tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post7135066214700718643..comments2024-03-29T10:45:39.020-04:00Comments on everyday amazing: The Empress with Silk ClothesGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-29665135021076076432016-08-26T20:46:42.461-04:002016-08-26T20:46:42.461-04:00An awesome take on an enduring allegorical tale. ...An awesome take on an enduring allegorical tale. A fun read!Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-83995986196305573132016-08-25T08:10:51.598-04:002016-08-25T08:10:51.598-04:00Not looking forward to this November. Have a great...Not looking forward to this November. Have a great weekend, Grace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-88197331818906783732016-08-25T04:19:39.585-04:002016-08-25T04:19:39.585-04:00A new and brilliantly worded perspective on a favo...A new and brilliantly worded perspective on a favourite story.vronlacroixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508976235672402223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-80812877922960685782016-08-24T08:28:05.115-04:002016-08-24T08:28:05.115-04:00Ah --- the emperor has no clothes!!! I remember t...Ah --- the emperor has no clothes!!! I remember the tale so well :) and your take from her view is priceless --- so many great lines and such an attitude!!! And then to connect it at the end to the political candidate whose name shall not be writ by me -- abolutely not giving him even the acknowledgement of writing his name -- THIS is priceless! So very well done!lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664830773553716989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-21215821797809042562016-08-24T06:41:34.300-04:002016-08-24T06:41:34.300-04:00I bet you should, smiling......I bet you should, smiling......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09708639989022246399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-57492451334521834952016-08-24T06:38:18.605-04:002016-08-24T06:38:18.605-04:00My best read ever. I enjoyed reading every line......My best read ever. I enjoyed reading every line............and the imagination, oh my God, well visualized. This has been my best, honestly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09708639989022246399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-80333037162435776242016-08-24T05:57:26.444-04:002016-08-24T05:57:26.444-04:00Oh Grace you will be receiving a letter from Dewey...Oh Grace you will be receiving a letter from Dewey Cheetum & Howe any day now. The would be emperor and his familial court have determined that the law adds to their reign. If not their naked in silk possessions then at least the body count of them run over.<br /><br />As I was reading this I found myself not so much curious as to specifically whom it may be directed at but rather how odd that it could be applied to so many leaders in this world.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-27498974584853264462016-08-24T05:37:40.330-04:002016-08-24T05:37:40.330-04:00Sorry, just read the prompt properly and see poems...Sorry, just read the prompt properly and see poems should be about people already passed on. Petru J Viljoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821468855056711841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-51223599114194285792016-08-24T04:50:04.815-04:002016-08-24T04:50:04.815-04:00I may ask you if I may use this to confront the Wo...I may ask you if I may use this to confront the Women's League here in South Africa. They're behaving exactly as your Empress. Or I may take inspiration from this ...?Petru J Viljoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821468855056711841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-64201424508679899522016-08-24T04:48:43.024-04:002016-08-24T04:48:43.024-04:00Why not - if it's done in the name of art and ...Why not - if it's done in the name of art and awareness? Something has to tell the truth! They've done it a few times with our own silly president but it isn't working, not yet anyway. Even the women, as in your Empress, soothes the beast.Petru J Viljoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821468855056711841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-73204015701957559282016-08-24T03:25:05.434-04:002016-08-24T03:25:05.434-04:00As long as he/ she has nothing on and the crowd is...As long as he/ she has nothing on and the crowd is fearfully cheering him/ her on about his/ her beautiful clothes, I will not kneel for no one ever. You, friend Grace? I mean, really ... look at the circus that's going on in the states right now ... Love, cat ^.^https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422876955246850636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-3298485828445253612016-08-24T00:52:18.145-04:002016-08-24T00:52:18.145-04:00I love your take on this, your Empress Grace :)I love your take on this, your Empress Grace :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-79774021134618046522016-08-23T19:41:15.012-04:002016-08-23T19:41:15.012-04:00haha but he has those hands, doesn't that coun...haha but he has those hands, doesn't that count for anything? Fun one indeed.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-9915405336694986912016-08-23T19:14:21.610-04:002016-08-23T19:14:21.610-04:00So good!! The emperor has no balls ! So good!! The emperor has no balls ! Gloria Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055543111865966546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-4672407544968047422016-08-23T17:50:39.451-04:002016-08-23T17:50:39.451-04:00I held myself back as we can't really do livin...I held myself back as we can't really do living people ha!!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-3137774389759544192016-08-23T17:31:01.247-04:002016-08-23T17:31:01.247-04:00Thank you for this flight of fancy.Thank you for this flight of fancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-80986393981896774452016-08-23T17:06:08.294-04:002016-08-23T17:06:08.294-04:00Whoaa such a fiery and brilliant take on the promp...Whoaa such a fiery and brilliant take on the prompt!!Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-45349340853254060792016-08-23T16:39:19.766-04:002016-08-23T16:39:19.766-04:00This one had me guessing for sure. Not being a Tru...This one had me guessing for sure. Not being a Trump supporter, I would have included more vitriol mixed in with the levity & sarcasm. You rocked the prompt & exposed a buffoon.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-70573227740787195612016-08-23T15:37:01.409-04:002016-08-23T15:37:01.409-04:00Oh Grace, this is deliciously funny. I love the wa...Oh Grace, this is deliciously funny. I love the way you have woven in words from the story, as well as incredible lines like:<br /><br />'As I kneel before your soft belly<br /><br />and puckered knees for your shoes'<br /><br />and those fabulous final lines:<br /><br />'I, your empress, nod while patting <br />silk embroidered clothes<br /><br />wrapping my naked ambition <br />sharp as eagle's claws'.<br /><br />I'm so pleased you had fun writing it.Kim M. Russellhttp://writinginnorthnorfolk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856662679041828863.post-2696557383994806372016-08-23T15:11:17.340-04:002016-08-23T15:11:17.340-04:00Oh this was so fun... trying to guess the who it w...Oh this was so fun... trying to guess the who it was.. Andersen would have been proud at this hide and seek... :-)brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com