tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5871370591659255940.post708029959641807735..comments2023-10-29T01:35:24.018+13:00Comments on An Affliction of Poetry: Rudyard Kipling " A Smuggler's Song"AJ Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5871370591659255940.post-89448520963077353362010-11-17T08:30:38.176+13:002010-11-17T08:30:38.176+13:00See my blog for comment. I loved hearing Kipling r...See my blog for comment. I loved hearing Kipling read it. Many thanks.<br />Harveyharveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06635635962581840889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5871370591659255940.post-90817542161836168012010-11-16T23:33:41.139+13:002010-11-16T23:33:41.139+13:00Great both to hear it and to read it - it's ma...Great both to hear it and to read it - it's many years since I last heard that poem. I saw the excellent movie "Winter's Bone" a week or so ago, and one of the characters in that tale of secrets and averted eyes says "Talkin' only leads to witnesses" = a similar sentiment, less eloquently expressed.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5871370591659255940.post-36617422156198663512010-11-16T22:04:55.017+13:002010-11-16T22:04:55.017+13:00Cheers Elizabeth and Helen - my biggest shock with...Cheers Elizabeth and Helen - my biggest shock with this poem was that I hadn't blogged it earlier. I absolutely adore it. So have to say - you guys have awesome taste.<br /><br />And Helen - I just finished your book -- the middle was amazing, I just couldn't put it down for a bit there!!!!! I was trying to put my finger on why it resonated so strongly and I think it's because the themes and techniques reminded me ever so slightly of George RR Martin's Game of Thrones etc. (That's a high compliment by the way) So congratulations.AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5871370591659255940.post-36778751307359971292010-11-16T09:22:51.906+13:002010-11-16T09:22:51.906+13:00Alicia,
My mum used to recite this to me from abou...Alicia,<br />My mum used to recite this to me from about the time I six! I was equally terrified and enamored with the lilting rhythm and the cautionary message. Wonderful! Thanks for posting.Elizabeth Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420253723750754324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5871370591659255940.post-61238183680331208602010-11-16T09:00:14.325+13:002010-11-16T09:00:14.325+13:00Alicia, this was one of my favourite poems when I ...Alicia, this was one of my favourite poems when I was a kid and I still really like it. Thank you!Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.com