tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849202229823146360.post3857451288983626853..comments2024-03-09T11:39:34.261+00:00Comments on Reflections: Gerard Manley Hopkins - Pied BeautyKath Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562094727325128886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849202229823146360.post-71697011185834934822009-10-20T01:35:46.590+01:002009-10-20T01:35:46.590+01:00i think you captured your peaceful time quite beau...i think you captured your peaceful time quite beautifully Jayne well done xJackie Bellfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11442614558028049547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849202229823146360.post-77371396325845837222009-10-19T23:54:49.035+01:002009-10-19T23:54:49.035+01:00mmm.. yes - nature can be devastatingly beautiful ...mmm.. yes - nature can be devastatingly beautiful - and sometimes just devastating!<br />I love the celebration of 'dappled things' in this poem. It reminds me of me - a real mixed bag of good and bad, light and darkness, love and fear.Kath Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562094727325128886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849202229823146360.post-32724001075737304092009-10-19T21:42:50.263+01:002009-10-19T21:42:50.263+01:00I too love this time of year and the picture and p...I too love this time of year and the picture and poem remind me of my little piece of oasis near to Daresbury Point - a beautiful little pond where I went today, the lilies still in flower, the sun dazzling on the pond through a beautiful dappled sky,fish jumping and of all amazing sights, a beautiful kingfisher went flying by, calling as it went, circling the pond as if on display just for me. I wish I could write like this guy and capture the beauty in such a way but I can and do certainly enjoy God's beauty before returning to the frenetic workplace which in its own way is also wonderful! Lovely Kath. x <br /><br />PS Time for the leaf blower hey Jackie?!Jaynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849202229823146360.post-19060695223153630792009-10-19T20:59:11.001+01:002009-10-19T20:59:11.001+01:00hmm very thoughtful. Can God change - is creation ...hmm very thoughtful. Can God change - is creation changing? or is it past change? is the writer juxtasposing God's changelessness with change and mutation of God's creation<br /><br />It strikes me this is about variety and wow I see that lying on my front lawn.Jackie Bellfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11442614558028049547noreply@blogger.com