tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post9212547850785213901..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Tuesday Poem: 1917Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-56277223231049759162011-02-03T17:33:48.387+13:002011-02-03T17:33:48.387+13:00Thanks, Helen. Here, in Soviet Union, we have *doz...Thanks, Helen. Here, in Soviet Union, we have *dozens* of beers!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-13057553728741640512011-02-03T16:55:57.496+13:002011-02-03T16:55:57.496+13:00I like the humour in this poem, Tim, and the juxta...I like the humour in this poem, Tim, and the juxtaposition of a Kiwi raison d'etre (ie beer!) with the Bolshevik revolution.Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-22541003559461863552011-02-02T23:56:59.300+13:002011-02-02T23:56:59.300+13:00Thanks, Madeleine - that's an excellent and ti...Thanks, Madeleine - that's an excellent and timely link.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-76775317447211370422011-02-02T11:53:53.108+13:002011-02-02T11:53:53.108+13:00hi, just to say that there's a website of poet...hi, just to say that there's a website of poetry in the arab world: www.arabicnadwah.com, run by sayed gouda, an egyptian poet based in hong kong -- i have some poems there too, including 'a cairo song' which i wrote after poetry performances + a photography exhibition there in 2005Madeleine Marie Slavickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801929694750498013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-73148176980926734882011-02-02T00:46:05.141+13:002011-02-02T00:46:05.141+13:00I'm no expert on Egypt, but from what I can se...I'm no expert on Egypt, but from what I can see, the Egyptian people would be well rid of their present rulers. The difficulty with revolutions tends to be - what comes next?Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-495288358659268322011-02-01T20:53:03.030+13:002011-02-01T20:53:03.030+13:00I can't help thinking the revolution might nev...I can't help thinking the revolution might never have happened if they had all sat around drinking beer :)<br /><br />My son is supposed to be going to Egypt in a couple of weeks for an international computer competition. somehow I can't quite see it happening.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-41378185250295985852011-02-01T13:02:13.428+13:002011-02-01T13:02:13.428+13:00Thanks, AJ! The Soviet-era version of the Tui bill...Thanks, AJ! The Soviet-era version of the Tui billboards would have been an interesting read...Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-56723495505652007472011-02-01T01:30:10.335+13:002011-02-01T01:30:10.335+13:00I really enjoyed it. Maybe precisely because it i...I really enjoyed it. Maybe precisely because it is so thoroughly inappropriate :) ever. <br /><br />Great fun.AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.com