tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post4742001144704485862..comments2023-11-07T07:53:32.305+11:00Comments on The Passionate Crone (poetry): The Mind an AstrolabeRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-80860305997576715962016-12-02T00:38:16.575+11:002016-12-02T00:38:16.575+11:00Oh, Rosemary, I love this - it's so appealing ...Oh, Rosemary, I love this - it's so appealing to the senses, calming and exotic. Bravo!Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-71993100355517012642016-12-02T00:37:57.212+11:002016-12-02T00:37:57.212+11:00PS In Dransfield I particularly love the music of ...PS In Dransfield I particularly love the music of his words, even more than the images and feelings he evokes.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-33590329637831023842016-12-01T23:47:19.334+11:002016-12-01T23:47:19.334+11:00Ha, so it is!Ha, so it is!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-47661709356891285402016-12-01T23:46:19.860+11:002016-12-01T23:46:19.860+11:00Ah well, he was writing at the time for Australian...Ah well, he was writing at the time for Australians, and we are familiar with bougainvillea here. And in that era we also understood sitar, kamikaze, divine wind, and even sarod and tablas (NOT, as misprinted at the link, sarod and tables, lol). I'm glad you enjoyed both versions.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-81297260194008639642016-12-01T21:55:17.185+11:002016-12-01T21:55:17.185+11:00This is beautiful!This is beautiful!Sreejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395234979504881964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-46112135674331845532016-12-01T21:53:57.727+11:002016-12-01T21:53:57.727+11:00BTW, Rosemary -- the Astrolab is also part of my a...BTW, Rosemary -- the Astrolab is also part of my avatar.Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-26874765500009649992016-12-01T21:49:54.515+11:002016-12-01T21:49:54.515+11:00Rosemary -- thanx for noting the link issue on my ...Rosemary -- thanx for noting the link issue on my post -- fixed, plus more.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I enjoyed both your erasure of Dransfield and his original. Having spent 12 years in Asia -- mainly India and Japan (but some time in Indonesia), the original poem floods me with images and thoughts. But I must say, such poems which seem as mere montages of feeling and images, are not my favorite. And I wonder how people read past all the words they don't know -- in this poem I had to look up the plant, the rest (because of my background) I knew. But my experience is that people read right by stuff they don't know. Your version was less packed (being an erasure) and so just the right amounts of image sharing. Thanx for the intro to this poet, I will take a peek at a few more of his works.Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-30896425913441760852016-12-01T21:24:00.371+11:002016-12-01T21:24:00.371+11:00the South Pacific,
the purple islands.
A cloud .....the South Pacific, <br />the purple islands.<br />A cloud ... a beach....<br /><br />Great write Rosemary! An insight into a little of the South Pacific!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-19261909450651801832016-12-01T17:24:31.335+11:002016-12-01T17:24:31.335+11:00Thanks everybody – and I do hope you click the lin...Thanks everybody – and I do hope you click the link to read the original. None of these are my words, only my selection of Dransfield's, which is a longer, richer poem.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-90880591207184747212016-12-01T14:03:13.984+11:002016-12-01T14:03:13.984+11:00Oh thak you, I love this!Oh thak you, I love this!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-56356488663974871162016-12-01T11:49:16.027+11:002016-12-01T11:49:16.027+11:00I like the scents here - night cool green and boug...I like the scents here - night cool green and bougainvilla~ The ending is in contrast with the wine and mourning ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-90739082479153198392016-12-01T11:17:11.892+11:002016-12-01T11:17:11.892+11:00Thank you for letting us drift with youThank you for letting us drift with youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-2515618930115058342016-12-01T06:31:04.087+11:002016-12-01T06:31:04.087+11:00Oh so lovely, especially your closing lines. Sigh....Oh so lovely, especially your closing lines. Sigh.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-23773992756254687812016-12-01T06:19:21.076+11:002016-12-01T06:19:21.076+11:00November
grey
beach
breeze
of North
sweeping
still...November<br />grey<br />beach<br />breeze<br />of North<br />sweeping<br />still wind <br />dry fly days away<br />bite of Winter sweeter<br />than<br />bite<br />of fly..:)Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-40275767004981579472016-12-01T03:18:32.946+11:002016-12-01T03:18:32.946+11:00This is vibrant with a sense of past, nostalgia fo...This is vibrant with a sense of past, nostalgia for all the senses.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-42409399317664581662016-12-01T02:47:36.203+11:002016-12-01T02:47:36.203+11:00Beautiful piece, Rosemary. So much beauty in the ...Beautiful piece, Rosemary. So much beauty in the first part, but then the melancholy in the end is very powerfulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126230685516232230noreply@blogger.com