tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post6826936877623893488..comments2023-04-16T15:39:24.835+01:00Comments on Gardening Leave: The BlacksmithJonathan Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post-12478121201124831032012-12-26T15:14:36.269+00:002012-12-26T15:14:36.269+00:00Thanks WB. Odd and unnecessary - this might be my ...Thanks WB. Odd and unnecessary - this might be my new year's resolution. Considering how well all the rational and necessary things are going...Jonathan Chanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post-80680111303525508902012-12-26T14:54:20.187+00:002012-12-26T14:54:20.187+00:00every, every day
but there's no time to stop....every, every day<br /><br />but there's no time to stop.<br /><br />I love the strange insistence in that repetition. Odd and unnecessary and somehow beautiful. Excess of time.Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post-28329119309198426422012-12-25T20:05:52.145+00:002012-12-25T20:05:52.145+00:00Thank you Vassilis. And you, too. Let the magic ca...Thank you Vassilis. And you, too. Let the magic carpet ride continue...Jonathan Chanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post-24074488997806914452012-12-25T18:00:37.287+00:002012-12-25T18:00:37.287+00:00Gritty....in more ways than one.
Have a productiv...Gritty....in more ways than one.<br /><br />Have a productive 2013!vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post-90593396137754021782012-12-25T16:28:21.249+00:002012-12-25T16:28:21.249+00:00I'm always in the finest of company when I rec...I'm always in the finest of company when I receive visits like these. Merry Christmas to you both and thank you for all of your wonderful comments throughout the year. Jonathan Chanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post-3130991618680654192012-12-25T14:56:51.206+00:002012-12-25T14:56:51.206+00:00Jonathan,
I really was drawn into this poem - prob...Jonathan,<br />I really was drawn into this poem - probably struck a nerve of memory vis-a-vis my father. The repetition and "rhymes" almost create 2 independent verse strands of their own (one up top, the other in last part of the poem):<br />1: Travelling-travelling, every-every, Envy-envy, hands-hands<br />2: dirty-(wander)-further-murder<br />Highest regards,<br />B.R.<br /><br /><br />B.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09073468276343663348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072816573955325123.post-76455402225266511212012-12-25T14:47:20.964+00:002012-12-25T14:47:20.964+00:00Fine poem, Jonathan.
Put me in mind of this one.
...Fine poem, Jonathan.<br /><br />Put me in mind of <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/gerard-manley-hopkins-felix-randal.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.<br /><br />(Not bad company.)<br /><br />Hope you are well this season -- and, many thanks for all the excellent posts this year!<br /><br /> TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com