tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post3529538990129236871..comments2024-03-28T14:12:07.313+00:00Comments on A Writer's Life: RememberingKathleen Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post-5291301963535837032009-09-15T11:10:40.648+01:002009-09-15T11:10:40.648+01:00I didn't realise when I put up the two poems, ...I didn't realise when I put up the two poems, but have just discovered that Mahmoud Darwish read a lot of Yehuda Amicai when he was young and just starting out as a poet - the two men had a great respect for each other. There's a very good clip on You Tube which shows Darwish reading his work, as well as a tribute to him after his recent death.Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post-49782153342597157752009-09-13T09:37:41.928+01:002009-09-13T09:37:41.928+01:00Thanks Wendy. The one thing that makes me really ...Thanks Wendy. The one thing that makes me really mad is that the west still talks about the middle east as if it owns it and its destiny is our responsibility, not theirs. Their writers and academics and political thinkers (not politicians) rarely get any air time at all to talk about how things are for them.Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post-37332987266634355032009-09-12T11:24:28.217+01:002009-09-12T11:24:28.217+01:00sorry - line missing. Should read
...I read your p...sorry - line missing. Should read<br />...I read your post yesterday and reflected ...Wendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post-57233098379166490582009-09-12T11:22:37.262+01:002009-09-12T11:22:37.262+01:00Brilliant comemmorative post. Thank you yesterday ...Brilliant comemmorative post. Thank you yesterday and reflected how impatient I had become recently with some contemporary poets, constantly reaching for my Imperial new cloak. <br />But these poems remind us of the fusion of our world identity and world responsibility while focusing on the intricacy of individual perception. For such scope, as your correspondent said yesterday, only a (good) poem will do.<br />wxWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.com