Animated Stills
Viewing comments for Chapter 41 "The Crane and the Crab"Inspiration of Life from Photographs
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Comment from Joan E.
I enjoyed your combining one of your "animated stills" with Pantygynt's form, and your rhymes plus cascading repeat. The tale is compelling and your use of alliteration intensifies it as well. Cheers- Joan
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2017
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I enjoyed your combining one of your "animated stills" with Pantygynt's form, and your rhymes plus cascading repeat. The tale is compelling and your use of alliteration intensifies it as well. Cheers- Joan
Comment Written 10-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2017
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Thank you Joan. We have some very talented and creative people on this sight, and Jim (Pantygynt) is one of them.
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And you are another! Bravo- Joan
Comment from Sharon Haiste
This is a good poem about the crab and the crane. I can see the crab in your picture but I'm having trouble with the bird.
You obviously have a good eye for these things.
Thank you for sharing this.
Sharon
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2017
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This is a good poem about the crab and the crane. I can see the crab in your picture but I'm having trouble with the bird.
You obviously have a good eye for these things.
Thank you for sharing this.
Sharon
Comment Written 09-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2017
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Thank you Sharon. Several people have had trouble seeing that bird, including my wife. She just smiles and humors me. Lol.
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
I love how you can see things in different scenes. These trees do look like a crane and a crab and the poem you brought out of it is really clever. Trust, once broken, is hard to get back. The crab saw the tale that the crane had spun was not true, but a ruse to get the fish for himself. The crab was not at all happy and killed him! I think the moral of this story is don't tell lies! Well done, Tom, lovely photo and lovely poem to go with it. :) Sandra xx
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2017
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I love how you can see things in different scenes. These trees do look like a crane and a crab and the poem you brought out of it is really clever. Trust, once broken, is hard to get back. The crab saw the tale that the crane had spun was not true, but a ruse to get the fish for himself. The crab was not at all happy and killed him! I think the moral of this story is don't tell lies! Well done, Tom, lovely photo and lovely poem to go with it. :) Sandra xx
Comment Written 09-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2017
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Thank you Sandra. Your detailed review is most appreciated. I'm glad you saw the images as I did. Yes, telling the truth is another aspect of it.
Comment from robina1978
Nice photo you made once more. t complements your poem perfectly. And you explained yet another new form for me. I like learning these new forms. Thanks fot sharing,
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Nice photo you made once more. t complements your poem perfectly. And you explained yet another new form for me. I like learning these new forms. Thanks fot sharing,
Comment Written 09-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Thank you Ine. Always a pleasure to hear from you.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written poem and an interesting format. Trust is mostly earned, when one knows he can trust another he will give his life when one sees another cannot be trusted after he trusted, then the deceiver will pay for his dishonesty. Great photo and images of the crab and the crane.
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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A very well-written poem and an interesting format. Trust is mostly earned, when one knows he can trust another he will give his life when one sees another cannot be trusted after he trusted, then the deceiver will pay for his dishonesty. Great photo and images of the crab and the crane.
Comment Written 09-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Thank you Sandra. I am pleased that you like the poem, and could see the images.
Comment from WalkerMan
You mastered the difficult Quinquerne form well with this story in a poem about betrayed trust. It seems the Crane made up the story about fishermen planning to drain the pond in order to frighten fish into becoming his meal with little effort on his part; and the Crab saw through the lie, ultimately exacting justice. There's a lesson in this for the human Crane(s) trying to dupe us into agreeing to be plundered over the hoax of "man made" climate change based on output from flawed models fed cherry-picked data (garbage in, garbage out); but you cannot reason with ideologues that prefer to shout you into silence. Anyway, I like this post that you based on images you saw in the two trees. Well done.
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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You mastered the difficult Quinquerne form well with this story in a poem about betrayed trust. It seems the Crane made up the story about fishermen planning to drain the pond in order to frighten fish into becoming his meal with little effort on his part; and the Crab saw through the lie, ultimately exacting justice. There's a lesson in this for the human Crane(s) trying to dupe us into agreeing to be plundered over the hoax of "man made" climate change based on output from flawed models fed cherry-picked data (garbage in, garbage out); but you cannot reason with ideologues that prefer to shout you into silence. Anyway, I like this post that you based on images you saw in the two trees. Well done.
Comment Written 09-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Thank you Walkerman. For your comments and review. I feel that climate change is a hoax too.
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You are welcome. The climate actually is constantly changing, generally in superimposed cycles of varying length. Humanity could hardly do anything short of an all out nuclear war that would do even as much as just one major volcanic eruption. But Al Gore private-jets all around the world to tell people they need to use less fossil fuel, and Bill Gates wants to use vaccines to kill people in Africa to reduce exhalation of carbon dioxide (which actually promotes growth of plants that exchange it for oxygen we need to inhale). The T.E.D. talk in which he said that (amazingly without being pelted by whatever the audience had handy) is still viewable on YouTube. His wife, Melinda, went to India to promote vaccination against polio (which is prevalent where sanitation is poor). Later it was found that the vaccine was CAUSING more polio than existed before she got there. I say we need more smart Crabs. -- Mike
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right on!
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Thank you, my friend. -- Mike
Comment from Liberty Justice
Entertaining at first, until seems crane turned against the crab and ate him. What a greedy crane to turn against him friend. Conversations are amusing, at first, and quite suspenseful. NICE. liberty justice
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Entertaining at first, until seems crane turned against the crab and ate him. What a greedy crane to turn against him friend. Conversations are amusing, at first, and quite suspenseful. NICE. liberty justice
Comment Written 08-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Thank you Liberty Justice. For this wonderful review. It has some lessons on trust for sure. Glad you liked my poem.
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
This speaks about the Crane and Crab, a tale about turned trust, from Panchatantra, well composed in a fine expression about their occupation, I like images seen in the picture of the trees. DR ALCREATOR
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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This speaks about the Crane and Crab, a tale about turned trust, from Panchatantra, well composed in a fine expression about their occupation, I like images seen in the picture of the trees. DR ALCREATOR
Comment Written 08-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Thank you Alcreator.
Comment from poetwatch
I am new to this style of writing, but I did enjoy the poem and the story is very good. It takes two together to agree and one to lie. That is a way in every civilization. Trust is given yet many time trust does not come back. A very good read. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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I am new to this style of writing, but I did enjoy the poem and the story is very good. It takes two together to agree and one to lie. That is a way in every civilization. Trust is given yet many time trust does not come back. A very good read. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 08-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Thank you Poetwatch. I am pleased. You enjoyed it.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This is a poignant write about trust and your tale made me sit up and take notice and hear the moral of the tale. A clever write and a joy to read, great rhymes too, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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This is a poignant write about trust and your tale made me sit up and take notice and hear the moral of the tale. A clever write and a joy to read, great rhymes too, love Dolly x
Comment Written 08-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2017
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Thank you Dolly. I am pleased it got your attention.