tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post905966453560674382..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Tuesday Poem: Men Briefly Explained - the title poem of my new poetry collectionTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-3345443641286532482011-03-21T10:05:15.220+13:002011-03-21T10:05:15.220+13:00I love this poem. How it made me laugh. The last ...I love this poem. How it made me laugh. The last line is wonderful. Can't wait to read the rest!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470961835179653158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-58270003575017749462011-03-19T18:04:45.912+13:002011-03-19T18:04:45.912+13:00Thanks, Isabel! "Book in the Trees" was ...Thanks, Isabel! "Book in the Trees" was subsequently published as the final story in my short story collection "Transported" - that's now out of print, but it's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transported-ebook/dp/B004R1R4XY/" rel="nofollow">available as an ebook</a>, and I still have some copies myself, so let me know if you'd like one.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-60541913942438555612011-03-19T01:24:59.699+13:002011-03-19T01:24:59.699+13:00Hi Tim, I read your 'Books in the Trees' o...Hi Tim, I read your 'Books in the Trees' on Turbine very clever, very engaging. I look forward to reading some more of your stories.<br />Thanks for making them available in exile land.Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-36497647244659244722011-03-18T10:36:39.295+13:002011-03-18T10:36:39.295+13:00'as the poacher Time takes aim' - a great ...'as the poacher Time takes aim' - a great close, Tim - I like how the poem can go elsewhere.<br /><br />Hope you'll feel good with the new book. Congrats.Madeleine Marie Slavickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801929694750498013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-31643420146182582282011-03-16T21:45:19.916+13:002011-03-16T21:45:19.916+13:00Thanks, Kathleen. Your proposed title lays down a ...Thanks, Kathleen. Your proposed title lays down a challenge which, parfait knight that I am, I will ignominiously decline.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-57052102641696091032011-03-16T00:55:04.522+13:002011-03-16T00:55:04.522+13:00This really made me smile Tim! There's a prog...This really made me smile Tim! There's a programme on TV here at the moment called 'How to Live with a Woman' - that would make a good title for a collection too!Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-1838731615710341972011-03-15T22:24:33.877+13:002011-03-15T22:24:33.877+13:00Thanks, Rachel, Isabel, and AJ.
Rachel, my aim is...Thanks, Rachel, Isabel, and AJ.<br /><br />Rachel, my aim is to get people splurting their tea <em>when they read the book</em>. That way, they will need to buy replacement copies.<br /><br />Isabel, thank you! I am lamentably literal-minded, which often leads me into difficulty.<br /><br />AJ, I'll take that as an endorsement. Mine's an honorary doctorate in anthropomorphism, thanks.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-56197999054639009132011-03-15T21:44:08.306+13:002011-03-15T21:44:08.306+13:00Nice.
Social interactions even a biologist can u...Nice. <br />Social interactions even a biologist can understand :)AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-54602589667029897342011-03-15T21:11:53.860+13:002011-03-15T21:11:53.860+13:00Thanks for the interesting explanation of flirting...Thanks for the interesting explanation of flirting, and the genesis of your poem - but I was only teasing.<br /><br />I did really like it.Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-29159967974535086742011-03-15T20:50:38.162+13:002011-03-15T20:50:38.162+13:00I don't know if you're intending to be as ...I don't know if you're intending to be as funny as you are, Tim, (please don't be offended) but that was the funniest, longest and most articulate yet scientific archaic description of common flirting I've ever read! Have to clean up the tea I splurted out reading it now! Based on that alone I will be recommending your colelction!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-17884418644596583892011-03-15T20:26:18.343+13:002011-03-15T20:26:18.343+13:00Thanks, Rachel, Helen and Isabel.
Isabel, this po...Thanks, Rachel, Helen and Isabel.<br /><br />Isabel, this poem is based on something I noticed - a male friend and I were chatting with a group of women in an office kitchen somewhere in Wellington, and I realised that, not intentionally (at least on my part), we were competing to show off our verbal fireworks to the the youngest, (and therefore, from a sociobiological point of view) most attractive woman in the room.<br /><br />It seemed like one of those moments when genetic programming took over from conscious intention. There is a short but indicative article about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_behavior" rel="nofollow">display behaviour</a> here, although this article does not cover the many species where the females engage in display behaviour. In humans, both genders are prone to engage in such behaviour.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-1900060485979985362011-03-15T20:08:44.715+13:002011-03-15T20:08:44.715+13:00Congratulations on the imminent release of your ne...Congratulations on the imminent release of your new collection.<br />I enjoyed your explanation of men and particularly like 'poacher Time'. Nice Darwinian echoes.<br />I look forward to reading an explanation of the most attractive woman in the room - and what was it that the monkeys found so irresistable?Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-1358570903773791652011-03-15T14:20:20.189+13:002011-03-15T14:20:20.189+13:00Congrats Tim! I look forward to Men Briefly Explai...Congrats Tim! I look forward to Men Briefly Explaineds arrival in the world.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-13982545293604167842011-03-15T13:14:36.455+13:002011-03-15T13:14:36.455+13:00that's as it should be; you don't want too...that's as it should be; you don't want too many gibbons running amok through your poems - regular primates are enough of a handful!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-34386056642830310602011-03-15T12:32:07.671+13:002011-03-15T12:32:07.671+13:00Thanks, John, Rachel, Mark and Mary!
Rachel, we&#...Thanks, John, Rachel, Mark and Mary!<br /><br />Rachel, we're dotting i's and crossing t's about the exact publication arrangements at the moment - I'll put up more news on the blog as it comes to hand. Perhaps unfortunately, though, this poem is the only one in the book with a reference to gibbons.<br /><br />Mark, it is indeed good!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-77329170649383536182011-03-15T10:16:46.233+13:002011-03-15T10:16:46.233+13:00As John says, 'what a riot'. Love it, Tim....As John says, 'what a riot'. Love it, Tim.Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-26507692974765192152011-03-15T10:01:40.550+13:002011-03-15T10:01:40.550+13:00Good news about your book. Good that IP are keepun...Good news about your book. Good that IP are keepung up their NZ connection.Mark Piriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999627310717567736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-11366803738241640122011-03-15T08:59:56.458+13:002011-03-15T08:59:56.458+13:00"Gibbons" - love it. I'll be interes..."Gibbons" - love it. I'll be interested to read how you turn from and spring off that poem - late 2011, eh?Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-58753316471137226232011-03-15T06:08:28.238+13:002011-03-15T06:08:28.238+13:00Poachers, upsetters of the natural order of things...Poachers, upsetters of the natural order of things, tamperers of the game.<br /><br />What a riot!Penal-Colonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578228230659521795noreply@blogger.com