tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post2452926929213922877..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Joe: Goodbye exhilaration 2Roderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-49790249065244760482014-03-13T11:37:25.866+00:002014-03-13T11:37:25.866+00:00Robbie
It belatedly occurs to me that hitting nail...Robbie<br />It belatedly occurs to me that hitting nails on the heads is an appalling cliché. I am trying to paraphrase it as - insights made with brevity, wit and the ring of truth. Now I'll need to start working on "ring of truth..." Joe could spot minor clichés at a hundred yards, such major ones he would probably have ignored altogether!Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-21560541745046269362014-03-13T08:26:24.166+00:002014-03-13T08:26:24.166+00:00Tom: One of the ways to Joe's heart was - meta...Tom: One of the ways to Joe's heart was - metaphorically - via his stomach. By which I mean food preparation. It seemed to me you were getting on famously in this area. Zola and Balzac (in French of course) just around the corner.<br /><br />The Crow: I worried they might seem a little too self-serving.<br /><br />HCP: You're too modest, you were a fantastic swimmer. Do you remember when we overdid it and were turned back by the lifeguard? Just as well; we were both stationary relative to a powerful current.<br /><br />Ellena: I will saying a few words at Joe's funeral. Whether you like it or not I will be including your graceful words.<br /><br />Lucy: There were at least two Joes. The indoors one: gentlemanly, attentive, non-assertively witty. Outdoors he was far more rambunctious frequently setting my rambunctiousness at nought. This was one of the latter occasions; he hailed the poet rather like the king hailed the French herald in the opening scenes of Henry V. Notice: I play to an invisible gallery with much of what I write at the moment. But for rather more obvious reasons. <br /><br />Lucas: Ah, a consummation devoutly to be desired; hitting nails firmly on the head. I never managed it in DIY and your observation is an enormous solace to me. But then Joe's a good subject to work on. <br /><br />RW (zS): A telling memory that touches on several of Joe's major qualities: his love of horticulture, his love of words, his love of poetry and his ability to pull out memorable quotes.<br /><br />That's a nicely put compliment you provide. But I can go one further. Joe's conversation was good enough to make you forget the taste of a pint of horrible ale.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-16915039365849196772014-03-12T21:28:50.727+00:002014-03-12T21:28:50.727+00:00In August of 2009, Joe left a comment on one of my...In August of 2009, Joe left a comment on one of my posts in which I described the Cosmos flowers in my garden:<br /><br />"Touching the cosmos awake" has a nice resonance. We have a white cosmos in flower in a pot to match yours.<br /><br />Such is the respect I have for Joe's writing (I recall his piece on the angel with rusty wings) that I lept around telling everyone "Joe left a comment!"<br /><br />I would love to have sat in a pub over a pint of quality ale and conversed with Joe. I miss his daily posts so much already.<br />Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-78629209353382570902014-03-12T18:34:36.561+00:002014-03-12T18:34:36.561+00:00As Joe's younger brother I probably have a com...As Joe's younger brother I probably have a completely different perspective on Joe which I will eventually be able to define, I hope, in words. For the time being I am extremely grateful for these two posts - I found myself laughing at anecdotes that are new to me and smiling to see so many nails hit firmly on the head.<br />Thank you, Robbie!Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-84786830099694549212014-03-12T13:51:40.639+00:002014-03-12T13:51:40.639+00:00I love all these stories, but the one about the ho...I love all these stories, but the one about the hobbledehoy poet givng him a refund is especially precious.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-42297145862325659092014-03-12T13:42:21.544+00:002014-03-12T13:42:21.544+00:00I can feel how sorely Mr. Hyam is missed by many o...I can feel how sorely Mr. Hyam is missed by many of us - the blessed ones who knew him personally and all of us who read his daily posts. <br />Humility, passion, humour, compassion & empathy, decency - are some of the parts of this man that spoke to me when reading his posts and part of his poem exchange with Lucy. His passing has provoked a deep reflection on what traces I myself will leave behind.<br />May our traces be as worthy as Mr.Hyam's and the memories as precious.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-76804768034645716662014-03-12T13:05:33.384+00:002014-03-12T13:05:33.384+00:00Robbie, I recall the lavalou moment and the long d...Robbie, I recall the lavalou moment and the long distance swims (well they felt long to me)we all went for on those French holidays. Can you give me your email address mine is pippa@goodpartnership.co.ukhomecookpiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627126194937148859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-37995135153357158662014-03-12T11:08:08.160+00:002014-03-12T11:08:08.160+00:00You've filled out the picture I had of Joe. M...You've filled out the picture I had of Joe. My regret at not meeting him is lessened by your recollections. Thank you for sharing your friend with the rest of us.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-70580020110870769122014-03-12T09:52:02.911+00:002014-03-12T09:52:02.911+00:00I would love to have known this man better, much b...I would love to have known this man better, much better. Thank you Robbie for that.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.com