tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post531632752466292466..comments2023-10-05T03:12:14.296-07:00Comments on poemette: taking over-----Writers Islandgautami tripathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-57087621018943360492007-10-28T13:17:00.000-07:002007-10-28T13:17:00.000-07:00what a great fable!powerful and sad message with j...what a great fable!<br>powerful and sad message with just a glint of hope...polonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12631341810150848122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-28777656237365335862007-10-25T18:42:00.000-07:002007-10-25T18:42:00.000-07:00You are a weaver of stories that evoke the imagina...You are a weaver of stories that evoke the imagination and remind the heart of its responsibilities to all living things... You do have grat imagery as well...Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03165578165979664051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-85387805292810209402007-10-25T02:01:00.000-07:002007-10-25T02:01:00.000-07:00You made it all come alive..Such beautiful imagery...You made it all come alive..Such beautiful imagery.Very Moving& sad.Loved it.Pshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626823872300694608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-79403572363331129452007-10-24T08:36:00.000-07:002007-10-24T08:36:00.000-07:00Tami, what great and moving poem... I just love yo...Tami, what great and moving poem... I just love your quote from "Stranger In a Strange Land" (BTW, it was a great read) Your words are right on the spot. I read this morning about more poor elephants killed because they were hungry. We humans have over run their feeding grounds. Animals in the wild are disappearing at a rapid pace. As if humans think that animals have no concept or fear....<br>I just loved your striking imagery...<br><br>love,MelanieBeloved Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625091389788114012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-39259564799998524712007-10-24T08:02:00.000-07:002007-10-24T08:02:00.000-07:00This was my favorite part:blissfully obliviousof t...This was my favorite part:<br><br><br>blissfully oblivious<br>of the great evil known as<br>human beings taking overwriterwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645753712657412094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-31686256529791894952007-10-24T04:28:00.001-07:002007-10-24T04:28:00.001-07:00Very nice, visually it grabbed me! xoGillianVery nice, visually it grabbed me! <br>xo<br>GillianGillian @ Indigo Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08845512494417503198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-14320098940950114512007-10-24T04:28:00.000-07:002007-10-24T04:28:00.000-07:00What a great way to get the point of across of man...What a great way to get the point of across of man vs nature. I felt so bad for elephant. Still do....Just Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06461423815235750171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-68701728868108564802007-10-23T23:10:00.000-07:002007-10-23T23:10:00.000-07:00A sense of Kipling for the 21st century, I feel!A sense of Kipling for the 21st century, I feel!Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-46130734087650877492007-10-23T21:57:00.000-07:002007-10-23T21:57:00.000-07:00Elephants trouble us because they live as long as ...Elephants trouble us because they live as long as we do but unlike us they supposedly never forget.<br>An outstanding choice for your witness to the upheaval and mayhem that we have exacted upon our planet.<br><br>I am curious why you chose the critically endangered Indian Lion as your deposed Monarch when Occidentals like myself regard the Tiger as the de facto King of the Indian Jungleland. <br>Too much Kipling eh?<br><br>We Humans struggle with our ascendancy..we miraculously evolved from that 'red in tooth and claw' environment despite being regarded by some of our neighbours as a prey item and a predator to others.<br><br>I have no doubt that Mother Earth will devise some sort of herd thinning solution for us before we chop down the last forest. What goes around, comes around.homo escapeonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-91504900857833570602007-10-23T21:42:00.000-07:002007-10-23T21:42:00.000-07:00I like the tale told here. Good work--and I apprec...I like the tale told here. Good work--and I appreciate how you try new ideas, approaches....debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744896385434246402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-34423984568890100832007-10-23T18:12:00.000-07:002007-10-23T18:12:00.000-07:00we r all familiar strangers :)Keshi.we r all familiar strangers :)<br><br>Keshi.Keshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-12523716595614368572007-10-23T16:35:00.000-07:002007-10-23T16:35:00.000-07:00gautami,Strangers indeed we are! Stranger still t...gautami,<br>Strangers indeed we are! Stranger still to each other.<br>You see clearly that which others prefer to ignore.<br>Well done.<br>relRemimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-15515941554746467402007-10-23T15:42:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:42:00.000-07:00Oh, I like this very much as it has so many layers...Oh, I like this very much as it has so many layers. Nice dicotomy and tension too.Mary Timmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06610970753020969331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-20212911688436176602007-10-23T14:22:00.000-07:002007-10-23T14:22:00.000-07:00Nicely done! I love the new look for your blog as ...Nicely done! I love the new look for your blog as well. :-)Shamelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-81432217856819711612007-10-23T12:45:00.000-07:002007-10-23T12:45:00.000-07:00Good job, Gautami! (Would you consider changing &...Good job, Gautami! (Would you consider changing "living" to "live" in the lines: letting them/ live in their paradise/ of ignorance....?)<br><br>Great story thread!pepektheassassinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-702441566290473892007-10-23T10:50:00.000-07:002007-10-23T10:50:00.000-07:00Life through the eyes of the animal world, how muc...Life through the eyes of the animal world, how much wisdom though in those written lines. Nice writeRebicmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10572512831301719991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-13370559955191666212007-10-23T10:38:00.000-07:002007-10-23T10:38:00.000-07:00This is a wonderfully unique take on this prompt. ...This is a wonderfully unique take on this prompt. You take on the gentle, loping tone of the elephant so well in the way you constructed the stanzas. It's pitch perfect. And the ending, amazing!Ashley Lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14793228028441941772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-18580309255067164112007-10-23T10:12:00.000-07:002007-10-23T10:12:00.000-07:00all too sadly truethank youall too sadly true<br>thank youflootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01530734765701940680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-28392703325621225572007-10-23T09:39:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:39:00.000-07:00Nice touches throughout! Strangers in the stronges...Nice touches throughout! Strangers in the strongest sense emerge.tumblewordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-60825391326315546852007-10-23T09:27:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:27:00.000-07:00I have to say only a teacher could have written th...I have to say only a teacher could have written this, So beautiful, yet touching such a sensitive subject.Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048279856792308653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-76055963584027843452007-10-23T08:19:00.000-07:002007-10-23T08:19:00.000-07:00A very original poem and philosophy. Well done, Gu...A very original poem and philosophy. Well done, Guatami!paris parfaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-36155909551814810062007-10-23T07:38:00.000-07:002007-10-23T07:38:00.000-07:00Elephants do seem to know something we don't.Elephants do seem to know something we don't.Christinehttp://mariacristina.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-65890485252410626602007-10-23T06:46:00.000-07:002007-10-23T06:46:00.000-07:00This was superb. Brought quite a few feelings, &qu...This was superb. Brought quite a few feelings, "shame" stands out the most - for being human - having the intelligence yet not using it right..thank you.ULhttp://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-68616410697704499172007-10-23T06:00:00.000-07:002007-10-23T06:00:00.000-07:00this was a breathtaking journey... we all see it,,...this was a breathtaking journey... we all see it,, but with what power will we act????paisleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231453820728399262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-5549151324871540672007-10-23T05:52:00.000-07:002007-10-23T05:52:00.000-07:00This is a wonderful, fable like poem~yes, we human...This is a wonderful, fable like poem~yes, we humans can be the most dangerous strangers of all.<br><br>Well done!Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623887166087444590noreply@blogger.com