tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post5112798202652093029..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Joan Cairns in HeptonstallGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-10612346305820312010-07-17T06:24:04.998+02:002010-07-17T06:24:04.998+02:00reading your blog and enjoying excellent world of ...reading your blog and enjoying excellent world of poetry and expressions..<br /><br />regardsseema guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02590396195009950310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-30548821553849555972010-07-14T18:55:48.162+02:002010-07-14T18:55:48.162+02:00Thank you Gwylim...yes, I had to close it, but so ...Thank you Gwylim...yes, I had to close it, but so nice of you to say that :)<br /><br />wishes, <br />devikaDevika Jyothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-87984853811441063042010-07-14T17:25:10.122+02:002010-07-14T17:25:10.122+02:00Dominic, did you take a photo of the grave? Are yo...Dominic, did you take a photo of the grave? Are you going to write about it on your blog?Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-20859018239433491672010-07-14T17:00:18.904+02:002010-07-14T17:00:18.904+02:00Devika, I've looked at all your blogs. You hav...Devika, I've looked at all your blogs. You have some interesting poems there. No comments possible - but that's OK.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-20518457525234794662010-07-14T16:13:43.646+02:002010-07-14T16:13:43.646+02:00Oh my! rather...i must be thanking you for the lin...Oh my! rather...i must be thanking you for the link, Gwylim...thank you :)<br /><br />wishes, <br />devikaDevika Jyothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-34074802006060584472010-07-14T16:11:02.805+02:002010-07-14T16:11:02.805+02:00No issues, Gwylim (thats better)....yeah its one w...No issues, Gwylim (thats better)....yeah its one which i too found very interesting, :)<br /><br />but i thought it could be one of those other blogs...where i jot things in the name of poetry...anyway, its fine...no issues :)<br /><br />wishes, <br />devikaDevika Jyothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-66771928978876967242010-07-14T14:24:29.988+02:002010-07-14T14:24:29.988+02:00Devika,
I've put a link to your site. So much...Devika, <br />I've put a link to your site. So much of interest. Everybody should read, for example, about the 'Two Cows'.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-82104366487979693162010-07-14T14:15:20.002+02:002010-07-14T14:15:20.002+02:00Devika,
thank you for your nice words
Dominic,
G...Devika,<br />thank you for your nice words<br /><br />Dominic, <br />Good? It's not good, it's much better than "good".<br />By the way, I have done some training runs with the Harriers - one through the fearsome quarry I seem to recall. <br /><br />And I see that rock climbing is one of your many talents. Is there anything you haven't yet done, Dominic?<br /><br />John, thanks again. Och aye!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-80982809979593745282010-07-14T11:26:56.414+02:002010-07-14T11:26:56.414+02:00Pat, thank you for the background on Joan Cairns. ...Pat, thank you for the background on Joan Cairns. And yes, her poems are very special. I've only read twoand I'm already her biggest fan!<br />In my opinion the poems, which obviously have important things to say and say them well, should be published in a thick book. Perhaps they already are? Certainly they must never be lost.<br />My best wishes and thanks to you and to Joan.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-43306352898201963112010-07-14T10:16:10.711+02:002010-07-14T10:16:10.711+02:00Thank you for putting Joan's poem on your blog...Thank you for putting Joan's poem on your blog Gwilym. She will be delighted when I tell her.<br />Let me tell you a little about the poet:-<br /><br />She was a professional singer until retirement and is also an accomplished pianist. She is soon to be 89 and is 'as fresh as a daisy'. Quite recently she had a serious operation but refused to let it interfere with her 'social calendar' and is already back at keep fit classes and always busy.<br />She writes poetry a lot and I think it is always as good as this one.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-19196046464098374572010-07-14T09:23:54.180+02:002010-07-14T09:23:54.180+02:00brilliant is absolutely the word
johnbrilliant is absolutely the word<br />johnJohn McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-74689410161904562712010-07-14T09:06:43.705+02:002010-07-14T09:06:43.705+02:00Ohh! its really really brilliant, ....especially t...Ohh! its really really brilliant, ....especially the last stanza...no, in fact all of it! absolutely,<br /><br />have been reading here for a while...though not commenting, and thank you for such fine introductions, PIR :)<br /><br />wishes, <br />devikaDevika Jyothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-20643672693306477712010-07-14T09:03:21.532+02:002010-07-14T09:03:21.532+02:00It is good, isn't it?
I last went to Heptonst...It is good, isn't it?<br /><br />I last went to Heptonstall quite recently (in fact, drove past it, up from "the valley, dark as an empty sack" yesterday) to visit Sylvia Plath's grave.<br /><br />Used to go rock climbing there years ago, to the fearsome-looking Heptonstall Quarry. (In fact, I accidentally left my Yorkshire Gritstone guidebook on a ledge half way up). That certainly tilts you "out of the vertical"!Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.com