tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post3639040340327527930..comments2024-01-01T21:14:32.790+13:00Comments on Still Standing on her Head: Poetry Thursday: A Small SmileCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-65383956064541435542007-05-20T02:30:00.000+12:002007-05-20T02:30:00.000+12:00I love your photo!The poems are both great. You ha...I love your photo!<BR/>The poems are both great. You have a way of turning things this way and that, and of picking out the quirky aspects.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-43543099727743982372007-05-19T15:20:00.000+12:002007-05-19T15:20:00.000+12:00I love the "flock and abacus" poem!So clever, with...I love the "flock and abacus" poem!<BR/>So clever, with the play on words...one would never guess its "random" origin!Yeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924005848870170400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-70326506899732697402007-05-19T04:58:00.000+12:002007-05-19T04:58:00.000+12:00My favorite is the second: pithy and epigrammatic....My favorite is the second: pithy and epigrammatic. Nice!chicklegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000215636803243874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-89230151209636697282007-05-18T15:24:00.000+12:002007-05-18T15:24:00.000+12:00You are brilliant! I love these poems. With the ...You are brilliant! I love these poems. With the silverfish one, I love the image of them eating your words and also shitting them out -- this is superb imagery. And also how you played with the words between the stanzas. And the poem from the random prompt generator is terrific -- I love the image of the row of birds like an abacus. <BR/>:)Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11746014771712020963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-17757653445677149412007-05-18T15:23:00.000+12:002007-05-18T15:23:00.000+12:00Great fun--I did smile, with pleasure. Loved the w...Great fun--I did smile, with pleasure. Loved the whittled language of the silverfish and their own poetry.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744896385434246402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-31169282142528479452007-05-18T11:28:00.000+12:002007-05-18T11:28:00.000+12:00oh, great fun, both!oh, great fun, both!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-64902970334955595532007-05-18T09:38:00.000+12:002007-05-18T09:38:00.000+12:00I love both of these -- they are very creative and...I love both of these -- they are very creative and funny.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701158085304753313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-22661635277607107092007-05-18T03:10:00.000+12:002007-05-18T03:10:00.000+12:00Very funny. I really got an image in my head of t...Very funny. I really got an image in my head of the buggers literally eating your words ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-52700397504187333612007-05-18T02:39:00.000+12:002007-05-18T02:39:00.000+12:00"Words are turning themselvesinto insects and craw...<I>"Words are turning themselves<BR/>into insects and crawling off the page<BR/>They mock me in slow anagrammatic dance"</I><BR/><BR/>Nicely done! Enjoyed.<BR/><BR/>Happy Poetry Thursday!<BR/><BR/>lisaLisa Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530826748768737972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-34876400968408759402007-05-18T01:58:00.000+12:002007-05-18T01:58:00.000+12:00Wonderful, wonderful! What great humorous poems! ...Wonderful, wonderful! What great humorous poems! My lips definitely twitched and ended up in a smile!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776482696203224923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-88580030157593744422007-05-18T01:56:00.000+12:002007-05-18T01:56:00.000+12:00Both of these poems were great! Good stuff!Both of these poems were great! Good stuff!Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-8736755737703137872007-05-17T23:39:00.000+12:002007-05-17T23:39:00.000+12:00Ugh- silverfish! As much as I don't like them you ...Ugh- silverfish! As much as I don't like them you actually made them appealing in this very clever poem! And I really like the little poem!Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287107184977896696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-49216974877356238142007-05-17T21:48:00.000+12:002007-05-17T21:48:00.000+12:00Silverfish poem a clever idea - liked the italicis...Silverfish poem a clever idea - liked the italicised break with the letters eaten away.<BR/><BR/>Pun in second poem was a gift and you worded it perfectly!<BR/><BR/>hopeeternalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-14257114327780663792007-05-17T21:38:00.000+12:002007-05-17T21:38:00.000+12:00Great poem. It is very original in style and I par...Great poem. It is very original in style and I particularly like the italicised parts. Well written!Beamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516397458228874124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-34554234243093598272007-05-17T21:37:00.000+12:002007-05-17T21:37:00.000+12:00Elegantly done! I really enjoyed both of them.Elegantly done! I really enjoyed both of them.Ramesh Gandhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448755601343354802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-1494355537243569372007-05-17T21:13:00.000+12:002007-05-17T21:13:00.000+12:00I was really tickled by the silverfish - so clever...I was really tickled by the silverfish - so clever and light in its humour. And you managed to take your flock where mine wouldn't go. - That was my word on the random prompt generator too!GreenishLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344455769443353585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-72642229907163303642007-05-17T20:16:00.000+12:002007-05-17T20:16:00.000+12:00What part chance played in your random words. Bril...What part chance played in your random words. Brilliant little piece there. I also loved your first poem - I could actually see all the letters slowly disappearing...<BR/><BR/>:)Blondiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726153633438333682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-6417071646718573462007-05-17T20:13:00.000+12:002007-05-17T20:13:00.000+12:00Hi Catherine -The silverfish were fun little devil...Hi Catherine -<BR/><BR/>The silverfish were fun little devils<BR/><BR/>"The silverfish are eating my words,<BR/>and shitting them out in small turds"<BR/><BR/>I liked the short "flock" piece -- very visual.Rob Kistnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365982588165098990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-4374539145971484032007-05-17T19:39:00.000+12:002007-05-17T19:39:00.000+12:00Both of these made me smile!Both of these made me smile!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-58456308233808241432007-05-17T19:23:00.000+12:002007-05-17T19:23:00.000+12:00At least those are better than cockroaches which s...At least those are better than cockroaches which seem to thrive in the hot humid climate here in Delhi. I liked the images here.<BR/><BR/>The second works very well too.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24246495.post-17656158945556250912007-05-17T19:14:00.000+12:002007-05-17T19:14:00.000+12:00Lovely Catherine - now I have an (I'm sure vastly ...Lovely Catherine - now I have an (I'm sure vastly undeserved) image of your house over-run with small, scurrying insects! In our house it's the occasional weta that makes its presence felt. <BR/><BR/>As an aside, Tawatawa Reserve is at the very Southern end of Kingston. The Southern Walkway passes by, and I followed the walkway all the way down the hill through regenerating bush to Island Bay. I can highly recommend the Southern Walkway, if you're down this way and feeling energetic.Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205242741145067573noreply@blogger.com