tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post1296492367052893160..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: Here's to 2009Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-81850863436897806972008-09-30T10:29:00.000+01:002008-09-30T10:29:00.000+01:00Thanks, everyone.Thanks, everyone.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-54619650438004234502008-09-29T13:02:00.000+01:002008-09-29T13:02:00.000+01:00Congratulations, Rob!Congratulations, Rob!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-69625036421797370452008-09-29T02:02:00.000+01:002008-09-29T02:02:00.000+01:00Been off-line, just catching up. Woohoo, Rob! Way ...Been off-line, just catching up. Woohoo, Rob! Way to go!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-45835739033174485592008-09-28T06:59:00.000+01:002008-09-28T06:59:00.000+01:00Just got back from Paris last night Rob, and I'm c...Just got back from Paris last night Rob, and I'm catching up. Many congratulations, and I'm delighted that you're joining the Salt family.<BR/>ColinColin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-62904894954547487842008-09-27T19:32:00.000+01:002008-09-27T19:32:00.000+01:00Congrats Rob - intriguing title - I'm looking forw...Congrats Rob - intriguing title - I'm looking forward to reading it.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-9950879980430289362008-09-25T10:42:00.000+01:002008-09-25T10:42:00.000+01:00Thanks, Matt and Jane.Thanks, Matt and Jane.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-48919703151492020132008-09-24T11:23:00.000+01:002008-09-24T11:23:00.000+01:00Congratulations and welcome aboard, Rob!J.Congratulations and welcome aboard, Rob!<BR/><BR/>J.Jane Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590668593487445482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-47901402841661207212008-09-23T22:22:00.000+01:002008-09-23T22:22:00.000+01:00Great news, Rob, and hugely deserved. Another 2009...Great news, Rob, and hugely deserved. Another 2009 collection to look forward to.Matt Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-39494924897249108112008-09-23T21:54:00.000+01:002008-09-23T21:54:00.000+01:00Thanks again, folks. Andy, the free banana idea (t...Thanks again, folks. <BR/><BR/>Andy, the free banana idea (there is a free banana in one of the poems, in case anyone is wondering) might not work with postal delivery, but...I don't know...maybe Salt could give away a free banana with the hundredth, two hundredth, three hundredth etc copy sold. That shouldn't cost too much!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-13251820683879760302008-09-23T21:28:00.000+01:002008-09-23T21:28:00.000+01:00Great news, Rob - look forward to reading and, if ...Great news, Rob - look forward to reading and, if possible, reviewing it.Ben Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11077824416777371117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-25991117693998626492008-09-23T18:45:00.000+01:002008-09-23T18:45:00.000+01:00Will it contain a free banana?ABJWill it contain a free banana?<BR/><BR/>ABJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-69165421614238579012008-09-23T14:17:00.000+01:002008-09-23T14:17:00.000+01:00Excellent news and very well-deserved, Rob. We'll ...Excellent news and very well-deserved, Rob. We'll raise a glass next week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-87993371410363551062008-09-23T13:33:00.000+01:002008-09-23T13:33:00.000+01:00Way hey! I knew you'd do it :) I love the titleWay hey! I knew you'd do it :) I love the titleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-63082461433474942362008-09-23T11:05:00.000+01:002008-09-23T11:05:00.000+01:00Huge congrats, Rob. Look forward to reading it.Huge congrats, Rob. Look forward to reading it.Jee Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979179110231643931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-45180001012168298842008-09-23T09:26:00.001+01:002008-09-23T09:26:00.001+01:00Wow, brilliant Rob - they produce really nice book...Wow, brilliant Rob - they produce really nice books - the kind you want to lift and read - good luck with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-84738240666599375742008-09-23T09:26:00.000+01:002008-09-23T09:26:00.000+01:00Well done rob. I have one coming out next yr as we...Well done rob. I have one coming out next yr as well, so maybe we could review each others?<BR/><BR/>Don't worry I have seen enough of your work to know I won't be struggling to make us both look like we know what we're doing.<BR/><BR/>Yr line, <BR/><BR/>Your soul has three names;<BR/>the mirror, the holdall, the word<BR/>you dare not read...<BR/><BR/><BR/>it was when I took one of your poems and close read it, that it dawned on me that I wouldn't have to lie to contextualise you as a very good poet. And what clinched it, was when I heard a recording of you, which was like KEB when i heard her. I am not being funny, but we can all be glib and get carried away in thinking we have been looking properly when we have been to quick to try and see the negative because of petty human jealousies; but as long as we can be honest, admit this is part of human life, at least we have a chance of recognising it when it rears it's head.<BR/><BR/>My latest one was with Laird when I read him in the Guardian on Saturday, whose work - in my mind - I have always wanted to find fault with (even though my instinct couldn't really justify it), just because of who he is, because of a deficit in me; and it was only when I came to use this piece as the springboard into a piece of writing, a fairer, more accurate assessment appeared on the page as i composed, and by the end discovedred this fault in me, simply because the intellectual-emotional imaginative act and linguistic creation, the language-object i ended up with, was far more in synch and sympathy with this fellow colleague in humanity.<BR/><BR/>Anway, congratulations, go knock 'em dead..CoirĂ FilĂochtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137576329670368944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-15196780551125159892008-09-23T09:17:00.000+01:002008-09-23T09:17:00.000+01:00Thanks very much, everyone.Thanks very much, everyone.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-61552430416018855412008-09-23T00:23:00.000+01:002008-09-23T00:23:00.000+01:00Excellent, Rob! Well done. 2009 looks like a goo...Excellent, Rob! Well done. 2009 looks like a good year.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857305142639989126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-7822376262854855512008-09-22T21:19:00.000+01:002008-09-22T21:19:00.000+01:00Hey, congratulations, rob!Hey, congratulations, rob!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-2172200454341256152008-09-22T20:43:00.001+01:002008-09-22T20:43:00.001+01:00Congrats!Congrats!Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-7779551306999435532008-09-22T20:43:00.000+01:002008-09-22T20:43:00.000+01:00brill.brill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-13998669193285906572008-09-22T20:34:00.000+01:002008-09-22T20:34:00.000+01:00Congrats, Rob! :-)Congrats, Rob! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-19741541810359496092008-09-22T18:12:00.000+01:002008-09-22T18:12:00.000+01:00If 'cabbage' was one of the four humours, I'd say ...If 'cabbage' was one of the four humours, I'd say the opposite was 'phlegmatic'. Or possibly 'radish'.<BR/><BR/>On yersel'<BR/><BR/><BR/>ABJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-36951195286868243252008-09-22T17:27:00.000+01:002008-09-22T17:27:00.000+01:00Congratulations, Rob! (Though you already know how...Congratulations, Rob! (Though you already know how delighted I am for you.)Andrew Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006232197499662437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-68497252736413655752008-09-22T17:23:00.000+01:002008-09-22T17:23:00.000+01:00That is fantastic, Rob. Way to go!That is fantastic, Rob. Way to go!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com