tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post3938743378906161355..comments2024-03-28T16:19:56.009+00:00Comments on North Stoke: "Heaven balanced on a grass blade"thelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-69818258252625806392013-11-16T23:50:24.919+00:002013-11-16T23:50:24.919+00:00Not sure if I should have nicked the Turner but it...Not sure if I should have nicked the Turner but it was beautiful, I can't remember the river raging in that way ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-23353316390630666482013-11-16T23:48:50.204+00:002013-11-16T23:48:50.204+00:00There is a certain spookiness to this ruin, and o...There is a certain spookiness to this ruin, and of course it must be by Offas Dyke, the boundary between England and Wales, or have I got that wrong...<br />thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-12065091747478607652013-11-16T23:46:16.739+00:002013-11-16T23:46:16.739+00:00You are right the poem is powerful, and lucid of c...You are right the poem is powerful, and lucid of course, Thomas of course but also Richard Jeffries came to mind....thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-23601009714412754882013-11-16T20:08:46.006+00:002013-11-16T20:08:46.006+00:00I didn't know it either. Beautiful. Lovely to ...I didn't know it either. Beautiful. Lovely to see those Turner's too. His genius surpasses most other art in my opinion. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-24980180086100053452013-11-16T15:47:48.908+00:002013-11-16T15:47:48.908+00:00Interesting poem. Haven't read it before..
I...Interesting poem. Haven't read it before..<br />I know Tintern Abbey well - it is one of those places which is full of atmosphere.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-22059065982752168822013-11-16T15:19:06.625+00:002013-11-16T15:19:06.625+00:00I know what it is that is so intense - it is his s...I know what it is that is so intense - it is his sensing - feeling - the minutest detail around him, all his senses vividly alive. Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-69114820427372688292013-11-16T15:16:53.614+00:002013-11-16T15:16:53.614+00:00Parts of the poem are very powerful - he reminds m...Parts of the poem are very powerful - he reminds me of Dylan Thomas, who was also messing with his mind, only using a different drug of choice.<br /><br />Llantony Priory is a magical place, and the little chapel at Capel-y-Ffyn one of the places I will miss the most when we finally leave Wales.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com