tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post5961221364679330928..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : The ghost ships off HaitiGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-50436164753857432052010-01-20T08:44:08.966+01:002010-01-20T08:44:08.966+01:00John, Dianne and Annotated, thanks for your visits...John, Dianne and Annotated, thanks for your visits here.<br />Odd you mentioned what you mentioned AM, because yesterday I as you were commenting I was finishing my reading of the Pulitzer winner 'The Looming Tower' (a fine Christmas present) - the insider story of how easily America was sucked into Afghanistan and neatly tied-up there by the man in Tora Bora.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-91539752937872215462010-01-19T18:34:44.426+01:002010-01-19T18:34:44.426+01:00A sad poem. And what makes me sadder is that one o...A sad poem. And what makes me sadder is that one of the most mobile and efficient armies in the world is busy fighting two losing wars when it could be deployed to give Haiti a fighting chance.Mike McLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881672365554137673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-4786713526412917672010-01-19T14:34:09.529+01:002010-01-19T14:34:09.529+01:00well said Gwilym
johnwell said Gwilym<br />johnJohn McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-82963722760240548562010-01-19T14:08:11.106+01:002010-01-19T14:08:11.106+01:00Dave King, mayn thanks.
Yousei Hime, much appre...Dave King, mayn thanks. <br /><br />Yousei Hime, much appreciated, have replied at 'Catapult to Mars'.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-83886969530919451572010-01-19T13:40:52.824+01:002010-01-19T13:40:52.824+01:00Just read your poem, Goodbye, Arthur C. Clarke, on...Just read your poem, Goodbye, Arthur C. Clarke, on Catapult to Mars. Lovely tribute, and I enjoyed seeing the references to other scifi writers. Thank you for sharing it. I like what I see on your blog. I'll be back to visit again.Yousei Himehttp://tasmith1122.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-56961828525456351442010-01-19T12:43:20.133+01:002010-01-19T12:43:20.133+01:00Nice to be given information we didn't already...Nice to be given information we didn't already have, rather than a repetition of what we do know. The poem was very moving, I thought. More so, probably, because of the context, but my guess is that it would have been anyway. An excellent post. Thank you.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-42307937813196898482010-01-19T11:42:28.235+01:002010-01-19T11:42:28.235+01:00I have edited the post. Two cruise ships have arri...I have edited the post. Two cruise ships have arrived. The passengers are enjoying jet-ski rides and rum cocktails. Cruise liner boss, Adam Goldstein, is waffling on YouTube.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-50715759497440450612010-01-19T11:34:13.477+01:002010-01-19T11:34:13.477+01:00One feels totally helpless every time one puts on ...One feels totally helpless every time one puts on a news bulletin. The reports are all well-dressed, clean and sparkly - planes stand on the runway and piles of supplies stand there too- yet we hear that many people have died, not from the earthquake but literally from not being rescued in time. There is a word for how I feel each time I watch it - but for the life of me I can't think of it.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com