tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post3416121345717007926..comments2024-02-14T08:21:35.629+00:00Comments on The stammering poet: Two roads a-forkin'Peter Gouldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-69382483292349802182010-11-16T22:40:38.967+00:002010-11-16T22:40:38.967+00:00Chris, be warned, watching me is not an enjoyable ...Chris, be warned, watching me is not an enjoyable preoccupation! Many thanks for the kind words..Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-81138043291967724732010-11-16T00:53:32.793+00:002010-11-16T00:53:32.793+00:00Peter, glad you went for cheap humor. I am so impr...Peter, glad you went for cheap humor. I am so impressed with the multi-syllabic words in your end rhymes. Just once I would like to sit there and watch you make up something like this.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-12340644190596963382010-11-16T00:39:23.380+00:002010-11-16T00:39:23.380+00:00Really enjoyed it, great poem, made me smile lots....Really enjoyed it, great poem, made me smile lots.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912071192179983603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-70739667181376737982010-11-16T00:36:21.490+00:002010-11-16T00:36:21.490+00:00I loved the road this travelled - which ever one i...I loved the road this travelled - which ever one it was!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-51869551519688721782010-11-15T14:43:17.799+00:002010-11-15T14:43:17.799+00:00Dappled makes me think of horses.Dappled makes me think of horses.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-9374683177042686772010-11-15T09:36:31.037+00:002010-11-15T09:36:31.037+00:00Hey, a cracker of a poem. Forking it all, just the...Hey, a cracker of a poem. Forking it all, just the way it should be.Lizhttp://agcaint.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-28603146711390128332010-11-15T04:24:28.921+00:002010-11-15T04:24:28.921+00:00Hi Cynthia - oh God, I didn't mean you to chan...Hi Cynthia - oh God, I didn't mean you to change anything!Other people love'dappled' - its just not for me.<br />Niamh - yes, "before Seamus Heaney" kind of anticipating his next poem - its so crazy it might just work...Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-78927730125489554042010-11-15T00:18:01.093+00:002010-11-15T00:18:01.093+00:00Love this! I went one further than Karen - I laugh...Love this! I went one further than Karen - I laughed out loud at the end of the first stanza. Startled poor Dr. M out of his revery.The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-61927100124835734642010-11-15T00:01:36.308+00:002010-11-15T00:01:36.308+00:00An ambition fulfilled! Knife like precision here w...An ambition fulfilled! Knife like precision here with none of the lines being spoon fed, despite the humour being handed to us on a plate, you cunning old forker.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-14571412758215112342010-11-14T22:06:49.540+00:002010-11-14T22:06:49.540+00:00This is one wonderfully forking fun poem! I starte...This is one wonderfully forking fun poem! I started smiling at the end of the first stanza, and I'm still smiling now. Your work is a delight!<br /><br />(Ooh! I just saw the comment about "dappled." I LOVE the word! Gerard Manley Hopkins did that to me!)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-53591417507485918952010-11-14T21:51:25.709+00:002010-11-14T21:51:25.709+00:00This is forking brilliant! You are such a clever f...This is forking brilliant! You are such a clever fellow, aren't you? Ha ha! Love it! (Nice to have a bit of levity on the subject.)<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-75413032614216730072010-11-14T21:38:37.609+00:002010-11-14T21:38:37.609+00:00Brilliant!
xBrilliant!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-465707944467856052010-11-14T19:51:43.003+00:002010-11-14T19:51:43.003+00:00Forkin great poem, twould be a bigger challenge to...Forkin great poem, twould be a bigger challenge to write a poem with "before" after the titleNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-50346047943162335302010-11-14T19:07:36.850+00:002010-11-14T19:07:36.850+00:00Wonderful! I love your forking poem. It's fork...Wonderful! I love your forking poem. It's forkingly perfect and so true. <br />Thanks for your forking comment about the word dappled. I dislike that word too. It's such a ... oh I don't know... overdressed yet benign adjective. So I've grappled with dappled and rewritten the line - but still thinking about some better forking words to fill that dappled space.MuseSwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999288873532715380noreply@blogger.com