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 bluesky3d at 14:22 on 09 June 2003
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no Steve .. but thanks very much for the compliment
.. anyone else want to guess what inspired this?
before i reveal?
andrew
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bluesky3d at 14:31 on 10 June 2003
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ok no one else tried to guess so will put you all out of your misery .. it was inspired by the seed head of a dandelion clock .. some people call them angels .. it landed in my hand one day :o)
of course, it could be about love too?
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stephanieE at 10:22 on 11 June 2003
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Ah, now I thought it was about a spider's web...
Don't know much about poetry (OK, I know absolutely nothing about poetry if I'm honest) but I liked the simplicity of this.
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bluesky3d at 14:54 on 11 June 2003
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Well StephanieE, the structure of the dome looks like a spiders web after all! and as you have spent the last few years working on that structure, I think your assumption is perfectly understandable!
Thanks for saying you liked the poem! I am not sure I know any more about poetry than anyone else either... I just enjoy visual metaphors.
Andrew :o)
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 sykesbex at 00:30 on 12 June 2003
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Andrew,
I loved the language in the poem! You've mentioned before that you are the romantic type and it shows in the words you have written.
Now don't laugh, but I thought you were talking about a fairy!
I know, I know, but that's just what I 'saw'!
Becks.
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bluesky3d at 07:17 on 12 June 2003
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I suppose this proves that what 'inspires' someone to write.. what a poem may really be 'about' .. and what a poem 'means' to the reader .. can coexist quite happily as three different things!
Andrew :o)
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olebut at 09:10 on 12 June 2003
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I like this poem very much it is a pity you said what it was about so quickly there are many on here who I ma sure will comment but it takes time although I visit the site most days I only look at a small percentage of what is posted.
anyway my view was that it could have been about a spider or of course about love.
It does however illustrate why poetry is such a wonderful medium for expression and how seemingly mundane events can stimulate such nice words
take care
david
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bluesky3d at 10:28 on 12 June 2003
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The reason for only waiting two days before disclosing the topic, was that the 'Recently Added' box, seems to only have a lifespan of about two days before the work disappears off the writers' archive front web page! If I waited longer, perhaps no one would find the poem again, unless by chance? Hope this makes sense?
Thanks for you comments David, glad you enjoyed poem.
A :o)
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didau at 09:53 on 13 June 2003
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What a fantastic title! Beautiful. Your description of the dandelion clock and the feelings it evokes are very skillfully done.
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Hilary Custance at 22:22 on 16 June 2003
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I could live quite happily with the title/first line on its own. I don't mean I don't want the rest of the poem, simply that one line as good as that gives me enormous pleasure all by itself. I thought that, at the physical level, it was a leaf after all the surface has disappeared leaving only the tracery.
Cheers, Hilary
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bluesky3d at 07:12 on 17 June 2003
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David and Hilary
Thank you for your comments, I felt these words physically too, when I first wrote them down, it was most odd!
Hilary,
as you have been away for a week, you could always try guessing the inpiration for another poem called - Nature's Art, as you would not have seen the original title?
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Dark One at 22:31 on 19 July 2003
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I really like this poem. I think the image it creates is one of delicate beauty is very moving and captures the essence of the fragility of nature so well
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bluesky3d at 07:14 on 20 July 2003
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Thanks O Dark One,
a compliment indeed, coming from one of non other than your nomenclature.
Andrew :o)
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Ioannou at 11:08 on 18 September 2003
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I kept seeing the title of this on the site, and reading it, but I never commented. It's such a gentle, pretty poem. Love, Maria.
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bluesky3d at 11:33 on 18 September 2003
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Thank you Maria - discovering old poems hiding away on the site is fun isn't it? I think this one was the first thing I uploaded when I became a member. It's great that you like it.
Andrew :o)
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The Walrus at 14:08 on 18 September 2003
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Andrew
Made me think of our paradoxical universe, that although nothing stays the same, nothing changes either... the "glue" is always there. Your poem could apply to any aspect of life, nature, love... It also is a welcome reminder to treasure that which is precious.
A truly is universal poem.
The Walrus
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bluesky3d at 15:33 on 18 September 2003
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Walrus,
it's important to be in touch with that sense of the universal... it enables us to rise above
Andrew :o)
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The Walrus at 18:59 on 18 September 2003
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You are sooo right Andrew.... so easy to be drawn into petty insignificance...
Great poem.
The Walrus
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Brendle at 16:32 on 03 November 2003
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I could have gone home with only the first line as well, the rest was bonus. *grin*
_I_ thought it was about a particular friendship or love, held by strong stuff but so delicate and wispy when put into words.
I can remember thinking a fair bit about those dandelion floaty things, they don't really have a common English name, but we all know what they are..
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