tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post2947027789990141510..comments2023-10-30T05:22:23.322-04:00Comments on to taste a peach: Death and daffodilsTaffinyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961088325369065690noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-55368128090161431562008-04-07T09:47:00.000-04:002008-04-07T09:47:00.000-04:00Oh goodness people stopped by:)Witnessing,Happy Sp...Oh goodness people stopped by<BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Witnessing,<BR/>Happy Spring David. <BR/> I am glad you felt it the way I did, I was worried it might seem here like a dark thing to talk about, but really there was an odd playfullness in the conversation.<BR/><BR/>Bleeding E, (wait no I can't call you that)<BR/><BR/>Hi. Thanks, indeed he is. Nice to see you. I need to go visit your blog, but you always have so much going on there, I can't keep up.<BR/><BR/>Med Views,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I like those lines in the poem too. <BR/>I am greatly lacking in culture. About a year and a half ago, I was making my son read poems out loud (because of speech troubles) and this was in the book, poor child I made him read this one every day. Something extremely lovely about his sweet child's voice speaking the words. But I don't much know any other poems. And I don't tend to remember stuff, from all my art history classes I should have great knowledge of art/artisits, but my mind is muddy (I can only recall that I once knew something about this or that). <BR/><BR/>Vesper,<BR/><BR/>Thanks.<BR/>I really liked that line from the movie too, and identify with that hope.Taffinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961088325369065690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-43225657275668858622008-04-07T07:19:00.000-04:002008-04-07T07:19:00.000-04:00Such beautiful poem...But I also liked the dialogu...Such beautiful poem...<BR/><BR/>But I also liked the dialogue with your son!!!<BR/><BR/>And the quote from the movie - yes, something to think of and remember...Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-43358922871111175212008-04-05T15:05:00.000-04:002008-04-05T15:05:00.000-04:00Diddo on all the comments about your conversation ...Diddo on all the comments about your conversation with your son! I iamgined a coffin shaped box, maybe like one a fridge is deliverd in, in a huge sling shot like catapult.<BR/>Someone mentioned this poem to me the other day and felt a bit non-cultured that I had never read it. Thank you for "culturing" me up. <BR/>I quite like the part about the inner eye and how you can make yourself joyful by recalling those special things in quiet moments.<BR/>AmyMediterranean Viewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18178043133642383134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-712505608880697852008-04-04T14:09:00.000-04:002008-04-04T14:09:00.000-04:00Love that poem! And I love the convo with your son...Love that poem! And I love the convo with your son. Smart kid ;)Michelle | Bleeding Espressohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578703393987896737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-47463090691261103092008-04-02T12:22:00.000-04:002008-04-02T12:22:00.000-04:00It is a lovely poem and what a great post, Taffiny...It is a lovely poem and what a great post, Taffiny. There is a autumn element to the Wordsworth's poem, isn't there, in wonderful contrast to the spring's "golden daffodils."<BR/><BR/>The dialogue with your son was absolutely brilliant. I love the idea of a child who puts you "in a cardboard box and catapult you into the sky." And for some reason, I loved the idea of you mentioning a tape recorder. Odd and wondeful.<BR/><BR/>Happy Spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-15287779995303376122008-04-02T11:43:00.000-04:002008-04-02T11:43:00.000-04:00Paul,Oh no not at all weird, I assure you my son a...Paul,<BR/><BR/>Oh no not at all weird, I assure you my son and I did not picture ashes, or a coffin, but rather him shoving my body (I know in reality a body would be stiff, but we don't bother with that sort of reality thing) into a cardboard box, you know center of body down inside, and arms, legs and head trailing over sides, and lauching me thus, with parts flapping about in the wind.<BR/><BR/>Oh wait, a coffin in a canon? You are weird. We clearly are weird as well. I do think however that your way would work better (your weirdness is more aerodynamic). That said of course Vanilla's way with the ashes would actually work best.Taffinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961088325369065690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-42715680451897571322008-04-02T10:02:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:02:00.000-04:00Great poem. Our daffodils are about 1 to 2 inches...Great poem. Our daffodils are about 1 to 2 inches out of the ground right now.<BR/><BR/>My parents watched "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" and enjoyed it. We haven't had a chance to watch it yet.<BR/><BR/>That conversation with your son is too funny. For some reason I pictures not ashes being catapulted into the sky, but rather a huge coffin shot out of a cannon. I'm weird.<BR/><BR/>Paulstrugglingwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04895062852286494753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-41731217820375498462008-04-02T09:26:00.000-04:002008-04-02T09:26:00.000-04:00Vanilla,:)Oh dear! Guess Cheese is right then not...Vanilla,<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Oh dear! Guess Cheese is right then not to attend, or else "I'll always take a little part of you with me" will really be true (as in one's clothes, in one's lungs). Actually I don't like any of the options, cremation, the ground, tucked into a stone wall. I wish to dematerialize, but not in a nuclear bomb type of way, rather in a spiritual version of "beam me up Scottie".Taffinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961088325369065690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027621747663402662.post-72384452490991816412008-04-02T08:44:00.000-04:002008-04-02T08:44:00.000-04:00Oh, I love that poem - takes me back years!Hmm, Ch...Oh, I love that poem - takes me back years!<BR/><BR/>Hmm, Cheese has very firm views, doesn't he? Well, there's plenty of time yet for mind changing. Must say, I rather like the idea of being catapulted into the air rather than being put into the ground. I can't remember who it was who had his cremated remains catapulted into the air - someone relatively famous I think and not that long ago - I'm not sure it worked though and everyone underneath was showered in "dust"!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.com