tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post3023624414468974712..comments2024-03-24T14:31:58.662+11:00Comments on Notes on a Serviette: CXXXIX - RegrowthJ Cosmo Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-42456563176242863322009-03-19T02:14:00.000+11:002009-03-19T02:14:00.000+11:00The real kings of earthwith scurrying feet encroac...The real kings of earth<BR/>with scurrying feet encroach<BR/>And we all, scared, approach<BR/>The dreaded day of the roach:<BR/>life then life - rebirth!Neverland Poetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299808240386591389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-54552661676824313532009-03-18T13:24:00.000+11:002009-03-18T13:24:00.000+11:00This was brilliant. And, sadly, way too true.This was brilliant. And, sadly, way too true.Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-48369185689001532009-03-16T14:32:00.000+11:002009-03-16T14:32:00.000+11:00All was well until we got to the cockroach. I jus...All was well until we got to the cockroach. I just hate bugs. Hate 'em. I'm such a sissy. <BR/><BR/>(don't tell anyone)blognuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161713516407124717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-41930526904346614272009-03-16T07:40:00.000+11:002009-03-16T07:40:00.000+11:00Yuck... if roaches take over, I'd happily be extin...Yuck... if roaches take over, I'd happily be extinct. Nasty little creatures...<BR/>Love the idea of regrowth though. Excellent picture, too.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783379570693055648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-80197629378447408162009-03-16T05:22:00.000+11:002009-03-16T05:22:00.000+11:00Thoughtful poem. Well done."Why did he harness nat...Thoughtful poem. Well done.<BR/><BR/>"Why did he harness nature<BR/>Then systematically abuse it?<BR/>Why did he evolve a brain<BR/>If he didn’t intend to use it?"<BR/><BR/>Probing questions... no good answers. Not fond of cockroaches either.Sometimes Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053598560687202583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-8009572462142958632009-03-15T20:56:00.000+11:002009-03-15T20:56:00.000+11:00Amazing the way gum trees do that.Should I start b...Amazing the way gum trees do that.<BR/><BR/>Should I start being kinder to my cockroaches?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-75086769148564830122009-03-15T19:48:00.000+11:002009-03-15T19:48:00.000+11:00Brilliant! And cockroaches rock! I've always been ...Brilliant! And cockroaches rock! I've always been fond of them after reading Don Marquis' Archy and Mehitabel... (Archy is a cockroach with the soul of a poet and Mehitabel is an alley cat who claims she was once Cleopatra)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-71180945237544653412009-03-15T19:00:00.001+11:002009-03-15T19:00:00.001+11:00Ignore her, she's just trying to be deep. She won'...Ignore her, she's just trying to be deep. She won't get away with it. She's much too blonde.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-29372861120514582432009-03-15T19:00:00.000+11:002009-03-15T19:00:00.000+11:00Love the poem, quite dark, quite sad. I never read...Love the poem, quite dark, quite sad. I never read poetry until I found your website. By the way, that photo is incredible - poignant.The Ice Bloggershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715481978820481961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-90753084811688304682009-03-15T18:49:00.000+11:002009-03-15T18:49:00.000+11:00Umm....I love a cheery poem!!! hahaShall we stop w...Umm....I love a cheery poem!!! haha<BR/><BR/>Shall we stop worrying about global warming and just get on with it! LOLBluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519994628335802996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-74592927850516311872009-03-15T14:44:00.000+11:002009-03-15T14:44:00.000+11:00Love the poem but I hate cockroaches, grew up in S...Love the poem but I hate cockroaches, grew up in San Diego and we had them all the time. I really like the picture I was looking at in upside down trying to figure it out (not completely upside down because that would be nearly impossible for me) and then I read the caption.Mama Wheatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517148288044183965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-15928492228698800982009-03-15T11:43:00.000+11:002009-03-15T11:43:00.000+11:00i'm trying to envision cockroach artists drawing t...i'm trying to envision cockroach artists drawing the nude cockroach ..<BR/><BR/>i'm trying to envision cockroach politicians enforcing 'only one cockroach birth per cockroach ... well, however they live together ..<BR/><BR/>i'm trying to envision a cockroach<BR/>poet writing: ..<BR/><BR/>When the last cockroach<BR/>Crawls into his cave to die –<BR/>Will he be missed?<BR/>Will anyone wonder why?<BR/><BR/>eh .. maybe i should stop envisioning and finish my wine instead ..<BR/>oops .. drats .. my glass is empty ..darkfoamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394546886035933252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-63566700117856153632009-03-15T11:35:00.000+11:002009-03-15T11:35:00.000+11:00well, I love the poem, and, as a fair mathemeticia...well, I love the poem, and, as a fair mathemetician have to add that the mo. stoneskin theory is a million cockroaches shy (there's a <I>lot</I> of them) (as in, a <B><I>lot</I></B> of them) but still, haven't we always known that one day it will be shy of humans...but, they'll still be some?<BR/><BR/>I like to think that vision we all see somewhere in our hearts, somewhere deeply set back (because it scares us) is how it'll turn out.<BR/>And, hopefully, we <B><I>will</I></B> be better. Will be respectful.<BR/><BR/>At least, that's what this old romantic sees.<BR/><BR/>Course, on the less serious side, when I saw the little picture of your new post, I thought on the way over it was a sailling boat on the seas and the thing was vertical instead of horizontal.<BR/>Kind'a like,<BR/>"Oh no! The world IS flat! We're falling!"bonemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484125049735629611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-32858612887643167302009-03-15T10:13:00.000+11:002009-03-15T10:13:00.000+11:00As always, brilliant.You are brilliant.You are wro...As always, brilliant.<BR/><BR/>You are brilliant.<BR/><BR/>You are wrong though, the last man will stamp on the last cockroach. Hamsters will then rule the earth.mo.stoneskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737422581378328590noreply@blogger.com