tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post7581243183502263140..comments2023-11-03T05:59:46.763-04:00Comments on Keeping Secrets: Simple PleasuresKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-26375462740650346532010-02-12T07:27:29.336-05:002010-02-12T07:27:29.336-05:00Karen, this is so beautiful... in form and content...Karen, this is so beautiful... in form and content... Thank you!Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-23338557577280860832010-02-10T07:50:04.220-05:002010-02-10T07:50:04.220-05:00I adore poetry.
Work from home IndiaI adore poetry. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.workfromhomeindia.biz" rel="nofollow"> Work from home India </a>prashanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04583385332262124749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-18607252272710616432010-02-09T19:31:29.419-05:002010-02-09T19:31:29.419-05:00Ani - I do go on!
Margaret - Thank you! I'm g...Ani - I do go on!<br /><br />Margaret - Thank you! I'm glad to bring him back to your mind!<br /><br />Chandrika - Welcome, and thank you!<br /><br />joaquin - It is simpler than life allows us to remember sometimes. Unfortunately. It's very easy to get caught up in life and forget to live!<br /><br />Maha - Welcome, and thank you. I hope you do return.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-23149036495279981422010-02-09T15:35:59.715-05:002010-02-09T15:35:59.715-05:00This i the first time for me to visit your blog an...This i the first time for me to visit your blog and I can tell it will not be the last :)Mahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044365084432889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-16210116647139765152010-02-09T12:29:50.031-05:002010-02-09T12:29:50.031-05:00i so often lose the simple things in the not-so-si...i so often lose the simple things in the not-so-simple day to day - but you're right - this is a great reminder and a touchstone of truth. "find our grace in love of earth and man" - simpler than it often seems, or at least, simpler than i often make it. thank you for this one.joaquin carvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193680725157157864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-88146556883607788832010-02-09T10:02:35.230-05:002010-02-09T10:02:35.230-05:00Beautiful words! :)Beautiful words! :)Chandrika Shubhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765666976286325907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-64709838382410025392010-02-09T06:31:32.625-05:002010-02-09T06:31:32.625-05:00Oh, Karen, this reads so beautifully! The message ...Oh, Karen, this reads so beautifully! The message is unmistakable and brought over in such simple but deep thoughts. <br /><br />I can't wait to see Bright Star now. Germany's always a bit late getting new movies released. My love for John Keats has also been rekindled through this lovely post - thank you! :)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286909482780350161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-32188431519771663892010-02-09T00:25:37.354-05:002010-02-09T00:25:37.354-05:00You've made your point. :)You've made your point. :)Aniket Thakkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311954967682696734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-70643708185850321642010-02-08T22:42:20.088-05:002010-02-08T22:42:20.088-05:00Hi Karen,
O, the last 2 lines won over my heart.....Hi Karen,<br /><br />O, the last 2 lines won over my heart... very serene and heartfelt... excellent!!!:D<br /><br />Good day!!!:)<br /><br />Keep safe!!!:)<br /><br />>Kelvinkelvin s.m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08116213800655914273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-42479997031306814502010-02-08T18:37:11.184-05:002010-02-08T18:37:11.184-05:00Cat - Enjoy your movie! I loved it most of all bec...Cat - Enjoy your movie! I loved it most of all because it brought back to me the great talent that was Keats. He died so young, as he said, "Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain." I can't even fathom what he might have created had he lived. Twenty-five! If he produced works like "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale," "Endymion" and so many others at younger than 25, what might he have done? I am in awe, and this is what the movie reminded me. It is of course, first a tragic love story, but it is his early death and his never having known that he was great that is the tragedy to me. Sorry. I could go on and on - obviously! Let him speak for himself:<br /><br />WHEN I have fears that I may cease to be<br />Before my pen has glean’d my teeming brain,<br />Before high piled books, in charact’ry,<br />Hold like rich garners the full-ripen’d grain;<br />When I behold, upon the night’s starr’d face,<br />Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,<br />And think that I may never live to trace<br />Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;<br />And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!<br />That I shall never look upon thee more,<br />Never have relish in the faery power<br />Of unreflecting love! - then on the shore<br />Of the wide world I stand alone, and think<br />Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink. <br /><br />Aniket - Watch "Bright Star," then go read some <i>real</i> sonnets! (see above) :-)<br /><br />Julie - Riches and wealth - not the same things at all. Thank you, my friend!<br /><br />Jason - I think maybe it's a matter of perspective. <br /><br />jack sender - Thank you for stopping by and for commenting.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-74314004793167345872010-02-08T13:57:04.697-05:002010-02-08T13:57:04.697-05:00Strong all the way. That was a veritable pleasure...Strong all the way. That was a veritable pleasure, and wrapped up so well. <br />“And find our grace in love of earth and man.”<br />Warm.jack senderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935449260703670377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-67903583562326844942010-02-08T11:34:12.340-05:002010-02-08T11:34:12.340-05:00I wish simple pleasures stayed simple.I wish simple pleasures stayed simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-41311511772415584992010-02-08T11:04:47.258-05:002010-02-08T11:04:47.258-05:00So very beautiful...and true! Wonderful sonnet. ...So very beautiful...and true! Wonderful sonnet. I especially love the baby's breath. Isn't it awesome? The richest people I know live in shacks! I have learned so much from them about what is valuable in life.Juliehttp://www.juliebuff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-6970253373050331542010-02-08T10:14:08.069-05:002010-02-08T10:14:08.069-05:00"The company of friends once lost, returned
T..."The company of friends once lost, returned<br />To fill our lives with possibilities."<br /><br />I know that one for sure. ;)<br />I love sonnets. That Catvibe lady writes 'em pretty darn good. 'xcuse me, for I'm in a cowboyish mood today, lady.<br /><br />Erm, okay snapping out. I hopped in here from Sarah's place. Now I'm really interested in this Keats guy. :PAniket Thakkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311954967682696734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-36694578824619334962010-02-08T07:19:46.529-05:002010-02-08T07:19:46.529-05:00I have Bright Star here but because of the power o...I have Bright Star here but because of the power outage haven't watched it yet. Tonight! The image that you used to work with is stunning, and the sonnet is a perfect accompaniment. I love a good sonnet, and this just flows like a river. A beautiful homage to friendship and love.catvibehttp://www.catvibe.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-36317933704536940552010-02-08T06:00:42.014-05:002010-02-08T06:00:42.014-05:00joseph - Thank you! Glad it passed!
