tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post112272219177355133..comments2023-10-18T14:17:04.846+05:30Comments on ~Apple Pathways~: thank you!!gulnazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303326222747011474noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123439937953961332005-08-08T00:08:00.000+05:302005-08-08T00:08:00.000+05:30p-f you are the cutest one! :)p-f you are the cutest one! :)gulnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303326222747011474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123244959946419342005-08-05T17:59:00.000+05:302005-08-05T17:59:00.000+05:30irina, i am glad you saw the beauty in it, that is...irina, i am glad you saw the beauty in it, that is what i was struck by. i had heard it in this movie, it fitted the scene and the lines were delivered well by sean penn and poetry if spoken well takes it to another level totally, i wish i could too!<BR/>the haiku would go well with coffee too.;) you are right about being there for others. and thanks for answering YTC. :)<BR/><BR/>Anil, hehe you are teasing me! :) thanks though! :)<BR/><BR/>Joann, :)) good to see you , havent seen you around here lately! :)<BR/><BR/>Russell, I am so happy that you liked the poem so much, makes me happy about posting it! :) i really don't know myself! :)<BR/><BR/>.:A:., reallly now, hehe :)<BR/><BR/>Sk8RN, and i hope you are feeling better too dear. :)<BR/><BR/>Mermaid, its a good thought indeed!<BR/><BR/>Anon poet, thanks and i hope you continue commenting! :)<BR/><BR/>Vasu, of course its scary, you have to dress in white, lay down amidst all sorts of people, waitling, some eating and then you can't speak and then you are gone, lockes up forever lol...it is scary! :)<BR/><BR/>Joe, ah!! hardly a virtuoso! i;m just lucky that i have the sweetest kindest ppl commeting on mine. :) yep enoyed with ma, i love her really. :)<BR/><BR/>Sue, thanks so much for posting the poem, i enjoyed reading it so much. havent read plath's poetry, am going to now,have read under a bell jar, the saddest book i have ever read. could not believe she killed herself, so talented and young! well!<BR/><BR/>indigo, it doesnt matter! :)<BR/><BR/>M, i can even look like a stained and dirty tablecloth after a feast! :)<BR/><BR/>Lorena, hehe :)<BR/><BR/>trans, yea he is super!! and thank you sooo much!! :) you are the sweetest!<BR/><BR/>Samudraa, ah, a kindred soul! :)<BR/><BR/>Pallavi, thanks for the poem, its fantastic...death thou shalt die! wow! you will love the tea. :)<BR/><BR/>GA,thanks!<BR/><BR/>Patry, to top all that you have people leaving behind the sweetest and kindest words which make you smile and think well of yourself and you do it with your comments too! :)<BR/>thanks!<BR/><BR/>finnegan, wow, i am thrilled with myself! :))<BR/>i hope you keep coming here!<BR/><BR/>nasra, i hope you enjoyed getting lost in your thoughts, i would love to follow the trail of your thoughts. :)<BR/><BR/>Mitzee, thanks darling! cheers to you too! am sorry i havent visited your blog lately, my usual net connection is not working so...<BR/><BR/>Akruti, hugs 2 u 2 and am so happy that you took out the time to even read the previous posts! thanks!<BR/><BR/>rat, he is wow! welcome aboard! :)<BR/><BR/>Mridula, i am so evnvious of you having been to ladakh! :) i have heard they put yak butter in ladakhi tea? the only tea i don't like is the nun-chai of kmr, its too salty for my taste, just doesnt tasteliketea. i don't like too, 'heavy' teas. :) hope u got a cuppa. :)<BR/><BR/>Pins, honestly it tastes good, believe me! :)<BR/><BR/>pf, why are you melancholy honey? whatever it is, you will come on top of it, take care of yourself in the meanwhile and why would u want to stop commenting?gulnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303326222747011474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123069349826380022005-08-03T17:12:00.000+05:302005-08-03T17:12:00.000+05:30am sitting in a cramped internet cafe, so i will r...am sitting in a cramped internet cafe, so i will reply to the individual comments later, just wanted to thank all of you once again. *big big smile* <BR/>btw, was not conscious of a change in style at all. :) now i cant wait to read your blogs now, so later ;)gulnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303326222747011474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123060503295322562005-08-03T14:45:00.000+05:302005-08-03T14:45:00.000+05:30look at the lady blossom!sad or not sad, she's in ...look at the lady blossom!<BR/>sad or not sad, she's in her element!!<BR/>green T..? yes!<BR/>orange marmalade...errrr...lol!Pincushionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064798658006886544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123057061313547412005-08-03T13:47:00.000+05:302005-08-03T13:47:00.000+05:30As you mention that delicious smelling tea, my sto...As you mention that delicious smelling tea, my stomach is protesting. I am a big fan and had some very good mint tea in Ladakh. See, if you mention tea, I cannot concentrate on anything elseMridulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899575209261241247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123054074754976762005-08-03T12:57:00.000+05:302005-08-03T12:57:00.000+05:30Dylan Thomas !! I almost forgot about him since my...Dylan Thomas !! I almost forgot about him since my lit days !!Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710451387166672508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123052191156539122005-08-03T12:26:00.000+05:302005-08-03T12:26:00.000+05:30Your talent always amazes me,way to go lady,takeca...Your talent always amazes me,way to go lady,takecare and hugs to you,read all your previous posts too,hope things are fine with you now.Akrutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597624382564964021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123028553467431262005-08-03T05:52:00.000+05:302005-08-03T05:52:00.000+05:30that was beautiful! and you're most welcome! so ...that was beautiful! and you're most welcome! so glad you are feeling better! cheers, ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123016663970157452005-08-03T02:34:00.000+05:302005-08-03T02:34:00.000+05:30Thank you for allowing us to read his poetry...You...Thank you for allowing us to read his poetry...<BR/>Your haiku represented a very soft touch ...It carried us to the land of spices where the leaves of tea are harvested and the pleasure sipping the aromatic tea let our thoughts trail so far away...<BR/><BR/>I guess after being dreaming, the poetry of Dylan Thomas poem...had to bring me down to earth...awaking me from my magical dreamiamnasrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030794699915000249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1123002693936387592005-08-02T22:41:00.000+05:302005-08-02T22:41:00.000+05:30A blog is a great place to try out new writing sty...A blog is a great place to try out new writing styles, to explore the width and depth of your talent, to insert beautiful haiku, and secrets for fragrant tea, to make someone remember a wonderful Dylan Thomas poem. Your post did all that. I'm in awe!Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122984118050635692005-08-02T17:31:00.000+05:302005-08-02T17:31:00.000+05:30Somehow the poem reminds me of something I read at...Somehow the poem reminds me of something I read at school.. Death be not proud..<BR/><BR/><I>DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee <BR/>Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so, <BR/>For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, <BR/>Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me. <BR/>From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee, 5<BR/>Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow, <BR/>And soonest our best men with thee doe goe, <BR/>Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie. <BR/>Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men, <BR/>And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell, 10<BR/>And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well, <BR/>And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then; <BR/>One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally, <BR/>And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.</I><BR/><BR/>Ah yes and must try that tea...Pallavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142772926587548310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122963041956337142005-08-02T11:40:00.000+05:302005-08-02T11:40:00.000+05:30"Morning breathesOn moist skin"like a silken touch..."Morning breathes<BR/>On moist skin"<BR/><BR/>like a silken touch!!<BR/><BR/>Good 2 c u in a finer mood now :)And yeah i fully see wot u mean by "optimism like O2" been there ;)Sindhuja Parthasarathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05670086952804264999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122958303320209802005-08-02T10:21:00.000+05:302005-08-02T10:21:00.000+05:30you are too sweet, gulnaz. and i loved reading tho...you are too sweet, gulnaz. and i loved reading those lyrics. i love dylan thomas.{illyria}https://www.blogger.com/profile/11333497030751042143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122955262895250842005-08-02T09:31:00.000+05:302005-08-02T09:31:00.000+05:30thanks for the lyrics.hope you had a great time sa...thanks for the lyrics.<BR/><BR/>hope you had a great time saturday. love your comparison to<BR/>"looking like a crumpled bed sheet"<BR/>:)Lorenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167719280821161695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122909259285194422005-08-01T20:44:00.000+05:302005-08-01T20:44:00.000+05:30I really need to take a course to learn how to exp...I really need to take a course to learn how to experience poetry. I read it but it doesn't grab me and shake me, like I think it should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122905145249519762005-08-01T19:35:00.000+05:302005-08-01T19:35:00.000+05:30Just in case you couldn't find it I have posted it...Just in case you couldn't find it I have posted it for you. What I love about it is the comparison to inspiration. I also found out later that he had twice tried to save some fox cubs and both times a farmer got them so this was a way of making the fox triamphant safe in his head. Sylvia Plath his wife is also worth a look, I particularly like a poem by her called 'the mirror'.