tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post3601478290733723806..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Prompt #155 – Had We But World Enough and TimeADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-54168412778450664682013-07-28T14:03:11.624-04:002013-07-28T14:03:11.624-04:00Thank you Jamie, and Adele!Thank you Jamie, and Adele!Risahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-31460044687506803992013-07-25T19:20:42.443-04:002013-07-25T19:20:42.443-04:00Gurbakhshish,
So glad you're enjoying the bl...Gurbakhshish, <br /><br />So glad you're enjoying the blog! Many thanks for your kind words. <br /><br />A.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-41333285690615101702013-07-25T13:35:07.668-04:002013-07-25T13:35:07.668-04:00Thank you guys. Honestly I was kind of worried abo...Thank you guys. Honestly I was kind of worried about this post of mine 'coz I've never interacted like this on any social site/blog except facebook (only with my best known friends). I'm glad u liked it..I'll be visiting more often! Thanks :)<br />I'll try to read as many prompts I can. I've missed 154 of them.. :-o<br />I've read the prompts on color and the prose poems prompt.. and few more of those and I must say Adele Ma'm I've already become a huge admirer of yours..the way you research for your article/blog and the way you write.. Thanks for inspiring me to write my own poetry blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132252194994272368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-58173332840475806392013-07-25T11:46:24.074-04:002013-07-25T11:46:24.074-04:00A great reminder that what's past is over, and...A great reminder that what's past is over, and today the sun is shining (metaphorically, a new day, a new beginning). You never need more than a few words to convey your meaning.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-454184443367031302013-07-25T11:44:50.897-04:002013-07-25T11:44:50.897-04:00Very perceptive and profound comment, Gurbakhshish...Very perceptive and profound comment, Gurbakhshish. Thanks for sharing.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-75847529306949107752013-07-25T07:09:10.317-04:002013-07-25T07:09:10.317-04:00Lovely, Risa! As always, your succinct and "t...Lovely, Risa! As always, your succinct and "to the point" style with a "shining" dismount! (We all need to notice when the sun is shining!) Thanks so much for sharing.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-15993587843507040262013-07-24T15:38:59.223-04:002013-07-24T15:38:59.223-04:00Live with no regrets
Second guessing is useless
Th...Live with no regrets<br />Second guessing is useless<br />The sun is shiningRisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-81742600081199239002013-07-24T11:09:50.418-04:002013-07-24T11:09:50.418-04:00Thank you, Gurbakhshish, for this thoughtful refle...Thank you, Gurbakhshish, for this thoughtful reflection on the prompt topic! I hope you'll visit again!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-67163984956252254602013-07-24T09:07:46.406-04:002013-07-24T09:07:46.406-04:00Ma'm please visit geaou.blogspot.in. It's ...Ma'm please visit geaou.blogspot.in. It's my blog I've recently started. Your suggestions and comments would be of great value to me. Thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132252194994272368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-11766333654733736462013-07-24T09:05:18.845-04:002013-07-24T09:05:18.845-04:00I notice we all carry few regrets from our past li...I notice we all carry few regrets from our past lives. i think its inevitable as we can't do everything we want.. To achieve something, we do leave behind certain things which we value later. I think we should keep them in mind and later make amends for it when we get time. Simultaneously one should not over burden oneself with the things he couldn't do or enjoy. By this way he/she can't even enjoy the present successAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132252194994272368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-14620558493248169302013-07-23T12:38:14.243-04:002013-07-23T12:38:14.243-04:00Congrats on the birth of your future king! I'm...Congrats on the birth of your future king! I'm looking forward to our first "news view" of him and also to knowing his name.<br /><br />So glad you noticed the video. I try to add little bits in the sidebar from time to time.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-48769808940961165042013-07-23T12:36:17.426-04:002013-07-23T12:36:17.426-04:00Thanks, Gillian! You're right, of course, the ...Thanks, Gillian! You're right, of course, the prompt title came from Marvell's famous (and infamous) poem! Thanks for sharing the whole poem.