tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post4022497559991155611..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Book Review: Not Saying Goodbye at Gate 21, by Kathleen JonesTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-16760468124861086412012-01-25T19:13:56.593+13:002012-01-25T19:13:56.593+13:00Thanks, Rachel - I think you'll enjoy it!Thanks, Rachel - I think you'll enjoy it!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-31363741176596890092012-01-25T18:00:13.196+13:002012-01-25T18:00:13.196+13:00I'm very much looking forward to reading Kathl...I'm very much looking forward to reading Kathleen's collection as I've enjoyed what I've read - reviews and snippets - so far. Thanks for this review, Tim - I'm always fascinated by what the reader/s bring to the poems, how they complete them. All good stuff.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-33368797385780744992012-01-23T21:40:49.490+13:002012-01-23T21:40:49.490+13:00Thanks for your comments, Kathleen, Mary, Helen an...Thanks for your comments, Kathleen, Mary, Helen and Avril.<br /><br />Mary, these are fine poems too (I don't think there's bad one in the book) but I guess that, for many readers, it's the poems that resonate most closely with their own experience or heritage that mean the most.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-83341609471202760852012-01-21T04:31:06.858+13:002012-01-21T04:31:06.858+13:00Deft indeed. I loved this collection and I'm s...Deft indeed. I loved this collection and I'm sure I will be returning to itAvrilhttp://www.avriljoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-16116800454238493292012-01-21T00:22:15.682+13:002012-01-21T00:22:15.682+13:00I believe your observation about the poem "To...I believe your observation about the poem "To the Gods the Shades", ie "everything achieved by the skilled deployment of language" encapsulates the achievement of this very fine collection, Tim.Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-67657956338842538212012-01-20T22:05:55.232+13:002012-01-20T22:05:55.232+13:00Lovely review of a lovely book. When it arrived at...Lovely review of a lovely book. When it arrived at my house, I read it in one big gulp. My favourite poems are the personal ones which have a voice that is strong, unflinching and female in the face of whatever life throws at a person, including grief and loss. I was especially moved by the mother and daughter poems. I will re-read the poems you single out again with interest, Tim.Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-70278520189152652252012-01-20T10:37:53.952+13:002012-01-20T10:37:53.952+13:00Thanks Tim - a lovely review. I too loved 'th...Thanks Tim - a lovely review. I too loved 'the Eagle of the Ninth' by Rosemary Sutcliffe - really fired my imagination!Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.com