<BR/><BR/>THE THOUGHT-FOX<BR/><BR/>I imagine this midnight moment’s forest: <BR/>Something else is alive <BR/>Beside the clock’s loneliness <BR/>And this blank page where my fingers move. <BR/> <BR/>Through the window I see no star: <BR/>Something more near <BR/>Though deeper within darkness <BR/>Is entering the loneliness: <BR/><BR/>Cold, delicately as the dark snow, <BR/>A fox’s nose touches twig, leaf; <BR/>Two eyes serve a movement, that now<BR/>And again now, and now, and now <BR/><BR/>Sets neat prints into the snow <BR/>Between trees, and warily a lame <BR/>Shadow lags by stump and in hollow <BR/>Of a body that is bold to come<BR/> <BR/>Across clearings, an eye, <BR/>A widening deepening greenness, <BR/>Brilliantly, concentratedly, <BR/>Coming about its own business<BR/> <BR/>Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox <BR/>It enters the dark hole of the head. <BR/>The window is starless still; the clock ticks, <BR/>The page is printed. <BR/><BR/> <BR/> By Ted HughesSue hardy-Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303253173299793670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122895795681200812005-08-01T16:59:00.000+05:302005-08-01T16:59:00.000+05:30Just echoing what others said about your style --...Just echoing what others said about your style -- it's the mark of a true blogging virtuoso :)<BR/><BR/>Have you ever heard the BBC Audio version of 'Under Milk Wood'? It's narrated by Richard Burton it was astonishing. (I think it's downloadable from Amazon for about $10) <BR/><BR/>Hope you managed to enjoy going out with your mom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122880159746081102005-08-01T12:39:00.000+05:302005-08-01T12:39:00.000+05:30Nice poem, Death is a fascinating subject and sure...Nice poem, <BR/><BR/>Death is a fascinating subject and surely would love to spend a lot of years researching this aspect. <BR/><BR/>I dont understand why people associate scary, sad and dark emotions with it.<BR/><BR/>vasuVasu the terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871311947057925776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122819328633464742005-07-31T19:45:00.000+05:302005-07-31T19:45:00.000+05:30Keep on writing!Keep on writing!Anonymous Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259024805878478537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122800112161880432005-07-31T14:25:00.000+05:302005-07-31T14:25:00.000+05:30Thanks Irina :)Thanks Irina :)Once the Conmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956852783072121752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122789129692953012005-07-31T11:22:00.000+05:302005-07-31T11:22:00.000+05:30There are so many opinions about death, the afterl...There are so many opinions about death, the afterlife. This says it so sweetly...no matter what the afterlife holds, even if there is nothing...death shall have no dominion.mermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15895749686844178804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122787377773028802005-07-31T10:52:00.000+05:302005-07-31T10:52:00.000+05:30Wow. Our mental energies must be totally in sync....Wow. Our mental energies must be totally in sync. i just posted a death-related poem on my blog today, too. Hope you're starting to feel better.sk8rnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677064901366208587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122781297067008262005-07-31T09:11:00.000+05:302005-07-31T09:11:00.000+05:30Agree with what Anil has said above. The style has...Agree with what Anil has said above. The style has suddenly changed and it feels like I am almost reading a different blog.<BR/><BR/>:-). : A : .https://www.blogger.com/profile/04410256917258728976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122775745468430202005-07-31T07:39:00.000+05:302005-07-31T07:39:00.000+05:30Gulnaz, I copied the Dylan Thomas poem greatfully....Gulnaz, I copied the Dylan Thomas poem greatfully. I have opened it in the daytime and watched it sparkle with sunlight. Just wanted to tell you that when I am in tune with you, you are my source and my completion, no matter what mood you are in! I want that you would know yourself as I know you!Russell Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530659064306025325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421541.post-1122773753759240702005-07-31T07:05:00.000+05:302005-07-31T07:05:00.000+05:30I'll tell my 17 year old daughter about the marmal...I'll tell my 17 year old daughter about the marmalade in her green tea. (Daughter looks so cute when she puts on her other clothes and a bit of color on her face.)Joannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009936737403442988noreply@blogger.com