tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post4157922375141051905..comments2023-11-07T07:53:32.305+11:00Comments on The Passionate Crone (poetry): Saving the BardRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-44946065871517975772016-04-30T15:44:18.850+10:002016-04-30T15:44:18.850+10:00Hamlet. I'm all about a revenge-fantasy gone a...Hamlet. I'm all about a revenge-fantasy gone awry. <br /><br />Loved this poem!The Bizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17797871556831556557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-1376863519210867852016-04-26T05:16:31.521+10:002016-04-26T05:16:31.521+10:00Excellent titles!Excellent titles!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-51038804403219716942016-04-25T01:05:27.410+10:002016-04-25T01:05:27.410+10:00Nice, nice... and I don't think I can live wit...Nice, nice... and I don't think I can live without A Midsummer Night's Dream either.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-71311429808941947962016-04-24T21:43:59.485+10:002016-04-24T21:43:59.485+10:00A difficult choice. But memory will pick for you w...A difficult choice. But memory will pick for you what it decides to keep, I find.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-71992500641165076012016-04-24T12:48:49.172+10:002016-04-24T12:48:49.172+10:00glad we don't have to choose. love what you...glad we don't have to choose. love what you've written!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-44851663299450457922016-04-24T10:53:44.412+10:002016-04-24T10:53:44.412+10:00The 'occupational hazard' is working well ...The 'occupational hazard' is working well for you....loved this mashup of prompts :-)C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-42731361001233518122016-04-24T10:31:17.679+10:002016-04-24T10:31:17.679+10:00Oh, well chosen, Susan! I didn't manage to fit...Oh, well chosen, Susan! I didn't manage to fit As You Like It into the decima but it is one of my favourites, which I have loved since I was a schoolgirl. Great quote, too.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-91976729445850194192016-04-24T08:12:28.591+10:002016-04-24T08:12:28.591+10:00I couldn't pick either.I couldn't pick either.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-27968802581103134262016-04-24T06:53:52.769+10:002016-04-24T06:53:52.769+10:00And a great bit of "unshakesperean doggerel&q...And a great bit of "unshakesperean doggerel" it is! Loved this piece. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126230685516232230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-2636699343066209932016-04-24T03:40:09.265+10:002016-04-24T03:40:09.265+10:00If you could save just one?? Too hard to imagine! ...If you could save just one?? Too hard to imagine! Skillfully written my friend!Bekkie Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300001421561443693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-20632914112650768182016-04-24T03:18:18.250+10:002016-04-24T03:18:18.250+10:00Great voice in this, Rosemary! Great voice in this, Rosemary! De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-55881610210761820722016-04-24T01:44:11.597+10:002016-04-24T01:44:11.597+10:00My view exactly--very charming--thanks, Rosemary! ...My view exactly--very charming--thanks, Rosemary! k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-21476918669204291132016-04-24T01:40:25.932+10:002016-04-24T01:40:25.932+10:00I agree with everyone here. It's too hard to ...I agree with everyone here. It's too hard to pick from such a vast collection of genius art.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-49166508500097540452016-04-24T01:06:44.376+10:002016-04-24T01:06:44.376+10:00Oh I could never ever choose... especially since I...Oh I could never ever choose... especially since I think you never know what poem or play would touch your heart tomorrow..brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-76036071590354354672016-04-24T00:56:01.809+10:002016-04-24T00:56:01.809+10:00Haha! I would save a comedy, probably As You Like...Haha! I would save a comedy, probably As You Like It, as it has the best lines ever about poetry. And they go to the heart of "Real Toads": <br /><br />"Sweet are the uses of adversity,<br />Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,<br />Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;<br />And this our life, exempt from public haunt,<br />Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,<br />Sermons in stones, and good in every thing."<br /><br />Act 2, scene 1, 12–17Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-16107273775166740132016-04-24T00:06:57.708+10:002016-04-24T00:06:57.708+10:00Oh yes, there are simply so many gems to choose fr...Oh yes, there are simply so many gems to choose from :D love your response to the prompt. Beautifully executed.<br /><br />Lots of love,<br />SanaaSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-81927358426511642182016-04-23T23:40:12.647+10:002016-04-23T23:40:12.647+10:00Truly it would be almost impossible to choose a si...Truly it would be almost impossible to choose a single favorite, Rosemary. I love how you incorporated one prompt into the other...thank you for giving the decima a try and doing a wonderful job.Gayle Walters Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-86864367334712934782016-04-23T22:15:06.503+10:002016-04-23T22:15:06.503+10:00There are so many to put a finger on to choose. It...There are so many to put a finger on to choose. It is sacrilege to pick one from the other. You said it right Rosemary!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-30129786811715963832016-04-23T20:01:45.495+10:002016-04-23T20:01:45.495+10:00I could not choose, myself. Though one sonnet, I&#...I could not choose, myself. Though one sonnet, I'd take "Let me not...", one play, Macbeth, one character, Hamlet, one line, "the...dog will have his day".<br /><br />Thanks for this light-hearted tip of the hat.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-23718574849485198442016-04-23T19:38:22.679+10:002016-04-23T19:38:22.679+10:00Shakespeare has left us a minefield of gems... Wha...Shakespeare has left us a minefield of gems... What to choose... what to choose...Love the quandry effect...Gemma Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com