tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post3785989702419548543..comments2023-12-16T23:54:45.620+13:00Comments on . . . All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude . . . : Tuesday Poem - Taking LibertiesClaire Beynonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-17915824011049882082010-09-02T08:14:01.845+12:002010-09-02T08:14:01.845+12:00Dear Map
What we have - regardless of time, form ...Dear Map<br /><br />What we have - regardless of time, form or place - is this ongoing feast of conversation. <br /><br />I was thinking about the similarity between blogs and air plants the other day. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillandsia<br /><br />Air plants are able to - and do - thrive without needing to put their roots into soil. They feed on nutrients brought to them on air. <br /><br />I've always loved air plants (the courtyard at 22 was full of them when I first came here) and I see us all as being a bit like air plants in the blogosphere. Another vital thing about these plants is that they are not parasitic. They don't take anything away from their host or companion plants; they form relationships that are symbiotic - mutually supportive, mutually nourishing, mutually respectful and enhancing. I love that about them and about our blog community... ; )<br /><br />L, C xxClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-72061700887906572072010-09-01T07:43:04.846+12:002010-09-01T07:43:04.846+12:00I love this - thumbing the nose to time and geogra...I love this - thumbing the nose to time and geography and organising a sumptuous get-together, with all its sumpuosity. I'd love to think a bit of it could happen in real time ... PxPam Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422149903301168261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-63658727787607216232010-08-31T23:08:29.353+12:002010-08-31T23:08:29.353+12:00Hello Marylinn, Mary, Pen & Kathleen - who kno...Hello Marylinn, Mary, Pen & Kathleen - who knows... perhaps we'll end up having a meal together one day? A Blog Banquet could be a fun thing to set up? (We could nominate a time to suit our N & S Hemispheres, bring our favourite dish, drink, flowers, candles, lay them on a big trestle table...). I know a couple whose work requires them to spend a lot of time apart. They cook together on Skype, prepare the same meal, pour wine, sit down together to eat... <br /><br />Thanks for getting into the spirit of this poem! <br /><br />(One day, Pen, I WILL send it to JW... the envelope's addressed 'n all!) xClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-61284459966909786852010-08-31T13:27:59.125+12:002010-08-31T13:27:59.125+12:00this is a fantastic poem! The food is luscious. ...this is a fantastic poem! The food is luscious. And I love the conceit of the three writers coming together. As Mary has already said, there are some beautiful lines. I particularly liked 'as the earth shutters the moon'. Are you going to send it to JF and JW?Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-25209645306929904012010-08-31T09:07:13.854+12:002010-08-31T09:07:13.854+12:00Claire, I hope you've sent this to JW. I imagi...Claire, I hope you've sent this to JW. I imagine JF has it already and is chuckling. Fabulous.Penhttp://www.penelopetodd.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-74150066300011350522010-08-31T07:43:27.666+12:002010-08-31T07:43:27.666+12:00'As the earth shutters the moon', 'our...'As the earth shutters the moon', 'our affection for lighthouses', 'at home amongst kelp, flying fish and salt', the whitebait fritters, and so much more besides... this is a magnificent tale, Claire, superbly told. XMary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-69724268736391645142010-08-31T04:46:12.623+12:002010-08-31T04:46:12.623+12:00What a complex, festive imagining of what could so...What a complex, festive imagining of what could so easily have been real, given the way time might bend and our simple, generous wishes be granted. I love the textures and flavors and the perfectly-matched companions.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.com