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Excellent metaphor
posted by
Discombobulated78
on February 9, 2007 at 12:47 PM
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mneme
Wish you well. Be fine the sooner possible. I'll see a couple of pages back.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on February 6, 2007 at 3:47 AM
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bhaskar
I'm well; a little tired, and what happened was a couple of pages back. I'm recovering my equilibrium and trying to get caught up with work. When we have these problems it takes me days to get back to feeling like myself again. I'll be fine.
posted by
mneme
on February 6, 2007 at 3:42 AM
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mneme
Sorry to learn that. But what happened? Wishing you a quick and full recovery back to health.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on February 6, 2007 at 3:35 AM
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Taps
thank you - and have a great time.
posted by
mneme
on February 6, 2007 at 3:24 AM
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muser
thanks for making me laugh.. I have almost finished a poem, perhaps I'll post later tonight.
posted by
mneme
on February 6, 2007 at 3:24 AM
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bhaskar
I'm in recovery mode - I really appreciate your asking.
posted by
mneme
on February 6, 2007 at 3:23 AM
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mneme
Beekeeper.. my bounden duty, Little sweetness, Not too many stings, Where are you?
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on February 6, 2007 at 3:19 AM
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helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...mneme! I'm ready to hear from you again!
posted by
muser
on February 5, 2007 at 8:52 AM
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mneme
I hope you've written another post by the time I get back. I like this one but I'm ready for another.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 5, 2007 at 5:09 AM
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Tanga
yes, they are clever creatures. We once had a huge swarm settle on a tree outside the window. I had never seen that before (not sure I want to again).
posted by
mneme
on January 30, 2007 at 10:53 PM
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muser
"Aha!" (said Pooh). Yet we are all very different bears in different places. I guess it unsettles things for some of Pooh's playmates. - thanks for the books, I'll try to find them :)
posted by
mneme
on January 30, 2007 at 10:51 PM
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cpklapper
I suppose so.. thanks for visiting. Sometimes I think I think too much. But it is definitely a little touchy around here.. :) (I don't know why I'm so cheerful...)
posted by
mneme
on January 30, 2007 at 10:39 PM
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johnmacnab
thank you - we are back to rainbows again... no one owns those.
posted by
mneme
on January 30, 2007 at 10:37 PM
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joe love
partly :) no golddiggers here :) (and no offense intended). No amount of stings would induce me to stick around for simply riches, but I've got a lot of my life invested in this marriage and I will need to think about this all very carefully.
posted by
mneme
on January 30, 2007 at 10:35 PM
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I'm guessing here. . . ,
Too many stings for exchange for life indulgences. Am I right??
posted by
Joe_Love
on January 30, 2007 at 8:53 PM
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mneme
Take your time working through the restrictions, mneme, but make sure you have a technicolour goal.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 30, 2007 at 5:09 AM
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There are worse things than not counting the cost for simple pleasures
or for love. Perhaps that is what I like best about Pooh.
I liked your poem!
Carl Peter
posted by
cpklapper
on January 29, 2007 at 1:09 PM
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Bees fascinate me
especially their heirachy and intelligence for such a small animal
posted by
Tanga
on January 29, 2007 at 5:10 AM
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He would no longer be the same Pooh...he would be a new bear, which in my
opinion would be a disaster because, selfish person that I am, I love Pooh just the way he is! Changing the subject, I have two little books I just love:
The Tao of Pooh and
The Te of Piglet both written by Benjamen Hoff I hope you can find them; each is a little jewel.
posted by
muser
on January 29, 2007 at 4:44 AM
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star4you
thanks for visiting..!
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 2:08 AM
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richinstore
thanks for visiting!
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 2:08 AM
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Wiley
what a sad story.. and thanks for your thoughts; I aways manage to bounce back, but it's getting harder. I have a number of restrictions here, and I'm working through it all.
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 2:06 AM
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Muser
Thank you! - my very own Pooh haiku... I was thinking of Pooh's kindness to his friends, but I see too that he does get himself into trouble too from love of honey. I wonder what he would do if he found himself out of the hundred-acre-wood... with different bees...
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 1:25 AM
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Justi
Thank you for your kind words. A case of "this too shall pass."
