tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post3113504685807657915..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: Heart of the holidayRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-751084545317447562010-07-06T12:50:02.601+01:002010-07-06T12:50:02.601+01:00Handy with needle and cotton too, is there no end....Handy with needle and cotton too, is there no end...<br /><br />But no pictures of yourself in this most certainly fetching garment? Alas.<br /><br />(I'm with Plutarch on many of Lawrence's poems being better than his novels. A bit like Hardy in that regard.)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-21640433823573314772010-07-01T18:39:27.711+01:002010-07-01T18:39:27.711+01:00I enjoyed the sestet in particular. Your descript...I enjoyed the sestet in particular. Your description interlocks in my mind with D H Lawrence who wrote of "Swallows with spools of dark thread sewing the shadows together" The poem is set in Florence, where, as it gets darker, the swallows give way to bats. The title of the poem is in fact Bat. To my mind the poem is better than any of Lawrence's novels. Chalk and cheese though, I suppose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-90036076382039256012010-06-29T18:25:19.722+01:002010-06-29T18:25:19.722+01:00I don't know how you did it, BB, but this sonn...I don't know how you did it, BB, but this sonnet has haiku qualities. An image was immediately brought into my mind's eye. Reading it aloud, it flowed wonderfully. Yep, I really like this one. And not just because you featured swallows!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-48669125976819677652010-06-29T17:26:42.761+01:002010-06-29T17:26:42.761+01:00The Hypermarche. How that takes me back to the day...The Hypermarche. How that takes me back to the days when we would stop on our way through to Spain and buy rubber sandals and cheese and take note of all the grumpy French consumers, who seemed to hate shopping. <br />One of those endless pools would be perfect for you, such as I see advertised in the New Yorker. <br />I'm hoping to swim today in "my" endless pool, the Pacific Ocean.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-72414029714565784532010-06-29T09:47:13.673+01:002010-06-29T09:47:13.673+01:00Julia/HHB: Clever possibly, heartless probably, te...Julia/HHB: Clever possibly, heartless probably, techically suspect certainly. It was an idea I couldn't wrestle free from its knotty language and eventually I slapped it down, closing my eyes to its defects, keen to get on with something else.<br /><br />About 90 percent of the time the birds pick off the insects with great precision leaving the delicate set of concentric circles. But occasionally they dip in a little too deeply and the beauty of this cause and effect is lost.<br /><br />Away from the Languedoc I no longer swim for the psychopathological reasons posted a couple of months ago. I await the Lottery win that will allow us to buy a house with a pool.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-4117673820096176152010-06-28T23:33:41.866+01:002010-06-28T23:33:41.866+01:00As Julia says clever, indeed.
You have reminded ...As Julia says clever, indeed. <br /><br />You have reminded me that I must start swimming again. But it is winter here and even though the pool is indoors, the re-entry into a cold day is putting me off.<br /><br />Do you swim just once a day in your 'Hockney' pool or are you turning into a merman and taking up residence?herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-59613968695268296282010-06-28T20:29:28.810+01:002010-06-28T20:29:28.810+01:00Clever! And I do love how the Hyper U tends to com...Clever! And I do love how the Hyper U tends to come through. <br /><br />A pool must be useful for swallows and martins in their evening insect hunt. Did they ever splash in by accident?Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.com