tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post8953117721441552967..comments2023-09-29T15:38:34.435+05:30Comments on rooted: timeless flies search for friesgautami tripathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-11800844923124884302010-09-23T03:32:40.952+05:302010-09-23T03:32:40.952+05:30Whoa!! Creative and poignant!
And a really strikin...Whoa!! Creative and poignant!<br />And a really striking analogy too! How often do we keep whining for more! And how do we waste away what we have.. phheeww<br /><br />A brilliant take on the Magpie, Gautami..Kavitahttp://kavisionz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-11273652233927618822010-09-21T02:19:09.996+05:302010-09-21T02:19:09.996+05:30Commentary on food waste stunning, especially just...Commentary on food waste stunning, especially just the suggestion of throwing (away) food upon a wall. The witnessing by the flies is such an amazing point of observation. Thank you for sharing this observation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-47312196504636936972010-09-20T18:47:18.012+05:302010-09-20T18:47:18.012+05:30Amazing, Gautami! I loved that last line!!!Amazing, Gautami! I loved that last line!!!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291220353313572984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-26875408554766180652010-09-20T00:28:49.601+05:302010-09-20T00:28:49.601+05:30a poem about littering was the first thing I thoug...a poem about littering was the first thing I thought when I seen the words, but I could not get together anything even quasi-poetic on littering .<br /><br />But you did it, and with a sense of healthy humour too - I like the end line.Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06611955404994410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-2173161733037219892010-09-19T11:30:43.058+05:302010-09-19T11:30:43.058+05:30Ah! A microcosm of life on a banana peel and a dol...Ah! A microcosm of life on a banana peel and a dollop of ketchup, all lending respect for the fly. (I actually am quite fond of little delicate flies who come around in late summer/early autumn. They seem to appreciate attention.)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-85948616251208239352010-09-19T02:24:04.926+05:302010-09-19T02:24:04.926+05:30very interesting--love the choice and juxtapositio...very interesting--love the choice and juxtaposition of words-cC.M. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936560662110633442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-90295651867200207252010-09-19T00:04:55.239+05:302010-09-19T00:04:55.239+05:30I so very much like the flies chanting. Tremendous...I so very much like the flies chanting. Tremendous image with its buzzing filling my head. Love it when a few words fill in the gaps like that.Debhttp://stoneymoss.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-18329702066211838762010-09-18T16:32:08.395+05:302010-09-18T16:32:08.395+05:30and i think of hungry tummies and the food that is...and i think of hungry tummies and the food that is wasted...love that the flies pray...smiles. nice magpie!Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-55239322405330056082010-09-18T15:45:02.074+05:302010-09-18T15:45:02.074+05:30Loves the flies/fries play and the images here.Loves the flies/fries play and the images here.EKSwitajhttp://www.elizabethkateswitaj.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-86667671635879395142010-09-18T13:28:42.014+05:302010-09-18T13:28:42.014+05:30The grotesqueness of the flies swarming on the deb...The grotesqueness of the flies swarming on the debris is nicely counterbalanced by your last line.Tilly Budhttp://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-82657956194903830102010-09-18T08:14:04.221+05:302010-09-18T08:14:04.221+05:30flies gotta eat too... like the looks of your new ...flies gotta eat too... like the looks of your new blog too...ms piehttp://pieceofpie.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/dorothy-calling/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-82138414913956993232010-09-18T06:36:58.013+05:302010-09-18T06:36:58.013+05:30love your creativity,
I visited the first time to ...love your creativity,<br />I visited the first time to see how everyone is doing before I do mine.<br />my entry is <a href="http://thursdaypoetsrallypoetry.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/55-in-big-ten-poetry-challenge/" rel="nofollow">here</a>Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546696605935159862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-33904875566158289742010-09-18T06:21:55.453+05:302010-09-18T06:21:55.453+05:30i never thought of flies lamenting their short liv...i never thought of flies lamenting their short lives. that's wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-79726400078976926602010-09-18T05:56:10.727+05:302010-09-18T05:56:10.727+05:30My favorite line:
from afar the flies seem to cha...My favorite line:<br /><br />from afar the flies seem to chant prayers<br /><br />— a beautifully constructed poemLindahttp://word-painting.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-62740521982458457062010-09-18T05:54:21.735+05:302010-09-18T05:54:21.735+05:30Cheeky and what an enlightening look at flies.Cheeky and what an enlightening look at flies.irenehttp://enerihot.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-21108413564677015792010-09-18T04:35:42.293+05:302010-09-18T04:35:42.293+05:30What I see most vividly is a fly, rubbing its two ...What I see most vividly is a fly, rubbing its two front legs together, with relatively giant eyes, in thought . . . where are the fries? Excellent poem.nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-79313172996337098092010-09-18T03:31:02.963+05:302010-09-18T03:31:02.963+05:30I like the idea of flies seeking to understand the...I like the idea of flies seeking to understand their short life spans. I wonder if a fly's life seems long to it.Jameshttp://coyotemercury.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-43951761684594497272010-09-18T02:23:23.435+05:302010-09-18T02:23:23.435+05:30No Gautami, you didn't lose your irony. It...No Gautami, you didn't lose your irony. It's cultural. I lived in Bangladesh for two years and I have seen things. You can take flies chanting prayers with a level of seriousness that is not easy in Christendom. Also the fact that the sacred can appear within garbage and excrement is a realistic concept for people of Eastern cultures and this concept is also difficult for Westerners to take seriously.<br /><br />You don't have to hold a spiritual stance to know of it as one does in a Hindu land where there are so many paths of devotion or study, or know of it the way that Buddhists and Jains do, or the Tibetan Bon or even the pantheisms of the tribes. <br /><br />So you see, without that depth of basically unconscious assumptions, your work makes sense but in a much lighter vein. The telling comment is jabblog's who said she had never thought of flies as sentient beings. Your poem comes off a little lighter and more amusing if one does not automatically understand that flies are sentient, and that finding God in garbage is an ordinary if perhaps painful moment.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-68570204682444239542010-09-18T01:19:11.754+05:302010-09-18T01:19:11.754+05:30I agree we need to watch what we are doing if for ...I agree we need to watch what we are doing if for no other purpose then someone else will follow suit. Great job with the Magpie and wonderful ending.Kristen Haskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481526316071592146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-67401449540076745322010-09-18T00:05:42.582+05:302010-09-18T00:05:42.582+05:30Gautami excellent take on the wordle!
PamelaGautami excellent take on the wordle!<br />Pamelaflauberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-24777265714256732552010-09-17T20:57:31.962+05:302010-09-17T20:57:31.962+05:30Wonderful take on the prompt! =)
-WeaselWonderful take on the prompt! =)<br /><br />-WeaselWeaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467584502095433332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-17156567956217482092010-09-17T20:49:41.991+05:302010-09-17T20:49:41.991+05:30All I read of the comments is your reply just abov...All I read of the comments is your reply just above this:<br />no the irony is certainly not lost on me. I wouldn't call the poem cute, more a statement of the facts as you see them in very elegant language. And it's funny too.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-7323717701617093652010-09-17T20:26:02.077+05:302010-09-17T20:26:02.077+05:30When I wrote this, I definitely did not aim for it...When I wrote this, I definitely did not aim for it to be light or cute. Maybe I lost the irony somewhere..gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-78085514159423877072010-09-17T20:20:42.455+05:302010-09-17T20:20:42.455+05:30cute!cute!Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546696605935159862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-51058708662554859472010-09-17T19:18:20.402+05:302010-09-17T19:18:20.402+05:30I agree with most... the last line is poetry perfe...I agree with most... the last line is poetry perfection. Love and Light, SenderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com