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 1:05 AM
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Taps
Ouch..! Yes, I think running over a hive with a lawnmower would explain that LOL. I realised when I wrote this that it could also be taken more literally than I intended. ( I think it's time for a gentler sonnet or two...)
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 12:56 AM
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Troosha
Thank you - I don't about feeling great to pour it out - you should see what's NOT been blogged yet:) and powerful is the opposite of how I feel some of the time, but I guess it hit the mark. I once commented somewhere that "agape" - Christian love - can sometimes feel like a hair shirt.. this is a bit like that.
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 12:53 AM
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Ypunday
- I tend to agree with you, but I have to confess I have had a very tough ten days. Think I am almost ok again:) - and where did you get that wormy apple..!!??
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 12:49 AM
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malcolm
thanks for visiting; I can see where it would also calm - a kind of stoic acceptance creeps in somewhere. Plus you realise you are not the only ones going through it.
posted by
mneme
on January 29, 2007 at 12:47 AM
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Thank God for pain...if we couldn't feel the pain of the sting,the purpose
of which is to motivate us to get away from the source of it, (or if we had a high tolerance for pain and just ignored it) well, I guess we would just stand there beside the hive and keep on getting stung until we were stung to death. A beekeepeer must wear protective clothing/gear to get her honey... and still risks getting stung! I love the pooh bear, but I pity his willingness to do the silly things he allows himself to do to get it...oh,the predicaments he gets himself into for honey...and is he ever satisfied?
neither foolish bear
nor padded beekeep...yet i
eat honey daily
posted by
muser
on January 27, 2007 at 12:56 AM
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mnem
I am so sorry your pains are so great. You will overcome. The sweetness has not been deminished by the sting. Be blessed totally blessed.
posted by
Justi
on January 26, 2007 at 9:51 AM
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mneme
I happened upon a hive once, unawares, with my lawnmower going which is what made them mad I think. They attacked me from the rear in droves. I ran--not even looking back. It took a long time to get over those welts and the burning and the itching.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 26, 2007 at 9:44 AM
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mneme
Yes.. it was a little
fierce but I bet it felt great to pour all that out onto paper/screen. It felt like you were purging all your disappointments, frustrations, and agonizing encounteres with love. It was powerful.
posted by
Troosha
on January 25, 2007 at 12:45 PM
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mneme
A young man here with my same family name but not a relative, died from a bee sting as he exited a swimming pool.
Your well written verse brought not only that to mind, but a certain melancholy about you my friend, as I thought about making this comment.
I wouldn't love honey enough to live anywhere near the hive, I'd move on and let things bee.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 25, 2007 at 7:58 AM
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mneme,
posted by
richinstore
on January 25, 2007 at 7:38 AM
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posted by
star4sky5
on January 24, 2007 at 9:36 PM
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WE are sometimes asked to be both, by Life, or Destiny. Either way
...what doesn't kill us makes us better. Think of the beautiful fruit that has to feed not only humans but so many others....and we hate it. Yet, the insect and worm-infested fruit have fed other lives that need to survive (from their point of view).
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on January 24, 2007 at 3:48 PM
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Challenging
and made me strangely calm rather than uncomfortable.
posted by
malcolm
on January 24, 2007 at 1:25 PM
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Tonyzonit
I had to go and read Prufrock again too - yes, it does seem rather fatalistic. Good thing we have Troosha here today to lighten things up (smiles).
posted by
mneme
on January 24, 2007 at 1:09 PM
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Tonyzonit
I had to look it up I've never been an Elvis fan; I can see some similarities in the words although the sentiment is rather different.
No, no clear answers here, but I'm ever optimistic.
posted by
mneme
on January 24, 2007 at 1:04 PM
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afzal50
Thank you.
posted by
mneme
on January 24, 2007 at 12:57 PM
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Remember Elvis' 'I Got Stung'...?
Also reminds me a bit of TS Eliot's 'Prufrock' in its tone. I know what you are saying, Mneme. I don't think we can offer answers - but I'm glad you're not rotund!
posted by
Antonionioni
on January 24, 2007 at 12:49 PM
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Thought provoking poem.
posted by
afzal50
on January 24, 2007 at 3:18 AM
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