tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post7021246923587195991..comments2024-03-24T06:22:21.069-07:00Comments on Peter Wilkin's BLOG: Severe weather warningPeter Wilkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-86642311925314456692012-03-01T12:23:56.950-08:002012-03-01T12:23:56.950-08:00... & you are such a lovely person for keep vi...... & you are such a lovely person for keep visiting my blog & writing wonderful accolades, Heidi ~ yet again, sincere thanks for your heart-warming comments.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-25399112589209977842012-03-01T08:31:44.945-08:002012-03-01T08:31:44.945-08:00Yesterday in NYC we had icy rain much of the day. ...Yesterday in NYC we had icy rain much of the day. If it was as beautiful as this poem I don't think I'd have minded a bit. You truly captured inclement weather in a well crafted net. You are some kind of word magician, Peter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-63805364670709136692012-03-01T04:52:23.838-08:002012-03-01T04:52:23.838-08:00Hi Beth ~ thanks for reading & for your lovely...Hi Beth ~ thanks for reading & for your lovely comments ~ so pleased you enjoyed it.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-10341796304924782312012-03-01T03:04:16.425-08:002012-03-01T03:04:16.425-08:00Your imagery and use of simile engages the reader....Your imagery and use of simile engages the reader. "shivering like small dogs" love it. Wonderful share.Beth Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123202473118521429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-20052954332890169542012-03-01T02:57:26.081-08:002012-03-01T02:57:26.081-08:00What lovely comments ~ thank you ever so much, Joh...What lovely comments ~ thank you ever so much, John ... very much appreciated.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-26234258406101907142012-03-01T02:56:44.362-08:002012-03-01T02:56:44.362-08:00Thanks Ed ~ I appreciate you reading my poem &...Thanks Ed ~ I appreciate you reading my poem & thank you for your positive comments.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-13867729502533703962012-03-01T02:55:54.833-08:002012-03-01T02:55:54.833-08:00Thank you for such encouraging & descriptive c...Thank you for such encouraging & descriptive comments, Charles. I tried to wrap a much deeper & personal issue within the more obvious 'hints' ... hopefully, I've managed to do that without burying it too deeply.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-24183569470236103002012-03-01T02:26:29.678-08:002012-03-01T02:26:29.678-08:00Super poem, Peter. Love your style of writing, the...Super poem, Peter. Love your style of writing, the continuity, the good grammar.. and the mystery. Can't get enough of your poetry stuff.poetjanstiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366592443925617507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-60116294480170135982012-02-29T16:14:38.971-08:002012-02-29T16:14:38.971-08:00a lot to like. my favorite was: 'days, cold an...a lot to like. my favorite was: 'days, cold and ceaseless, shiver like small dogs.'<br />one right after another...Ed Pilollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09139531369534586168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-81560468462540251652012-02-29T14:49:27.582-08:002012-02-29T14:49:27.582-08:00I love foxes and what they have to say. The way th...I love foxes and what they have to say. The way that you include nature and self is very effectively rendered, and I get a sense of wholeness from it. The matter of fact waybyou tell it reminds me of Chinese poetry or haiku, creating an effect from what's not said but only hinted at.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-79608199401555771942012-02-29T02:18:21.465-08:002012-02-29T02:18:21.465-08:00Hi Jacquie ~ and thanks for all your super comment...Hi Jacquie ~ and thanks for all your super comments. Very, very pleased that you enjoyed my poem.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-7567953928505535252012-02-29T02:17:34.613-08:002012-02-29T02:17:34.613-08:00Thank you so much ~ really pleased you enjoyed my ...Thank you so much ~ really pleased you enjoyed my poem.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-32053166006644248242012-02-29T02:16:33.133-08:002012-02-29T02:16:33.133-08:00Thank you so much for such positive feedback, Bria...Thank you so much for such positive feedback, Brian ~ very, very much appreciated.Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-23125850843643579892012-02-29T02:15:53.913-08:002012-02-29T02:15:53.913-08:00Hi Marousia ~ & thank you for your lovely comm...Hi Marousia ~ & thank you for your lovely comments. When I first began to create this poem the red fox came slinking into my study so I knew there had to be a major role for him :) Really, really pleased you connected with my poem ~*Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-57785939791123049692012-02-29T01:37:10.902-08:002012-02-29T01:37:10.902-08:00What color and imagry you give us in lousy UK weat...What color and imagry you give us in lousy UK weather, Peter! washed out pastels, tongue-flopped, grinning fox, haa! I can see that! I can feel the moorish cold, shivering like small dogs. Vivid, three dimensional, and very effective work. Brrrr....!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-9225060220658918242012-02-28T18:55:14.042-08:002012-02-28T18:55:14.042-08:00this has been february for me, that sly fox always...this has been february for me, that sly fox always creeping through...<br />really wonderful imagery here.mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-51319458658537292992012-02-28T18:13:51.094-08:002012-02-28T18:13:51.094-08:00nice...the fox is a great touch...esp with the sym...nice...the fox is a great touch...esp with the symbolism it carries...days shivering too...and arbitrary gods...well writer sirBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-11929413354636967352012-02-28T15:33:35.015-08:002012-02-28T15:33:35.015-08:00Oh I love the red fox - a patch of colour and life...Oh I love the red fox - a patch of colour and life amidst the drear of winter - yay for the red fox! Your metaphors are superb - so visual - I could see and feel the whole scene you paint heremarousiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925164210601407878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-88650773431715355702012-02-28T14:13:27.544-08:002012-02-28T14:13:27.544-08:00Thanks you, Heaven, for your lovely commentThanks you, Heaven, for your lovely commentPeter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-87919138293987183472012-02-28T13:54:41.323-08:002012-02-28T13:54:41.323-08:00What a creative take on the weather...you made it ...What a creative take on the weather...you made it really come alive ~ <br /><br />The closing line was perfect and gave the clue ~ <br /><br />http://a-sweetlust.blogspot.com/2012/02/muse.htmlScarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-76734203203624086352012-02-28T13:46:05.354-08:002012-02-28T13:46:05.354-08:00Thanks ever so much, Louise, for your really lovel...Thanks ever so much, Louise, for your really lovely comments. It took a lot of energy & willpower to write this one ... there are other unpredictable 'storms' constantly brewing inside my psyche that, in theory, could 'break' at any time ~*Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-80608895183555922372012-02-28T13:03:01.295-08:002012-02-28T13:03:01.295-08:00I love the way you've added colour to the '...I love the way you've added colour to the 'drear' & the last two lines are great 'gods mumble in an arbitrary way –<br />Bring down the rains again, I hear them say.' ..it really does feel like that here in dreary England, waiting for Spring to come...beautiful poem, Peter :)Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216734722467789412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-67755275478067022522012-02-28T11:51:15.337-08:002012-02-28T11:51:15.337-08:00Hi Abi ~ I'm so pleased you like my poem &...Hi Abi ~ I'm so pleased you like my poem & thank you for your fantastic comments ~ they really do mean a lot to me :)Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-46277623918872744332012-02-28T11:48:26.775-08:002012-02-28T11:48:26.775-08:00Thank you so much for your lovely comment, V ~ &am...Thank you so much for your lovely comment, V ~ & thank you for taking the time to visit my blog ... very much appreciated :)Peter Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955283590189985306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957989888391752290.post-24418192859845607202012-02-28T10:35:43.826-08:002012-02-28T10:35:43.826-08:00Peter,
I really love this beautiful new poem! It ...Peter,<br /><br />I really love this beautiful new poem! It rolls as I read it aloud, like the landscape I imagine it is written in.<br /><br />From 'faltering orange' to 'Days, cold and ceaseless, shiver<br />like small dogs,' I felt as I do reading from one of Mr Astley's books... 'Gods mumble in arbitary way' is near on perfect.<br /><br />Abi :)The Linnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709373300621371888noreply@blogger.com