http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/incident-in-a-counry-garden Just another bbPress community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 16:45:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/incident-in-a-counry-garden#post-59084 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:59:14 +0000 amyl_nitrate 59084@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Have you thought about uploading your images onto a site like <a href="http://photobucket.com/">Photobucket</a> or <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a>? If you do that you can copy and paste the image urls provided under each image and post them here and the image will appear. To post a picture you put [img] at the beginning of the url of your image and [/img] at the end of your image with no spaces. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/incident-in-a-counry-garden#post-58840 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:59:56 +0000 diane tigue 58840@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ thank you so much for the kind words and good advice. I have Mr. Fry's poetry how to book and though I try - I fail. All my works have glaring and grating flaws.<br /> <br /> Anyway - we are what we are. But onto the picture size. I don't know how to upload a picture to the world of Fry and his many fans. It is not that I am afraid of being ripped off. There is someone in India using one of my images as his avatar. It is flattering in a way. I've been an artist for 40 years and I could put my combined earnings toward a set of stainless steel flatware and still have to make monthly payments on the remainder due. I have a blog ( started the same day achmadenijad started his). I also have a website. Please visit them and get a load of some other stuff I do. very fondly, - diane <a href="http://tiguertracks.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://tiguertracks.blogspot.com/</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://papertiguer.com/" rel="nofollow">http://papertiguer.com/</a> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/incident-in-a-counry-garden#post-58727 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:43:51 +0000 s_gardiner 58727@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Hi Diane<br /> <br /> Liked the poem, really liked the feel of the meter, it had the singsong quality ideal for children. By the way, I do not if its a limitation imposed by the website, but I think your images would benefit from a larger preview size; if you're worried about thieving (I post images online, so I know the concern) why not go for a watermark? That way, you can use the larger image, and we get a proper look!<br /> <br /> The only problem I really felt with the poem was the meter - the lines I seemed to have liked the best were those that were iambic pentameter, like 'What's this! A snail usurped her fragrant bed!' The difficulties were when lines were a bit too long such as 'The snail, her polar opposite in personality'. It's just a bit too wordy at fourteen syllables, and it's difficult to make it scan without placing a strange stress on 'personality'. Perhaps shortening and rephrasing might be an idea - I know this might mean you need to change the rest of the stanza, though.<br /> <br /> All in all, like I said, it was good fun to read, and both my girlfriend and I were really impressed with the illustration - love the art nouveau stylings.<br /> <br /> Cheers<br /> S http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/incident-in-a-counry-garden#post-58362 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:41:08 +0000 diane tigue 58362@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ This is another of my children's poems - there must be a more elegant way of posting - I am afraid I am turning people off with this cut and paste job - anyway please tell me if there is a better way to post <a href=""></a><a href="http://papertiguer.com/designsb.cfm?item_id=101url" rel="nofollow">http://papertiguer.com/designsb.cfm?item_id=101url</a><a href="http://www.photoshopuser.com/members/portfolios/view/image/116923"><img src="http://www.photoshopuser.com/members/portfolios/files/uploads/1121571/thumb/incidentinacountrygarden.jpg" alt="" /></a>[/url]