tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post115182675906180351..comments2024-03-29T07:13:00.641+11:00Comments on Notes on a Serviette: VI - A House of CardsJ Cosmo Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151990543167266462006-07-04T15:22:00.000+10:002006-07-04T15:22:00.000+10:00Luxlucisvita: Please, hold up.Nea: "...a glass of ...Luxlucisvita: Please, hold up.<BR/><BR/>Nea: "...a glass of wine, a post, and some beautiful poetry..." That is enough, don't you think?J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151989992072058642006-07-04T15:13:00.000+10:002006-07-04T15:13:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151989913667616862006-07-04T15:11:00.000+10:002006-07-04T15:11:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151989010679055372006-07-04T14:56:00.000+10:002006-07-04T14:56:00.000+10:00I just moved into a house....It's no house of card...I just moved into a house....It's no house of cards....but then again....it could turn out to be...if I don't hold up......I will...I should...Lady Prismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333352060797182573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151983439144651792006-07-04T13:23:00.000+10:002006-07-04T13:23:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151982465591143732006-07-04T13:07:00.000+10:002006-07-04T13:07:00.000+10:00Percival: You mock 'civility and pluck'? Well, I ...Percival: You mock 'civility and pluck'? Well, I don't give a...toss.<BR/><BR/>Nea: My mother left me in the rain as a child and my mind warped. I have no other excuse.<BR/><BR/>I am, however, the product of the School of Engineering which may account for the robustness of my sand castles. But not for my poems, <I>per se</I>. English was taught at my school but I learnt it elsewhere.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151976653462292062006-07-04T11:30:00.000+10:002006-07-04T11:30:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151970784554697522006-07-04T09:53:00.000+10:002006-07-04T09:53:00.000+10:00Otter: Ha! Four mere words. Where is the mastery o...Otter: Ha! Four mere words. Where is the mastery of sentence structure - the form, the grammatical gallantry, the pendulous pedantry; the use, even, of one sheer miserable semicolon?<BR/><BR/>I taunt you with the sibilant syllables and the dancing bantering of a veritable Mohammed Ali of syntax and vocabulary.<BR/><BR/>Why I otter...Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770384445526387065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151969915739118892006-07-04T09:38:00.000+10:002006-07-04T09:38:00.000+10:00You hide it well.You hide it well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151949217644721872006-07-04T03:53:00.000+10:002006-07-04T03:53:00.000+10:00Lillie, if I appear cynical to you, it can only be...Lillie, if I appear cynical to you, it can only be because my sheer sentimentalism and vulnerable aesthetic sensibilities - sincere, impassioned, ethereal - must appear ironic under the harsh conditions of our time.<BR/><BR/>For alas, I was, myself, an English major.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770384445526387065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151929566052762412006-07-03T22:26:00.000+10:002006-07-03T22:26:00.000+10:00What a cynical and strange boy you are, Percy. Ar...What a cynical and strange boy you are, Percy. Are you all "amuck"? But what is there, worthy of breath, but civility and pluck? It beats sparing your heart and lies and crying. It puts roses before thorns, even in the midst of cruelty.Lilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319150889259068055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151895956917972992006-07-03T13:05:00.000+10:002006-07-03T13:05:00.000+10:00What strange world is this - have I, inadvertent a...What strange world is this - have I, inadvertent and amuck, run into some fair dream of English majors, all civility and pluck?<BR/><BR/>And such was I, once upon a youth...<BR/><BR/>We were young and we were runnin' - against the wind. Sometimes breaking it and blushing. Sensitive souls, really, seldom mating, and yet aching with far more than wanderlust.<BR/><BR/>But I romanticize the past...<BR/><BR/>"Ooh-oooh spare your heart;<BR/>Everything put together<BR/>Sooner or later falls apart,<BR/>And there ain't nuthin' to it,<BR/>Nuthin' to it - <BR/>You can lie<BR/>And you can cry<BR/>For all the good it'll do ya<BR/>You can die..."<BR/><BR/>- Etc. Paul Simon, allegro and with cheer.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770384445526387065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151860856774588842006-07-03T03:20:00.000+10:002006-07-03T03:20:00.000+10:00Loved your poem- heres what my heart said:Building...Loved your poem- heres what my heart said:<BR/><BR/>Building on Sand,<BR/>Using Cards for a house-<BR/>Is not a safe structure,<BR/>Not even for mouse.<BR/><BR/>Come with me to the shore,<BR/>Let me take your hand-<BR/>And we'll play Crazy Eights,<BR/>While we sit in the sand.<BR/>________________________________<BR/><BR/>In a perfect world- as friends-<BR/>One would bring the wine, the other would bring the pick-nic basket...and take the time to grieve over things lost and broken-<BR/>And play cards. :)Mayden' s Voyagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169575773884459343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151842610674253612006-07-02T22:16:00.000+10:002006-07-02T22:16:00.000+10:00Thank you, Lillie. Doubly so as you introduced me...Thank you, Lillie. Doubly so as you introduced me to the villanelle in the first place.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1151842076021941052006-07-02T22:07:00.000+10:002006-07-02T22:07:00.000+10:00Well, Cosmo. It's obvious you are not totally los...Well, Cosmo. It's obvious you are not totally lost in that bottle all of the time. Very fine. Excellent form!<BR/>And the subject...appropo. <BR/>I hope you have the independent means to give up your day job.Lilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319150889259068055noreply@blogger.com