tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post834167917300976405..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: It was the best of timesGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-24590731038910943882012-04-28T18:10:32.273+01:002012-04-28T18:10:32.273+01:00Ash Wednesday - Twitter is just a stupid name for ...Ash Wednesday - Twitter is just a stupid name for something that is both a given form (suitable for epigrammatic work or a brief haiku-like meditation) and a kind of publication. I don't need the publication though I am growing to like the faintly fugitive air of the momentary appearance. I suspect that if the medium were called something like Brevities you might be a little happier.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-43065730710225925762012-04-28T17:18:00.975+01:002012-04-28T17:18:00.975+01:00OK explore the dimensions, but with caution, I'...OK explore the dimensions, but with caution, I'd say. If poetry and Twitter were ever to become synonymous we're doomed.Ashwednesdaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-83648738515238779132012-04-26T18:48:28.416+01:002012-04-26T18:48:28.416+01:00Think of Twitter as a telegram, Looby. I take it s...Think of Twitter as a telegram, Looby. I take it seriously as a verse form - any formal constraint has that potential. I don't mean I want to be solemn about it but I want to explore its dimensions.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-79139984429113692322012-04-26T14:10:16.244+01:002012-04-26T14:10:16.244+01:00Oh no... I wish I didn't know they fall within...Oh no... I wish I didn't know they fall within the twitter limit.<br /><br />I like it a <i>great</i> deal. "We paid and left"... doesn't that sum up modern Conservatism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-87934749334545949572012-04-25T21:29:55.284+01:002012-04-25T21:29:55.284+01:00I agree more with Peter: a comment on our times an...I agree more with Peter: a comment on our times and social divisions. I read it in a satirical vein.Dennis Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392008080036061354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-8069194494777023592012-04-25T17:17:07.020+01:002012-04-25T17:17:07.020+01:00I rather like these so will hang on to them. They ...I rather like these so will hang on to them. They are dreams not reality, fantasies of personal wealth. But thank you for the comments, Ash Wednesday.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-14405222491124749432012-04-25T16:15:23.322+01:002012-04-25T16:15:23.322+01:00Some things are best left unsaid. I wouldn't b...Some things are best left unsaid. I wouldn't be bothering. Keep your powder dry for better endeavours.Ashwednesdaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-2955254599253681072012-04-25T12:23:57.188+01:002012-04-25T12:23:57.188+01:00What makes this even more disconcerting is the len...What makes this even more disconcerting is the length, or lack of it. Our lives, our age in one decatweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-59022662516230686522012-04-25T08:57:38.411+01:002012-04-25T08:57:38.411+01:00In the morning, we're thrown out of our dreams...In the morning, we're thrown out of our dreams like banished dictators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com