tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post2088449586681115582..comments2024-03-29T07:13:00.641+11:00Comments on Notes on a Serviette: 635 : The ObserverJ Cosmo Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-849981159542777092013-12-01T03:33:51.631+11:002013-12-01T03:33:51.631+11:00J, the last stanza is super and so true.
PamelaJ, the last stanza is super and so true.<br /><br />Pamelaflauberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-87872408031787147602013-11-30T15:32:06.061+11:002013-11-30T15:32:06.061+11:00Wonderful poem, and so timely.Wonderful poem, and so timely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-60158506469287169232013-11-26T06:55:40.391+11:002013-11-26T06:55:40.391+11:00We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.A Billy Goat (gruffly)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-58004749602020399542013-11-26T06:28:48.064+11:002013-11-26T06:28:48.064+11:00I'd know because they would argue with themsel...I'd know because they would argue with themselves.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-24995951849889407282013-11-26T06:27:40.211+11:002013-11-26T06:27:40.211+11:00Of course, once you know someone's listening y...Of course, once you know someone's listening you can start putting out disinformation. The Oz hackers shold have been suspicious when Mrs Yunoyono changed her hold music to 'We're happy little Vegemites'.Bond James Bondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-83160143428818014452013-11-26T06:09:42.896+11:002013-11-26T06:09:42.896+11:00How would you know if you did? How would you know if you did? Sanchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17621938013832239491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-8102802915932820052013-11-26T06:09:12.436+11:002013-11-26T06:09:12.436+11:00I don't know any poets with multiple personali...I don't know any poets with multiple personalities. :-(J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-32641163466879573112013-11-25T23:06:20.772+11:002013-11-25T23:06:20.772+11:00I think it is called trawling on the internet..whe...I think it is called trawling on the internet..where trolls try to get a profile on a person...they have buckleys with most poets whose poems if taken as reality would <br />classify them as schizophrenics LOLrallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-7997983864404533632013-11-25T14:05:56.665+11:002013-11-25T14:05:56.665+11:00:-)
ZQ:-)<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-45583443347295187662013-11-25T13:13:43.977+11:002013-11-25T13:13:43.977+11:00For some reason I got the image in my brain of a p...For some reason I got the image in my brain of a photograph of a clandestine meeting between a man and woman and the photograph is in the hand of a spouse...not pictured. Yikes! Maybe I watch too many movies. Nicely done J Cosmo. My grandmother used to say, "the truth hurts", but it always sounded malicious coming form her. Veronica Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288280932510764014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-42098514045566790702013-11-25T12:33:24.890+11:002013-11-25T12:33:24.890+11:00Clever write--it feels very hush-hushClever write--it feels very hush-hushAudrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-73102407347296547232013-11-25T10:31:11.442+11:002013-11-25T10:31:11.442+11:00Sometimes it's cute...I remember those grandma...Sometimes it's cute...I remember those grandmas leaned forward on the pillows in the open windows 'gathering information', the bench by the entrance filled with 'long ear' and 'big eye'...seems nothing changes in this wild wild world...humbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106270909713851811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-29056851785610668472013-11-25T10:03:10.255+11:002013-11-25T10:03:10.255+11:00Is you life more interesting than mine? I think no...Is you life more interesting than mine? I think not, so I don't spy, however I do observe. As writers we must otherwise how can we write? Just don't get caught!<br />The present Australian government showed it's ineptness by not having a private conversation with the Indonesians and offering to share information. They might learn the lesson one day somehow but somehow...I think not!Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-42250299597427119602013-11-25T08:03:07.505+11:002013-11-25T08:03:07.505+11:00Voyeurs often get more than they bargained for. T...Voyeurs often get more than they bargained for. There is never an easy explanation for what happens at the house next door. Your ending is perfect, spot on. This is a great write, Cos. Incidentally, I've named a character in my ongoing collection of short stories for you... except the person's full name is Cosmic!<br /><br />Sorry I've been absent lately... depression, yikes, back now! Thanks for a great piece. AmySharp Little Pencilhttp://sharplittlepencil.com/2013/11/24/handling-the-truth-for-euro-americans/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-90493534925210510582013-11-25T06:42:15.684+11:002013-11-25T06:42:15.684+11:00Interesting read. I like the impact of the closing...Interesting read. I like the impact of the closing lines.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-24728240813491184062013-11-25T05:33:16.926+11:002013-11-25T05:33:16.926+11:00The truth can hurt . . . sometimes we are better n...The truth can hurt . . . sometimes we are better not knowing.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-12161456184350813532013-11-25T03:39:28.862+11:002013-11-25T03:39:28.862+11:00Technology has left no secrets for us...Very well ...Technology has left no secrets for us...Very well portrayed...<br /><br /><a href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.in/2013/11/let-him-grab-world.html" rel="nofollow">let him grab the world</a><br />gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-49512344785444515612013-11-25T03:23:50.500+11:002013-11-25T03:23:50.500+11:00What clever euphemisms are trotted out when discov...What clever euphemisms are trotted out when discovered. The eavesdropper never hears anything good about him/herself.<br /><br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-12836831631589105422013-11-25T02:53:16.626+11:002013-11-25T02:53:16.626+11:00Privacy is becoming obsolete in this technological...Privacy is becoming obsolete in this technological age...very clever usage of the words for your poem! Sherri B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00834386300886224116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-11833130684987545442013-11-25T01:53:00.864+11:002013-11-25T01:53:00.864+11:00since even our yahoo or google accounts are perhap...since even our yahoo or google accounts are perhaps hacked randomly, I guess we are in the same boat, more or less.Abin Chakrabortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534639363132246570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-25941248748869721492013-11-25T00:15:10.962+11:002013-11-25T00:15:10.962+11:00My grandmother was a great one for watching what t...My grandmother was a great one for watching what the neighbors were up to....and it probably was a good thing...but I didn't like her to do it...annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-76669135107954815832013-11-24T23:49:23.575+11:002013-11-24T23:49:23.575+11:00"Information gathering" - made me laugh,..."Information gathering" - made me laugh, although it is a serious subject.NataĊĦekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529563989376279044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1702377960303020182013-11-24T23:14:46.235+11:002013-11-24T23:14:46.235+11:00ha. truth does hurt...or can..i dont know that we ...ha. truth does hurt...or can..i dont know that we travel in truth too often...we are too concerned with how the other person feels to be completely honest with them...which makes it hard to know reality when no one tells the truth...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-27760974515472668362013-11-24T22:49:53.340+11:002013-11-24T22:49:53.340+11:00We rationalise that's for sure..i am losing fa...We rationalise that's for sure..i am losing faith in ever having a private moment again..and i'm president of nothing..Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-49987887050886901272013-11-24T22:48:52.593+11:002013-11-24T22:48:52.593+11:00Spying on other people is a despicable habit no ma...Spying on other people is a despicable habit no matter how it is rationalized. It is a sickness of the mind. madhumakhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624377766663002237noreply@blogger.com