tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post805785216843863034..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Flute SellerMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-6813511228847006442011-08-04T04:35:30.630-04:002011-08-04T04:35:30.630-04:00Hey doing great ! very nice ... thanks for shareHey doing great ! very nice ... thanks for sharespiritual thinkinghttp://www.prophecology.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-23292795116737023842011-08-04T03:35:46.671-04:002011-08-04T03:35:46.671-04:00shalom ,nice post got good stuff ... Thanksshalom ,nice post got good stuff ... Thankslaws of thinkinghttp://propheticmastermind.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-63899307787389507432011-08-04T00:15:34.673-04:002011-08-04T00:15:34.673-04:00Oh, I don't disagree with you--times change an...Oh, I don't disagree with you--times change and bring new ways to see the old. But in my field, there's a lot that's tedious and dull yet claiming to be avant garde and new.<br /><br />And sometimes there is so much gaming and computer-frittering going on in my very house that I just need to run away to a green place and stare.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-32136588044709765992011-08-03T23:51:24.941-04:002011-08-03T23:51:24.941-04:00Poetry breaks hearts sometimes.
This is one of tho...Poetry breaks hearts sometimes.<br />This is one of those poems, Marly. It is one of those poems because it touches upon the outlines of a life and makes that life MY life.<br /><br />You wrote - <br />- ' ... so close to the image of those who practice arts that in our age are being swept away or made much, much smaller by the rise of new technologies and forms.' -<br /><br />And you Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-61904764785149520132011-08-03T10:05:57.356-04:002011-08-03T10:05:57.356-04:00Oops, didn't delete that properly... I have ch...Oops, didn't delete that properly... I have changed my mind and hence my comment.<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />Good cheer, everybody!<br /><br />Feeling very frisky (and bone-creaky, but let's not mention that.) And even rather happy, despite knowing so many on the downward wheel--I hope they all enjoy a little sunshine and breeze and have a perfect day, free from pain.<br /><br />***<br /Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-78625768400989981442011-08-03T09:14:50.306-04:002011-08-03T09:14:50.306-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-30363983134322455712011-08-03T09:07:31.136-04:002011-08-03T09:07:31.136-04:00Hello prophets!
I have had an overnight visitatio...Hello prophets!<br /><br />I have had an overnight visitation...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54694345430582464492011-08-03T05:45:31.134-04:002011-08-03T05:45:31.134-04:00Great job ! really i like it .....keep on posting ...Great job ! really i like it .....keep on posting stuff like thisBishop e. bernard Jordanhttp://familysacredstones.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-90160663275974671112011-08-03T04:16:51.348-04:002011-08-03T04:16:51.348-04:00yeah , I've enjoyed this looks very nice and v...yeah , I've enjoyed this looks very nice and very interesting to read ..free prophecyhttp://www.bishopjordan.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-69180795741546547392011-08-03T03:56:44.835-04:002011-08-03T03:56:44.835-04:00Hi , "The Flute Seller" seems very inter...Hi , "The Flute Seller" seems very interesting.. i hope would be enjoy with this..Master prophet e. bernard jordanhttp://www.propheticprayerlist.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-6183645499450527322011-08-03T02:58:14.707-04:002011-08-03T02:58:14.707-04:00Hello Nice blog and post ...thanks for shear infor...Hello Nice blog and post ...thanks for shear information ... Be Blessedlaws of attractionshttp://prophecynewswatch.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-36486814265514394112011-08-03T01:02:08.899-04:002011-08-03T01:02:08.899-04:00Anil, you have the heart of a poet!
I am still t...Anil, you have the heart of a poet! <br /><br />I am still thinking about the flute seller... such a poignant figure. So glad you take your camera out and see the world and then write about it.<br /><br />Yes, content traffic! We are all awash in it (or drowned by it, perhaps.)marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-34513508690165731822011-08-03T00:49:05.080-04:002011-08-03T00:49:05.080-04:00@Marly
Such a beautiful poem. It's evocative ...@Marly<br /><br />Such a beautiful poem. It's evocative in the close parallels it draws with the real world, situations and circumstances forged similarly by the destiny of many, even now. The tree as a fount of life is an apt metaphor for survival.<br /><br />Of hope! <i>In ours, my sisters married parched old kings<br />To give my father fine alliances;<br />I scaled the tree and heard an Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73389204126060815832011-08-02T18:09:23.596-04:002011-08-02T18:09:23.596-04:00marja-leena--
Now I have thought about Longfellow...marja-leena--<br /><br />Now I have thought about Longfellow two days in a row because it was through Longfellow that I learned about the Kalevala...<br /><br />That might be. Very likely! It's funny but in the past week or so I've noticed that people I've known for thirty years are all of a sudden a lot more tied into my met-on-the-web people. Every now and then there's a jump, marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-4360320855309444172011-08-02T17:58:35.028-04:002011-08-02T17:58:35.028-04:00Oh, I love this, Marly. It reminds me in part of t...Oh, I love this, Marly. It reminds me in part of the Kalevala (the Finnish epic). And Beth's words ring true too.<br /><br />I wonder if Anil of Windy Skies found you in the comments of my last post which you'd both visited. His image of the flute peddler is a favourite of mine too, and you've made it even more so with your words, Marly.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-79753576400189964542011-08-02T15:08:20.523-04:002011-08-02T15:08:20.523-04:00Wasn't that nice? In fact, sterling! Thanks, B...Wasn't that nice? In fact, sterling! Thanks, Beth.marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3751879138601165792011-08-02T14:18:02.161-04:002011-08-02T14:18:02.161-04:00Marly, I read those last italicized lines before g...Marly, I read those last italicized lines before going to sleep on my 30th wedding anniversary, as you now know, and thought -- how true this is! It shows how legends and the best poems (along with their archetypal heroines) shed light on truths that span the centuries of human thought. I wish every girl on the brink of womanhood, but especially marriage, could hear that she has inside (and Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18817210021194014442011-08-02T13:41:01.426-04:002011-08-02T13:41:01.426-04:00What a lovely thing to say! Thanks.What a lovely thing to say! Thanks.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85259136286428999552011-08-02T13:07:34.746-04:002011-08-02T13:07:34.746-04:00It is amazing how this poem seems in itself carved...It is amazing how this poem seems in itself carved out of wood or stone, like the figure discovered there by a sculptor.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com