tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post1207849644341526440..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: NZ Poetry Day: Zoetropes, by Bill ManhireTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-31888304758023181792010-08-01T01:28:11.678+12:002010-08-01T01:28:11.678+12:00Thanks Mary and AJ!Thanks Mary and AJ!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-70674899659275628792010-07-31T22:58:51.349+12:002010-07-31T22:58:51.349+12:00"then drifts across the page to other disappo..."then drifts across the page to other disappointments" <br /><br />But I certainly wasn't dissapointed this time. <br /><br />definitely worth more than a smile, especially your comment of - "the sudden, irrational pride in reading any mention of our little country, no matter how trivial or fleeting..."AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-52851371027888334892010-07-31T01:16:00.730+12:002010-07-31T01:16:00.730+12:00Tim, this is great! Oh that letter 'Z' - i...Tim, this is great! Oh that letter 'Z' - it does alarm the heart... and that we are only 'smoke at anchor, drifting above/Antarctica's white flower...' is simply wonderful. I wonder if Bill feels the same way now he's been to Antarctica...Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-28392162751914827962010-07-30T14:28:03.269+12:002010-07-30T14:28:03.269+12:00Thanks for your comments, Helen, Belinda, and Sara...Thanks for your comments, Helen, Belinda, and Sarah Jane. I am looking forward to reading the poems everyone has posted tonight & tomorrow, but haven't had the chance yet.<br /><br />Later this month I'm doing a live interview of a New York editor who's attending a science fiction convention in Wellington. The first question I plan to ask him is "How did you like the inside of the customs shed?" and the second will be "How do you like New Zealand so far?" Wrong answers will be punished severely!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-25705790764606492682010-07-30T11:41:08.658+12:002010-07-30T11:41:08.658+12:00"the sudden, irrational pride in reading any ..."the sudden, irrational pride in reading any mention of our little country, no matter how trivial or fleeting, in the world's media."<br /><br />Very true. My partner is British and he becomes irrationally annoyed at my irrational pride! Great poem choice, Tim. I am glad someone posted some Manhire on NZ Poetry Day.Sarah Jane Barnetthttp://theredroom.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-61636338147581079252010-07-30T09:08:18.704+12:002010-07-30T09:08:18.704+12:00What a great poem - it has such a lovely pattern, ...What a great poem - it has such a lovely pattern, and I love that ending: the land being only "smoke at anchor". Your own comments made me laugh out loud. Many thanks.Belindahttp://www.belindahollyer.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-38542516932558073402010-07-30T08:33:22.849+12:002010-07-30T08:33:22.849+12:00Great choice, Tim--I love "The land itself is...Great choice, Tim--I love "The land itself is only//smoke at anchor" and "tied by a thin red line<br />(5000 miles) to Valparaiso."<br /><br />(Although of course we're only 1500 odd to Australia.)Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.com