tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188747188459311906.post7905209980806536288..comments2023-04-14T03:01:50.441-07:00Comments on Pavement Poetry: Australia's Big ThingsFeatherless Bipedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207055312949249371noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188747188459311906.post-48485924261494777062012-05-06T05:25:59.739-07:002012-05-06T05:25:59.739-07:00You're welcome.
I'd assumed it would be a...You're welcome.<br /><br />I'd assumed it would be a reference to an Aussie tale... And yes, he wouldn't have the skinny cow, given that he'd traded it for the beans.Nitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13914274382587992840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188747188459311906.post-27614128926017945572012-05-05T15:40:23.987-07:002012-05-05T15:40:23.987-07:00Nitika, thanks for the fluff! I was thinking that...Nitika, thanks for the fluff! I was thinking that the young man was Beanstalk Jack, and that he might have had some seeds left over, or saved some from last year's beanstalk. (However, I guess by that point Jack would have gotten rid of his skinny cow. It's worth a re-think.)Featherless Bipedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207055312949249371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188747188459311906.post-18767089167707442052012-05-05T15:08:19.175-07:002012-05-05T15:08:19.175-07:00I concur with Sorella. You tell a mean tall tale. ...I concur with Sorella. You tell a mean tall tale. And the best part? I think I'll be disappointed if all what you've said isn't true. <br /><br />And I love the lorikeets and the ruined dumplings, and the flapjacks and fruit salad. <br /><br />Oh, and is there a significance to the 'seeds he'd bought from a young man with a cow'?Nitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13914274382587992840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188747188459311906.post-59680263874299602682012-05-03T14:32:04.363-07:002012-05-03T14:32:04.363-07:00Thanks very much, Arlene and Sorella, for reading ...Thanks very much, Arlene and Sorella, for reading and commenting!<br /><br />Sorella, I appreciate the suggestions--I know that being critical does not come easily to you, so it's meaningful that you've put in the effort here. I might give the rhyme and meter a shot next week. You're absolutely right about the Three Sisters.Featherless Bipedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207055312949249371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188747188459311906.post-30936857172383379792012-05-03T08:40:33.374-07:002012-05-03T08:40:33.374-07:00So I googled...bunyip: natural waterdwelling mons...So I googled...bunyip: natural waterdwelling monster in an indigenous language, or now used for impostor...<br />I have a feeling Paul was named for the former: an impressive image of the natural forces that shake Australia at intervals, and its pockets of tropicality ... also a great fairy tale, another picture book!<br />If I have to crit as in spank you (ref. your Advice to Newbies in NaPo) you could tidy up the symmetry a bit, equal length strophes, maybe some rhyme would make it even better, seeing as you have the beautiful nursery rhyme character pat at the end, the lovely jingle of names.<br />I admit I don't know enough to determine the significance of three sponges in Katoomba, but possibly the Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains. You have become a total patriot in a fairly short time. I think Australia may do that to people... <br />You tell a mean tall tale! <br /><br />SorellaBugs Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159518339156409151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188747188459311906.post-10100934087293807212012-05-03T07:35:57.781-07:002012-05-03T07:35:57.781-07:00Wonderful: first stanza, the enormity of the hurri...Wonderful: first stanza, the enormity of the hurricane as he gallops in, second the beneficent power of the superhero getting rid of the thing, and lastly his legendary gift of creating natural wonders. Just love it.Arlene Herringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240317172269506564noreply@blogger.com