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-84947570001888702992013-07-23T07:15:01.202-04:002013-07-23T07:15:01.202-04:00Were celebrating the Royal birth in grand fashion ...Were celebrating the Royal birth in grand fashion here In England, and I was happy to see the addition of your puppy's birthday video in the sidebar! Two happy birth-days, and lovely to celebrate! :-)Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-3180194925384981272013-07-22T19:33:53.672-04:002013-07-22T19:33:53.672-04:00Can't miss the opportunity to post the text of...Can't miss the opportunity to post the text of the poem from which you drew the title of this prompt! Good old Andrew Marvell! <br /><br />Thanks for another great prompt, Adele!<br /><br /><br />To His Coy Mistress<br />by Andrew Marvell<br /><br />Had we but world enough, and time,<br />This coyness, Lady, were no crime.<br />We would sit down and think which way<br />To walk and pass our long love's day.<br />Thou by the Indian Ganges' side<br />Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide<br />Of Humber would complain. I would<br />Love you ten years before the Flood,<br />And you should, if you please, refuse<br />Till the conversion of the Jews.<br />My vegetable love should grow<br />Vaster than empires, and more slow;<br />An hundred years should go to praise<br />Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;<br />Two hundred to adore each breast;<br />But thirty thousand to the rest;<br />An age at least to every part,<br />And the last age should show your heart;<br />For, Lady, you deserve this state,<br />Nor would I love at lower rate.<br /> But at my back I always hear<br />Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;<br />And yonder all before us lie<br />Deserts of vast eternity.<br />Thy beauty shall no more be found,<br />Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound<br />My echoing song: then worms shall try<br />That long preserved virginity,<br />And your quaint honour turn to dust,<br />And into ashes all my lust:<br />The grave's a fine and private place,<br />But none, I think, do there embrace.<br /> Now therefore, while the youthful hue<br />Sits on thy skin like morning dew,<br />And while thy willing soul transpires<br />At every pore with instant fires,<br />Now let us sport us while we may,<br />And now, like amorous birds of prey,<br />Rather at once our time devour<br />Than languish in his slow-chapt power.<br />Let us roll all our strength and all<br />Our sweetness up into one ball,<br />And tear our pleasures with rough strife<br />Thorough the iron gates of life:<br />Thus, though we cannot make our sun<br />Stand still, yet we will make him run.<br />Gilliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-22206203247884183632013-07-22T19:24:27.769-04:002013-07-22T19:24:27.769-04:00Thanks for your comment, Bob! It's interesting...Thanks for your comment, Bob! It's interesting that the prompt made you think of the Ashbery poem. I read it a long time ago, and appreciated the link you provided so I could read it again. Yes, I do see the connection!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-86173476471937709592013-07-21T08:01:18.302-04:002013-07-21T08:01:18.302-04:00Great idea and inspiration poem.
This prompt remi...Great idea and inspiration poem.<br /><br />This prompt reminded me of a line from John Ashbery's "Syringa." <br /><br /><br />But how late to be regretting all this, even <br />Bearing in mind that regrets are always late, too late! <br /><br /><br />The whole poem may be found at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15825#sthash.Rnodx88r.dpufBob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-87219913623161174462013-07-20T14:25:46.678-04:002013-07-20T14:25:46.678-04:00Thanks so much, Jamie! So glad the image "spe...Thanks so much, Jamie! So glad the image "speaks" to you. Maybe I should have added writing about the image as an alternative prompt.<br /><br />I have used this in a few workshops with seniors and have been truly touched by the regrets shared in both discussions and poems. <br /><br />ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-8249485432886918962013-07-20T10:55:39.541-04:002013-07-20T10:55:39.541-04:00Wow, Adele! This is a great idea, and I love the i...Wow, Adele! This is a great idea, and I love the inspiration poem. The picture you used is so evocative. <br /><br />This might be something to try with senior citizens in a workshop setting with lots of discussion and sharing before writing.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.com