tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post7578660337519607566..comments2023-10-31T23:27:18.777-04:00Comments on Random Noodling: Poetry Friday--"The Hare"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-91705313238829798432010-11-01T08:17:43.158-04:002010-11-01T08:17:43.158-04:00Love this, Diane. Especially the last line and And...Love this, Diane. Especially the last line and And I whispered 'Whsst!<br /><br />Very creepy, haunted moors type feeling.<br /><br />Thanks!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-66679915887454729552010-10-31T13:04:20.504-04:002010-10-31T13:04:20.504-04:00Absolutely, Magyar, that's why we do what we d...Absolutely, Magyar, that's why we do what we do!KURIOUS KITTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972712028425323003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-89786115171020273022010-10-31T11:09:56.307-04:002010-10-31T11:09:56.307-04:00... Ah, to carry on with my use of the word
-nove...... Ah, to carry on with my use of the word <br />-novelize- or the fiction of imagination.<br /><br />__WIK-apedia is, I expect, correct. Harwich... a military settlement 'Here-WIC,' thus, having nothing to do with Hares and Witches.<br />__The curious things? 'WIKka and/or WICca?"<br /><br />__Diane, we just gotta love words, huh? <br />Lovit!_mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-71542600524364454162010-10-30T05:49:45.321-04:002010-10-30T05:49:45.321-04:00I guess if carrying a rabbit's/hare's foot...I guess if carrying a rabbit's/hare's foot is good luck, then it makes sense to work it backwards to the taking of the witch's powers. Fun history and fun poem!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-88348986867357188292010-10-29T23:13:41.271-04:002010-10-29T23:13:41.271-04:00Hmmm...Harwich...that does sound suspicious. A qu...Hmmm...Harwich...that does sound suspicious. A quick look at Wikipedia reveals: The town's name means "military settlement," from Old English here-wic.<br /><br />I like Magyar's more fanciful explanation.<br /><br />Blythe, I remember the movie, <i>Bell, Book, and Candle</i> with Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart. The witch's cat was named Pyewacket. It made a great Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-41435597660594880582010-10-29T21:58:53.258-04:002010-10-29T21:58:53.258-04:00__I had never heard that link between the Hare and...__I had never heard that link between the Hare and the Witch. <br />__Near here, there is a town named Harwich, one can wonder... and novelize. _mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-30224045698611317102010-10-29T18:16:26.297-04:002010-10-29T18:16:26.297-04:00I like the last line particularly: She fled, and l...I like the last line particularly: She fled, and left the moonlight there.<br /><br />Thanks for introducing me to this poem/phenomenon!Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-53763402683371270182010-10-29T16:33:32.330-04:002010-10-29T16:33:32.330-04:00Hi! This is Laura at AuthorA.
Great poem, but I e...Hi! This is Laura at AuthorA.<br /><br />Great poem, but I especially liked the history lesson. I recommend a book called "Animals Speaks" that looks at animal totems and the mythology of animals in diverse cultures. It's set up like a dictionary, so it's easy to find the animal you're interested in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-51725224117080628232010-10-29T09:30:04.983-04:002010-10-29T09:30:04.983-04:00I remember hearing the name Pyewacket for a witch&...I remember hearing the name Pyewacket for a witch's hare. Love that name. And David, so funny about the Python: "it's got really big teeth."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10147284664183496856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-86298320219608078312010-10-29T08:03:17.402-04:002010-10-29T08:03:17.402-04:00huh, i never knew about the hare-witch connection....huh, i never knew about the hare-witch connection. seems like they'd make a more logical "familiar" than a black cat, but i suspect cats were a separate superstition that ended up with witches.<br /><br />and now, thinking about it, i can't shake the image of the killer rabbit from "monty python and the holy grail."<br /><br />thanks for sharing, and jumpstarting all david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.com