tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post5129205326738444808..comments2024-03-24T14:31:58.662+11:00Comments on Notes on a Serviette: 1182 - Rubáiyát (part)J Cosmo Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-72952075379013970862018-09-25T06:51:01.246+10:002018-09-25T06:51:01.246+10:00The image of the small boy in your opening line is...The image of the small boy in your opening line is really clever, JC<br />Thank for dropping by my sumi-e Sunday this week<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-15146597485082650432018-09-25T04:47:15.297+10:002018-09-25T04:47:15.297+10:00How easy it is to close our eyes and mind and turn...How easy it is to close our eyes and mind and turn away. I think we are all guilty of it.<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-88956338863555918752018-09-24T23:33:25.415+10:002018-09-24T23:33:25.415+10:00This tugs at the heart, great little poem.This tugs at the heart, great little poem.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672155500954306779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-92067836086122956172018-09-24T12:12:07.628+10:002018-09-24T12:12:07.628+10:00This is wonderfully done... so much in such few wo...This is wonderfully done... so much in such few words. Thotpurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729170517164200003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-77752702868230438502018-09-24T11:12:13.719+10:002018-09-24T11:12:13.719+10:00Interesting. The well-fed don't want to know ...Interesting. The well-fed don't want to know and the starving don't need to know--so what's a poor boy to do?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1702733624073298162018-09-24T10:43:47.634+10:002018-09-24T10:43:47.634+10:00Oops! 'Collect' is the correct word above!...Oops! 'Collect' is the correct word above!Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-75777590984298697372018-09-24T10:42:40.038+10:002018-09-24T10:42:40.038+10:00Well I would be a sucker and get myself weighed, h...Well I would be a sucker and get myself weighed, hoping that as soon as I had gone some minder didn't come to collest the cash.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-61326794344631991332018-09-24T10:08:20.297+10:002018-09-24T10:08:20.297+10:00Impactful and moving - a profound execution of tha...Impactful and moving - a profound execution of that - oft forgotten - truism (poetic and otherwise) … sometimes less is more. Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-68177185137375722852018-09-24T07:44:30.209+10:002018-09-24T07:44:30.209+10:00And of course, you chose a most appropriate place ...And of course, you chose a most appropriate place to do so! :)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-51901011555658268962018-09-24T07:43:42.086+10:002018-09-24T07:43:42.086+10:00Excellently succinct. Bravo for the observation, a...Excellently succinct. Bravo for the observation, and for your project of writing in Rubaiyat quatrains. (You make me want to try them too!)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-75880232856946607272018-09-24T07:18:55.127+10:002018-09-24T07:18:55.127+10:00If we knew, our hearts would very likely break. Bu...If we knew, our hearts would very likely break. But sometimes we need to be courageous, face our sadness and its companion, anger, when we come across such things. Because without the recognition that something is very wrong, nothing can change.Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343895193475984183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-66707599238328759252018-09-24T06:05:21.486+10:002018-09-24T06:05:21.486+10:00That is so "entrepreneur" of the fellow....That is so "entrepreneur" of the fellow. Your piece is taken to heart.<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-6231685772543509612018-09-24T04:49:24.873+10:002018-09-24T04:49:24.873+10:00My partner loved it in Iran (despite such sadnesse...My partner loved it in Iran (despite such sadnesses) and has been back several times.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-65908002572719438362018-09-24T02:08:04.953+10:002018-09-24T02:08:04.953+10:00A poem to lodge in heart and head.A poem to lodge in heart and head.C. Sandlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616902831506982429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-82481574470281930432018-09-24T02:04:48.577+10:002018-09-24T02:04:48.577+10:00I know the feeling... so easy to look the other wa...I know the feeling... so easy to look the other way (and sometimes it's the right decision too)... Life is not fair.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-74562302678207394602018-09-24T01:58:53.447+10:002018-09-24T01:58:53.447+10:00So nice to see you, Cosmo. I can imagine you saw m...So nice to see you, Cosmo. I can imagine you saw many such children in Iran. And i'll bet many of them received coins from you. Smiles.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-7242200262764012712018-09-24T01:23:53.639+10:002018-09-24T01:23:53.639+10:00An honest poem!An honest poem!Magical Mystical Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-69094626787409466302018-09-24T00:09:17.602+10:002018-09-24T00:09:17.602+10:00Sometimes reality can be painful to face and endur...Sometimes reality can be painful to face and endure..Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-25819342610574574182018-09-23T23:54:46.721+10:002018-09-23T23:54:46.721+10:00Ah - we sometimes turn away rather than enduring t...Ah - we sometimes turn away rather than enduring the pain of knowing.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-78134663247308543522018-09-23T21:33:21.888+10:002018-09-23T21:33:21.888+10:00The image is so sad....The image is so sad....Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-31995580249736798222018-09-23T19:28:15.203+10:002018-09-23T19:28:15.203+10:00Holidaying in Iran, I read and reread Omar Khayyam...Holidaying in Iran, I read and reread Omar Khayyam and put a few things to quatrains. A more complete collection in due course.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.com