tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post782896942811909653..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Tuesday Poem: A Life Blighted By Pythons, by Janis FreegardTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-9248679120555042942011-07-07T13:47:42.367+12:002011-07-07T13:47:42.367+12:00Thanks, Janis, Helen R, and Helen L.
Janis, my ty...Thanks, Janis, Helen R, and Helen L.<br /><br />Janis, my typo proves that I do, indeed, live the life of the mind...<br /><br />Helen R, I too have never owned a hovercraft, but when I were lad oop North - er, in Mataura - hovercraft were regarding as the "coming thing" in transport - they can go by land! they can go by sea! - and I went through a period of fascination with them. Christopher Cockerill was my particular her for a while ... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cockerell" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cockerell</a>.<br /><br />Helen L, yours and Janis' are among the many Tales for Canterbury I am looking forward to reading. I've got a couple of books for review to finish first, though.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-81937747903969704572011-07-06T22:33:01.896+12:002011-07-06T22:33:01.896+12:00Surreal! I also loved Janis's magic realism st...Surreal! I also loved Janis's magic realism story, "The Magician" in "Tales for Canterbury."Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-86944495033242202792011-07-05T21:43:08.488+12:002011-07-05T21:43:08.488+12:00This poem has me at the title. This is one of the ...This poem has me at the title. This is one of the kind of surreal ones that were my favourites in Kingdom Animalia. I also have never owned a hovercraft.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-76467804115531118182011-07-05T19:55:28.875+12:002011-07-05T19:55:28.875+12:00Thank you - you're all most kind! I've jus...Thank you - you're all most kind! I've just found a website where "My hovercraft is full of eels" is translated into many languages, including Klingon and Esperanto. In Maori (this being Maori Language Week) it's "Kī tōnu taku waka topaki i te tuna" http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm<br />Tim, I like it that you're a secret "Mindlander".Janishttp://janisfreegard.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-34428996731256212852011-07-05T18:04:39.726+12:002011-07-05T18:04:39.726+12:00Thanks, Isabel, Meliors, Mary and AJ.
Meliors, I&...Thanks, Isabel, Meliors, Mary and AJ.<br /><br />Meliors, I've only dipped into the collection so far, but I am very much looking forward to sitting down and giving it my full attention. The dryness of Janis' humour really appeals to me - I think it's a Northern (English) thing, and Janis' Northern credentials are far stronger than mine - I'm secretly a Mindlander who puts on a metaphorical cloth cap from time to time.<br /><br />Mary, a Janis plaque would be an excellent idea!<br /><br />AJ, I think that Janis' poetry would appeal to you very much. (No warranty express or implied, of course.)Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-5555203413618097482011-07-05T15:35:53.370+12:002011-07-05T15:35:53.370+12:00A surprising poem - I got to the last stanza and r...A surprising poem - I got to the last stanza and realised it wasn't your voice at all. A very nice pick, I must read more of Janis' work.AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-84073646557431144572011-07-05T12:30:13.139+12:002011-07-05T12:30:13.139+12:00I think "my eels are few" is an inordina...I think "my eels are few" is an inordinately wry and winsome comment on the human condition, especially in these days of wanton over-communication. If there is to be another literary plaque on the Wellington waterfront, this should be it. Go Janis! And of course, go eels!Mary Cresswellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-22058008669164110932011-07-05T10:33:22.106+12:002011-07-05T10:33:22.106+12:00I'm also reading Kingdom Animalia at the momen...I'm also reading Kingdom Animalia at the moment, and loving Janis' poems and sense of humour as well as insight. Serendipitously the cover art is by Mary McIntyre who I saw speak last week at an exhibition of her work in Morrinsville.Meliors Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611510357627660124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-45540588898745178632011-07-05T02:22:10.562+12:002011-07-05T02:22:10.562+12:00I enjoyed the internal logic and fun of this poem ...I enjoyed the internal logic and fun of this poem very much. Eels indeed!Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.com