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-42017628712063153882021-04-28T17:36:20.023+01:002021-04-28T17:36:20.023+01:00Excellent. Representative of the regional and cult...Excellent. Representative of the regional and cultural diversity in this country I have adopted as home. (Or that has adopted me, maybe.) I especially like the props for Agatha Christie. :)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21230982807672072852021-04-28T17:04:42.957+01:002021-04-28T17:04:42.957+01:00I like the verse about the river and the Angler an...I like the verse about the river and the Angler and the wild ducks. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12460840726585239452021-04-28T13:57:55.535+01:002021-04-28T13:57:55.535+01:00I think it's possible that there is no one &qu...I think it's possible that there is no one "real" England anymore than there is one real United States or real Mexico or real Canada. There's certainly no real Florida as the reality of Disney World is as blatant and true as the reality of the rivers and swamps, beaches and jungles, Miami Beach and springs where real mermaids swim. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13994608093225243532021-04-28T13:14:41.919+01:002021-04-28T13:14:41.919+01:00Your poem is reminiscent of my favourite quote.......Your poem is reminiscent of my favourite quote...."This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.”<br />Great stuff YP. JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32688700722660537692021-04-28T11:25:57.815+01:002021-04-28T11:25:57.815+01:00I guess England is the sum of all its parts but so...I guess England is the sum of all its parts but some parts are more Real English than others!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-56540251816659515292021-04-28T11:10:13.526+01:002021-04-28T11:10:13.526+01:00The real England, of course, is the sentiments loc...The real England, of course, is the sentiments locked deep in the heart of its inhabitants as they watch their country change. Sometimes they write about it, luckily.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2203073107026292812021-04-28T10:46:29.614+01:002021-04-28T10:46:29.614+01:00Only the real Yorkshire Pudding. Accept no substit...Only the real Yorkshire Pudding. Accept no substitutes.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com