tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post1328870930750814024..comments2023-09-15T01:33:18.857-07:00Comments on Humble Musings of a Literary Kind: Balzac wore a Bowler too: Acquiring a Literary Hat FetishAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-52467010148614436212014-01-19T13:40:59.275-08:002014-01-19T13:40:59.275-08:00Utterly lovely, Dale! I doff my variety of hats in...Utterly lovely, Dale! I doff my variety of hats in your general direction, and am grateful indeed, not only for your kind visit, but for the lyrical loveliness with which you decorate my blog walls! Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-18717619420986365982014-01-09T07:25:05.580-08:002014-01-09T07:25:05.580-08:00The Hat of the Poet. Your writing is inspiring, so...The Hat of the Poet. Your writing is inspiring, so I wrote this piece. <br /> <br /> Some people try as they might to catch a single thread on the tattered fringe of the literary headdress. In time some succeed, but only a few will hold fast to the anticipated dreams of literacy. The feathered plumage of the poetically hatted is deeply impelled into the brain-hold and fights in winds unresponsive to character shamming. The unraveling of such threads intrusted it's embarrassment to it's own regalia. Naked and scared to find words to place a cure within man's extension to life's poverty. All too soon that infrastructure is exposed, the very brim and self-shaking head of self defacement and possesses the delinquency of penmanship that has death of the dream ensnared. Words stand looming like a hammer over such garments. The first step into a dreamed fashion of created life, with pinned and garnished time exposed, ready to dissolve or tarnish the dreamers luster. There they remain shunted, once imagined then found lame in the throat. The head placing pen to paper to clear some devils jealous marks. As some little self made god has hold of such slippery strings that unravels the patterns of hours spent, commencing to find end to all ego. Until warn well, and hat remade, in ways relentless, the talent has to whirl in storms with only the staple of thirst of seeing shore in publication. For poets need to heal. For no rudder is found in garments not chosen wisely and for some the hat has no reflection to distinguish the cause inflicted to such toil. A road where dream-shoes will wear out first and few will ever escape the horizon of adversity.<br />*<br /><br />Written by the Professor of Heretical Forecasting<br />*<br />Sponsored by-<br />Higher Weirdness THE Magazine<br />*<br />With Attention of-<br />Damon the Attractor.<br />*<br />In Service of Neewe the Forgettable <br />Mr. Rickey Dale Hicks<br />Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855249765284959630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-79230326106163254262014-01-05T13:01:11.650-08:002014-01-05T13:01:11.650-08:00Thank you! For visiting my humble musings and for ...Thank you! For visiting my humble musings and for your very kind words inscribed on the virtual wall - for what joy is there in writing if there are none to share them with? Thank you for enabling this lovely exchange.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-54524523026303113892014-01-05T12:47:04.203-08:002014-01-05T12:47:04.203-08:00PJ, that is the most beautiful way I have every he...PJ, that is the most beautiful way I have every heard the enjoyments and the perils of a writer described. Thank you so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-31196635353621309532014-01-03T18:48:12.087-08:002014-01-03T18:48:12.087-08:00Thank you dear Kathleen - I am utterly delighted t...Thank you dear Kathleen - I am utterly delighted to see you again, and hope the new year is seeing you in in good fashion. Thank you for your most kind comments regarding my humble offering, and for stopping back in. It warms my heart and continues to be a fruitful source of inspiration for ongoing musings to come!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-76628357552792496262014-01-03T15:40:58.750-08:002014-01-03T15:40:58.750-08:00There is something beautifully poetic about your w...There is something beautifully poetic about your writing no matter what the subject, even different hats for writers. Everything you write is relatable and in such a unique style.