tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post8228411543573009212..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: My Heart Is Like A Singing BirdThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-78311972082419273742011-11-28T15:16:16.286+00:002011-11-28T15:16:16.286+00:00Gosh, what an image, Ruth! Perhaps we all need eac...Gosh, what an image, Ruth! Perhaps we all need each other more than we thought - not just for mutual support, but as a matter of life or death!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-23173515015228309702011-11-28T13:45:36.493+00:002011-11-28T13:45:36.493+00:00I have an image of several of us hanging on to the...I have an image of several of us hanging on to the tightrope for dear life, and some dangling from others' bars and feet . . . <br /><br />Nice to be in such a good acrobatic troupe.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-59920293728461910502011-11-27T19:16:05.493+00:002011-11-27T19:16:05.493+00:00Easy to say and difficult to achieve, Friko! Yes, ...Easy to say and difficult to achieve, Friko! Yes, I think Rossetti is far more than simply a sentimental poet. And poetry itself is both heart and head, is it not? The inspiration and the craft.<br /><br />George: Hold on tight, for God's sake!<br /><br />Thanks, Anon, for your comment ... also Dominic, Rachel, Karin and Pat for your visits.<br /><br />Karin: Breathe, breathe. Just to breathe. Yes, that's a start. That's the basis. That's almost good enough...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-68897764955058073772011-11-27T15:51:52.116+00:002011-11-27T15:51:52.116+00:00I would agree Robert - that tightrope is always a ...I would agree Robert - that tightrope is always a tricky one to negotiate.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-41032650381448366332011-11-27T13:25:41.144+00:002011-11-27T13:25:41.144+00:00One step at a time, remembering to just breathe! ...One step at a time, remembering to just breathe! The only way to maintain any sort of balance for any length of time. I wear that word, in silver, around my neck, 24/7!ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998231466478015431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-87020945875395471292011-11-27T09:16:42.705+00:002011-11-27T09:16:42.705+00:00Even though we know, these days, that it's all...Even though we know, these days, that it's all in different bits of the head... when a loves goes wrong (from what I remember) it sure does feel like it's the heart that is broken... it feels so corporal.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-83096111110658366822011-11-27T03:17:52.521+00:002011-11-27T03:17:52.521+00:00Thanks for sharing that. Can't say I knew it, ...Thanks for sharing that. Can't say I knew it, although I've been reading quite a lot of stuff from that era recently...Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-64841392681466079792011-11-26T23:14:29.466+00:002011-11-26T23:14:29.466+00:00to achieve that difficult balance between head and...to achieve that difficult balance between head and heart...with the suppleness of a reedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-50523419221331778612011-11-26T22:12:04.355+00:002011-11-26T22:12:04.355+00:00I agree with everything you say here, especially a...I agree with everything you say here, especially about the propensity most of us have to fall off the tightrope with regularity.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-72132117804377895952011-11-26T21:36:32.936+00:002011-11-26T21:36:32.936+00:00As you say, balance is all.
Head and heart, of equ...As you say, balance is all.<br />Head and heart, of equal importance and neither should be given preference over the other.<br /><br />In spite of Rosetti's undoubted tendency towards a slight sentimentality, I rather like her. Into which category does poetry fit?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.com