tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post7069293206534257666..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Lily of the ValleyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68156322503784425002016-05-24T03:39:41.259-07:002016-05-24T03:39:41.259-07:00Blame John.Blame John.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8156534512194498372016-05-24T03:02:20.529-07:002016-05-24T03:02:20.529-07:00You have so many artistic strings to your bow Tom ...You have so many artistic strings to your bow Tom ...... I really love the poem, only slightly marred by the fags, beer and farts comments !!!!! ...... it was lovely up until then !!!! XXXX Jacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79596355065127578362016-05-24T02:17:24.211-07:002016-05-24T02:17:24.211-07:00I never knew any of my grandmothers - 'either&...I never knew any of my grandmothers - 'either', I suppose!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-16778712368467344102016-05-24T02:16:26.495-07:002016-05-24T02:16:26.495-07:00See above - not just for elderly ladies!See above - not just for elderly ladies!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85884279249814601972016-05-24T02:15:35.584-07:002016-05-24T02:15:35.584-07:00When I was young, I used to always buy Lily of the...When I was young, I used to always buy Lily of the Valley soap. I was in touch with my feminine side I suppose...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56566175608338759382016-05-24T02:13:59.122-07:002016-05-24T02:13:59.122-07:00No, not reading Edith Wharton. I don't know wh...No, not reading Edith Wharton. I don't know why Lily of the Valley came into my head. They are (were) often featured in fairy book illustrations, I think.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82619874427438246702016-05-24T02:10:54.375-07:002016-05-24T02:10:54.375-07:00Old ladies tend to smell of stale cake if they los...Old ladies tend to smell of stale cake if they lose their sense of smell - in my experience...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-75372183866628381532016-05-24T02:09:47.098-07:002016-05-24T02:09:47.098-07:00I thought he had been sacked. Maybe they just bloc...I thought he had been sacked. Maybe they just blocked me.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51338407047016274212016-05-24T02:09:10.391-07:002016-05-24T02:09:10.391-07:00Is it? I never knew that.Is it? I never knew that.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9238811215817010572016-05-24T02:08:32.546-07:002016-05-24T02:08:32.546-07:00I mean one which rhymes - de da de da de da de da....I mean one which rhymes - de da de da de da de da... Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-704448679074021152016-05-23T23:50:38.717-07:002016-05-23T23:50:38.717-07:00I shall be thinking about my grandmother all day a...I shall be thinking about my grandmother all day after reading this post. Not a bad thing. Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70942936857748102332016-05-23T23:25:27.151-07:002016-05-23T23:25:27.151-07:00Lily of the Valley is my Ma's favourite flower...Lily of the Valley is my Ma's favourite flower.<br />What a multi talented man you are Mr S.libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56007212076453455322016-05-23T23:20:21.416-07:002016-05-23T23:20:21.416-07:00I think he was wearing a blanket!I think he was wearing a blanket!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11765687487228325342016-05-23T23:19:57.975-07:002016-05-23T23:19:57.975-07:00I've just been looking at RDS's recent off...I've just been looking at RDS's recent offering..... he gets worse and worse.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-48664416068555803002016-05-23T22:29:45.564-07:002016-05-23T22:29:45.564-07:00Lily of the Valley (and Mimosas) are my favourite ...Lily of the Valley (and Mimosas) are my favourite flowers.<br />Your poem is very good, I like it.<br />Greetings Maria xMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34476446490087482202016-05-23T20:52:51.738-07:002016-05-23T20:52:51.738-07:00Here in France, Lilly of the Valley (Muguet) is gi...Here in France, Lilly of the Valley (Muguet) is given to friends on May 1st. People are also allowed to sell it on Parisian street corners without any permits. It's BIG on May 1st.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-17596968340205248912016-05-23T19:36:05.765-07:002016-05-23T19:36:05.765-07:00I quite like the second paragraph of this post. If...I quite like the second paragraph of this post. If written in lines it would be a fine example of free verse. I'm not sure what you mean by "proper poem" but this one strikes me as Tennysonian. Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87702817820707364672016-05-23T17:48:44.871-07:002016-05-23T17:48:44.871-07:00Are you reading Edith Wharton right now? Lily of t...Are you reading Edith Wharton right now? Lily of the valley are top of my list. I have an entire bed of them, carried with me to new homes and started from a trowel full from my great grandmother's garden. My great grandmother Cox; Uncle Pearl Cox' sister in law.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-35020466056174377912016-05-23T17:31:59.027-07:002016-05-23T17:31:59.027-07:00It's a true story. Bless her heart.It's a true story. Bless her heart.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-38451637839911348992016-05-23T17:11:21.344-07:002016-05-23T17:11:21.344-07:00Your comment made me chuckle, Iris. Your comment made me chuckle, Iris. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26888254199742318322016-05-23T15:44:04.751-07:002016-05-23T15:44:04.751-07:00That reminds me of an older lady I once encountere...That reminds me of an older lady I once encountered in a store. She was perturbed that nobody was using talcum powder anymore. She seemed to think that people are now content to smell badly. I did not have the heart to tell her that we had moved on to anti-perspirant's. Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-35888127633557741102016-05-23T14:59:25.976-07:002016-05-23T14:59:25.976-07:00I need R.D. Stainforth to read it for me, sitting ...I need R.D. Stainforth to read it for me, sitting on a staircase and punctuating it with long drags from a cigarette whilst searching the ceiling for the call of the muse. Or maybe not...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21759338471152394502016-05-23T14:37:11.407-07:002016-05-23T14:37:11.407-07:00Tom, I am impressed.Tom, I am impressed.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45371456300714615432016-05-23T14:21:52.117-07:002016-05-23T14:21:52.117-07:00And not just your own.And not just your own.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-91866187358395276902016-05-23T14:17:14.935-07:002016-05-23T14:17:14.935-07:00With me its just fartsWith me its just fartsJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com