tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post6510259357932878931..comments2024-02-23T02:11:35.147-08:00Comments on Knocking From Inside: Every Now and ThenTiel Aisha Ansarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-10336867173408211562008-01-03T14:15:00.000-08:002008-01-03T14:15:00.000-08:00what a great post...we humans are throwaway consum...what a great post...we humans are throwaway consumers...i like the way you gently brought us in and then hooked us...little wing writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010376737431344381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-52030660208059253302007-12-30T11:11:00.000-08:002007-12-30T11:11:00.000-08:00How true - so often we think our occasional lapses...How true - so often we think our occasional lapses of good conscience don't matter in the grand scheme of things.<BR/><BR/>Very clever take on this prompt :)Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623887166087444590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-2416454964249789602007-12-28T18:46:00.000-08:002007-12-28T18:46:00.000-08:00Nicely done - message rings true and clear!Nicely done - message rings true and clear!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-83712992889408976662007-12-28T18:22:00.000-08:002007-12-28T18:22:00.000-08:00Nicely done!Nicely done!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233155634614818489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-80051916500741634432007-12-28T17:56:00.000-08:002007-12-28T17:56:00.000-08:00I'm reminded of my Daddy telling me to pour used m...I'm reminded of my Daddy telling me to pour used motor oil on a dog to cure it of the mange and how mad Daddy got when I refused saying it was unsafe. Daddy was old, he learned such things from old men who didn't know any better but we had that fight 30 years ago and to this day people still think used motor oil will cure a dog of mange.<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps they just don't care enough to learn the truth?Billy Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264147065000056960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-51027579756271947522007-12-28T15:47:00.000-08:002007-12-28T15:47:00.000-08:00The poem is well thought out and flows nicely and ...The poem is well thought out and flows nicely and is true that we are all guilty of such offenses, except for the cigarette..., I never smoked.Magdalen Islandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685952336207093650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-70663879637753575742007-12-28T14:42:00.000-08:002007-12-28T14:42:00.000-08:00We are all guilty of doing things we should not. A...We are all guilty of doing things we should not. And putting these things in a poem hammers them home with great effect. Great post.Keith's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564578491652021492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-30964876782544339192007-12-28T14:30:00.000-08:002007-12-28T14:30:00.000-08:00this was very real and very well done.. i believe ...this was very real and very well done.. i believe if there was a campaigns that embraced being ecologically sound from this angle,, instead of shoving political correctness and carbon foot prints and a fat yuppy al gore down our throats,, people might actually look at the way they live because it is the right thing to do,, and very basically,, people do want to do the next right ting....paisleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231453820728399262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-27630601130539874592007-12-28T13:14:00.000-08:002007-12-28T13:14:00.000-08:00This is so true and, unfortunatly, the way many pe...This is so true and, unfortunatly, the way many people think. <BR/><BR/>This poem is like a song with that repeated refrain.<BR/><BR/>Very good!Linda Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459940700516084069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-82401776434726672692007-12-28T13:02:00.000-08:002007-12-28T13:02:00.000-08:00I like this piece it triggers guilt feelings, ever...I like this piece it triggers guilt feelings, everybody are guilty for the "now and then" excuses. Small things combined could indeed be harmful. And yeas we have in our little power combined, too, to make the changes we want to make the difference. I hope not only "now and then."<BR/><BR/>Great poem. And oh, did I mention I really love listening to the cadence of this poem while reading it.<BR/><BR/>Please click link below for my take on the prompt: "Earth"<BR/><BR/> http://jeques.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/pulsating-transient-inhabitant-for-writers-island/<BR/><BR/>I wish you well.<BR/><BR/>~ JequesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12056722.post-49133960317950121062007-12-28T11:49:00.000-08:002007-12-28T11:49:00.000-08:00Yeah that's the problem isn't it? Everyone thinks ...Yeah that's the problem isn't it? Everyone thinks that their little destructions don't hurt. Then of course there's so much beauty out there still (which there is, there is) that people think well won't matter if this particular lake dies, there are so many more out there. Will we see sense in time? Sorry i go on....Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com