<br /><br />It’s been awhile since I’ve come here but you’re never forgotten. You have a special talent that will live on and on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871715455123788528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-77696867674046686622014-01-02T20:04:34.374-08:002014-01-02T20:04:34.374-08:00And thank you, dearest Marta, for your staunch sup...And thank you, dearest Marta, for your staunch support and your always kind words - sending the warmest of hugs your way! PJAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-76284924528671657062014-01-02T20:02:11.568-08:002014-01-02T20:02:11.568-08:00Thank you Alyce! I am delighted you stopped by, a...Thank you Alyce! I am delighted you stopped by, and that work-at-home-mom is one of mine in the closet also - one of the most blissfully rewarding, excruciatingly frustratingly wonderful headwears in my possession...and one that is a bit of a trump to all others whether we will or no, I think? Lovely to read your comment here, and so happy you enjoyed the musing, thank you Alyce!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-1917857287726769332014-01-02T11:53:45.326-08:002014-01-02T11:53:45.326-08:00Dear PJ, arriving very late at this post, as usual...Dear PJ, arriving very late at this post, as usual in these past months, I have found one of the most original analogies between what we wear on our heads and what we carry inside them. Thank you for reminding us of head-wear we not always acknowledge! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15249891006083336192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-51749437622673197522014-01-01T17:29:01.948-08:002014-01-01T17:29:01.948-08:00Terrific read. I love how you ran with the metapho...Terrific read. I love how you ran with the metaphor of wearing different hats. In addition to all the hats above, I'm also wearing the hat of "work-at-home mom," which presents its own challenges!Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16022618076057500332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-48672895453816694552013-12-30T18:56:20.102-08:002013-12-30T18:56:20.102-08:00Indeed! So what is one to do but to practice their...Indeed! So what is one to do but to practice their tap-dancing?? Lovely to see you here Anthony, thank you for stopping by, and for your delightful comment!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-82637386782778051752013-12-30T10:40:40.030-08:002013-12-30T10:40:40.030-08:00Hats off to your piece, PJ, all of them. Isn't...Hats off to your piece, PJ, all of them. Isn't it so? No longer alone in the garret but forced to dance for your next meal. The indignity. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997060576461538726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-87681432064298161902013-12-30T04:46:43.947-08:002013-12-30T04:46:43.947-08:00Thank you Sarah - so pleased you garnered somethin...Thank you Sarah - so pleased you garnered something from it...and thrilled to see you here, and read your lovely comment inscribed on my virtual wall!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-89757146328009930872013-12-29T14:42:16.224-08:002013-12-29T14:42:16.224-08:00Delightful musing PJ, thank you! I thoroughly enjo...Delightful musing PJ, thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205704971690484222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-53571304226959005382013-12-29T10:36:42.119-08:002013-12-29T10:36:42.119-08:00Dearest Shari - you are indeed too too kind, and d...Dearest Shari - you are indeed too too kind, and despite Chris' valiant attempts to teach me the fine art of doffing, I fear I am the left-footed sort who indubitably trips and falls (and attempts to delude oneself that it is being done gracefully!) But insofar as the hats go - more of a matter of trying to stay optimistic when it can get a little overwhelming...hopefully not a jack of all trades and a master of none...striving for masterhood anyway! Thank you again for your kind thoughts and lovely commentary. You are a wonder my dear, and I am so grateful for your support and literary companionship. Of course in all our various life-occupations we are plagued by this demand for multiple hats are we not? Not only as writers but as parents, as wage-earners ....in many capacities. I suppose the number particular to writing as such simply surprised me. And not all of them aspects I enjoyed particularly. I suppose even more so given the fact that I desperately wanted to wear one and one alone morning noon and night! :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156605759733149704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925449466467205516.post-10848010120167607602013-12-29T10:18:04.227-08:002013-12-29T10:18:04.227-08:00Dearest PJ, this is an excellent commentary on the...Dearest PJ, this is an excellent commentary on the heady celebration of headdress and the writerly occupation! There is no doubt in my mind that you wear them all with the style and panache becoming of one who exudes excitement, mystery and intrigue associated with a role reserved for the few ascribed to such lofty status: the scribe, the historian, the writer. My hat is off to you, dear PJ, for your wealth of knowledge, skill and talent.Shari LeKanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764921433989389867noreply@blogger.com