tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post339227279242574563..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: A Personal Challenge ~ Kay DaviesSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-83147881470548555212012-10-10T22:54:03.786-05:002012-10-10T22:54:03.786-05:00Well, the ending is something quite special. And s...Well, the ending is something quite special. And so many delightful tidbits throughout. I applaud the time and energy you invested and it is obvious you enjoyed yourself. To visit with these characters in another setting other than Mark Twain's book was a lot of fun. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-41696031600239633382012-10-10T17:11:47.383-05:002012-10-10T17:11:47.383-05:00Kay, what a marvelous tale. What time and thought ...Kay, what a marvelous tale. What time and thought it must have taken to create this piece. Hats off to your talent!!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-8378439902654403992012-10-10T10:56:36.335-05:002012-10-10T10:56:36.335-05:00holy cow, i'm fairly blown away. what a fantas...holy cow, i'm fairly blown away. what a fantastical tale! the voice and the rhymes are just perfect. thank you so much for sharing this with us, Kay!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-28271930611868430712012-10-09T19:17:55.044-05:002012-10-09T19:17:55.044-05:00What a challenge from Susan ~
Kay, you have outd...What a challenge from Susan ~<br /><br />Kay, you have outdone yourself in this tale ~ I love the prose and places and video links as well ~<br /><br />You summarized it neatly with the last two stanzas - My hat off to you ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-16953181261712241872012-10-09T18:05:34.504-05:002012-10-09T18:05:34.504-05:00Such a great challenge you two!!!
Your response i...Such a great challenge you two!!!<br /><br />Your response is creative and interesting, Kay...<br /><br />I love the descriptive language you use throughout...<br /><br />"Now comes the time for me to launch my canoe, made of birch with ribs of cedar, bindings of larch and balsam, sealed with sap and balm of fir, decorated with porcupine quills; the time to launch my canoe, and myself with it, to seek my manhood far from the safety of village and loved ones."<br /><br />This is one of my favorite parts!!!<br /><br />Nicely done...rising to the challenge well..thank you for sharing your words with us!! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-18265287673400537662012-10-09T16:42:06.809-05:002012-10-09T16:42:06.809-05:00Kay, this is absolutely delightful! Marvelous job...Kay, this is absolutely delightful! Marvelous job!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-52670496236370516012012-10-09T14:24:27.367-05:002012-10-09T14:24:27.367-05:00Wow!
I am NOT disappointed!
I am moved, tickled...Wow! <br />I am NOT disappointed! <br />I am moved, tickled, surprised and blown away! Kay, you have exceeded my wildest expectations. How delightful and ingenious to plan this trip with childhood companions! I liked/believed their thoughts and dialog and interactions and the music I experienced with them on their way down the Mississippi. (The music was totally an unexpected gift!--You must have spent days just researching that!) <br />The form works, pulling me character by character through a narration with time telescoped in prose, lived in poetry and united in a forward flow like the river itself. Further, I loved the contemporary pet names and observations your character added--as in the little delta on the end, my favorite part:<br /><br />" Chibiabos talks of singing songs that in his heart are ringing.<br />Huck talks all about the treasure: riches, he says, beyond measure.<br />Tom tells dreams of Becky Thatcher, no one in the world can match her.<br />I talk of animals and trees, the sounds of ripples in the breeze,<br />pricelessness of every creature, of the planet's every feature.<br /><br />"Travel brought us to this spot, travel has proven what books could not:<br />no matter that we four aren't kin, we're all brothers under the skin."<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />Thank you for the marvel-full and fun time I spent with your poem. I am impressed. I bow to you. Susan<br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-65895652011154271472012-10-09T13:48:52.319-05:002012-10-09T13:48:52.319-05:00Kay, YOU should write books! Wow, I'm so encha...Kay, YOU should write books! Wow, I'm so enchanted with what you have done~ Great idea Susan, wonderful story Kay~ Love it! I love how my mind, wandered into this journey :D <br />@>-------Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-557217043912544352012-10-09T12:35:57.619-05:002012-10-09T12:35:57.619-05:00That was some tale! Thank you. :)That was some tale! Thank you. :)Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-63959475651284835242012-10-09T11:30:50.089-05:002012-10-09T11:30:50.089-05:00This is such a grand response to the initial chall...This is such a grand response to the initial challenge, Kay. I think you had as much fun writing it as we did reading it, because your enjoyment of the characters shines through each line. I always enjoy your particular brand of humour, especially here in your intro to the epic. Thank you for bringing this all together for our reading pleasure. Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-84263484533981110902012-10-09T11:27:03.472-05:002012-10-09T11:27:03.472-05:00.. 'travel brought us to this spot, travel has..... 'travel brought us to this spot, travel has proven what books could not: no matter that we four aren't kin, we're all brothers under the skin' ~ perfect ending to an epic story/poem. I grew up on the Mississippi, spent years in Minneapolis .. you fed my wandering, travel loving, history loving soul.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-90910702132869089552012-10-09T07:08:56.250-05:002012-10-09T07:08:56.250-05:00Well done, Kay. What an enjoyable read.Well done, Kay. What an enjoyable read.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-84956810925586377122012-10-09T06:53:35.806-05:002012-10-09T06:53:35.806-05:00Fantastic! Brilliant piece of handiwork Kay! I jus...Fantastic! Brilliant piece of handiwork Kay! I just cannot imagine the time spent to draw from all the storage of knowledge from your arsenal. The alternating prose and verse is most skillful. The challenge? You accepted and won hands down!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-61835053294752232402012-10-09T06:38:50.659-05:002012-10-09T06:38:50.659-05:00Wowwwwww, Kay! This is amazing! Really, I'm sp...Wowwwwww, Kay! This is amazing! Really, I'm speechless, I am so impressed. What an ambitious, entertaining, rich story you've told, and the WAY you have told it is as special as the words themselves.<br /><br />The background at the beginning was interesting and I learned something. The alternating poetry and prose worked really well, which is hard to do. And your rhyming was so skillful! Longfellow would be grinning with admiration.<br /><br />Finally, the music added so much! This is just a five star challenge. Bravo!!!Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-56909259504176826692012-10-09T04:36:52.645-05:002012-10-09T04:36:52.645-05:00This is an inventive, creative, fabulous response ...This is an inventive, creative, fabulous response to the challenge! I think you must have been channeling Longfellow in that perfect rhyme! Great travel tale!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-35140359624785149402012-10-09T04:20:14.113-05:002012-10-09T04:20:14.113-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Always Unluckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784767245238881738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-71185189929339741192012-10-09T03:33:43.581-05:002012-10-09T03:33:43.581-05:00My goodness! No wonder this took weeks--it's a...My goodness! No wonder this took weeks--it's an amazing epic, Kay. I love the internal rhyming, and the sense of the journey brought out in so many vivid details. There's a definite feel here of all your influences, Kipling to Twain, but even more your own love of both of them and of travel. I especially like the concluding two stanzas. What an excellent response to the challenge.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com