tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post6112820234824132117..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Tuesday Poem: The Wrong HorseTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-66505648085796668682010-07-07T03:17:00.265+12:002010-07-07T03:17:00.265+12:00I must admit that I especially love your comment &...I must admit that I especially love your comment "though I was never a lecturer, but I have observed members of the species at comparatively close quarters." A species indeed!T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-22771410383066585652010-07-06T21:17:04.513+12:002010-07-06T21:17:04.513+12:00This one really got me Tim - nice work. 'why w...This one really got me Tim - nice work. 'why wait for the Queen when you can 'honour' yourself' - Indeed!!Helenhttp://helenheath.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-79657718544367492882010-07-06T17:05:35.748+12:002010-07-06T17:05:35.748+12:00Thanks, Kay and Kathleen. I'm pleased that tho...Thanks, Kay and Kathleen. I'm pleased that those who have commented like this poem; what's especially interesting is that responses to it are so diverse.<br /><br />Kay, as an Englishman (by birth, at least) I think I can say that "restrained desperation" is my birthright, or as Pink Floyd put it, "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way". Kathleen, and others, may differ.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-2266170643016933542010-07-06T10:46:42.910+12:002010-07-06T10:46:42.910+12:00Really like this Tim - somehow elegiac.Really like this Tim - somehow elegiac.Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-66700407471697657922010-07-06T10:32:04.266+12:002010-07-06T10:32:04.266+12:00This collection you're writing / have written ...This collection you're writing / have written is going to be a beauty. I love the restrained desperation in this - the dust! The bitterness.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-7287907568603346162010-07-06T10:13:38.737+12:002010-07-06T10:13:38.737+12:00Thanks, Helen and Mary. It is another "MBE&qu...Thanks, Helen and Mary. It is another "MBE" poem (why wait for the Queen when you can 'honour' yourself?) - I see that I forgot to add to the post both this info and the Tuesday Poem link - which for those who don't know it is:<br /><br /><a href="http://tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><br />I'm glad you find it haunting, Mary: I think of it as being satirical, but as I'm just an old softy at heart, a bit of affection shines through.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-32131548682210331262010-07-06T09:35:58.475+12:002010-07-06T09:35:58.475+12:00Wow. I love this esp. 'The pleasures of the te...Wow. I love this esp. 'The pleasures of the text are the pleasures of spring.' A haunting poem.Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-86385759323940068172010-07-06T08:11:52.387+12:002010-07-06T08:11:52.387+12:00A keen observational poem, Tim, but also one with ...A keen observational poem, Tim, but also one with "bite". Will this one be in "Men Briefly Explained" as well?Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.com