Carmen - Than...joseph - Thank you! Glad it passed!<br /><br />Carmen - Thank you!<br /><br />Chris - Thank you for inspiring this with your most generous challenge. That you had more than 100 participants speaks of the power of the blogs and the generosity of the human spirit.<br /><br />Rick - Thank you.<br /><br />TWM - Thanks!<br /><br />Sarah - I've wondered often what Keats might have left us if he had lived longer. His poetry was among the best of his or any era and has blessed us through time. <br /><br />Thank you for your comment and for sharing my love of this superb poet, John Keats.<br /><br />Brian - Thank you. I am so happy that Chris had a great response to her challenge.<br /><br />Shakira - Thank you!<br /><br />Dave - Thanks! Isn't it a beautiful and much neglected form?<br /><br />John - Thanks!<br /><br />Calli - Thank you. The movie reminded me that poetry for real poets is a passion and a life, not a pastime. He was genius! <br /><br />K - Thank you!<br /><br />Kat - Thank you. I hadn't heard of <i>Pandemonium</i>, but now I have to see it, too. Netflix, here I come!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-36368990579189806162010-02-07T17:49:41.886-05:002010-02-07T17:49:41.886-05:00It's my intention to see "Bright Star&quo...It's my intention to see "Bright Star" very soon. The movie, "Pandemonium" about Coleridge and Wordsworth had a profound effect on me at the time of viewing. I'm sure the movie about Keats will do the same.<br /><br />P.S. Just saw "Creation" with Paul Bettany and his lady wife, Jennifer Connelly. I recommend it!Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-19936967404792021972010-02-07T17:47:17.759-05:002010-02-07T17:47:17.759-05:00Lovely sonnet, Karen. I particularly liked thie li...Lovely sonnet, Karen. I particularly liked thie line: "to fill our lives with possibilities", not only for what it has to say, but for its unpredictable end that does not rhyme.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-45576338495240576402010-02-07T11:26:40.598-05:002010-02-07T11:26:40.598-05:00I hear you speaking with your heart. The sound is...I hear you speaking with your heart. The sound is lovely and serene. What an admirable project - kudos to Chris and wife. Fantastic poem, Karen.K.Lawson Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204234196229710524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-15636109989429244822010-02-07T11:02:22.148-05:002010-02-07T11:02:22.148-05:00This is so lovely, Karen.
Love and sheer joy wove...This is so lovely, Karen. <br />Love and sheer joy woven between each word, each line...<br /><br />Beautiful project! <br />and Keats (also my love) and Bright Star - cannot wait to see!Callihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354988534434872490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-81699717415137085132010-02-07T09:51:03.910-05:002010-02-07T09:51:03.910-05:00Beautifully done!Beautifully done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-1245546855859752952010-02-07T06:10:33.391-05:002010-02-07T06:10:33.391-05:00Lovely - and really good to know that some people ...Lovely - and really good to know that some people still write sonnets!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-1629898994746528332010-02-07T01:07:05.847-05:002010-02-07T01:07:05.847-05:00You have a very cool list.
"The whisper of a ...You have a very cool list.<br />"The whisper of a baby’s milky breath" <br />WOW, thank you for bringing back the memory.<br />Thank you for sharing.<br />hugs<br />shakiraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264352891639027269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-10258916602964463792010-02-06T19:07:06.998-05:002010-02-06T19:07:06.998-05:00what a wonderful list so eloquently put...loved it...what a wonderful list so eloquently put...loved it. thanks for joining in!Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-80353591173409593822010-02-06T16:02:27.947-05:002010-02-06T16:02:27.947-05:00What a beautiful serendipity, Karen! I didn't ...What a beautiful serendipity, Karen! I didn't realize you posted an homage to Keats. Great minds, huh? :) <br /><br />Your sonnet is a perfect loveliness. I took deep pleasure in reading it. "Or mists that fall upon the hills of green" is so evocative, as were all your descriptive treasures. And I believe fervently in the final lines--we need those connections, those warm reassurances of a quietly shared humanity and earth. <br /><br />You have taken all of our hands with grace and assurance in this one.Sarah Hinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888406261817690010noreply@blogger.com