{"id":16317,"date":"2012-10-02T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=16317"},"modified":"2012-10-02T10:55:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T21:55:34","slug":"tuesday-poem-the-stars-nastasha-by-tim-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/10\/02\/tuesday-poem-the-stars-nastasha-by-tim-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Poem: &#8220;The stars, Natasha&#8221; by Tim Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The stars, Natasha<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Natasha, fundamentals are strong,<br \/>\nkey indicators steady.<br \/>\nLeave your books, Natasha,<br \/>\nlet your computer<br \/>\ndraw patterns on its screen.<\/p>\n<p>Walk with me through the heavens.<br \/>\nAlong cold orbits<br \/>\nthe spendthrift stars<br \/>\nsquander their assets on light.<br \/>\nThe World Bank<\/p>\n<p>is unamused; the IMF<br \/>\nis noting down their names.<br \/>\nSo take my hand<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s drift away<br \/>\ninto the cosmic background.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Tim Jones<\/p>\n<p>First published in <em>Boat People<\/em> (HeadworX) 2002<\/p>\n<p>Reprinted in <em>Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand<\/em> (Interactive Press) 2009<\/p>\n<p>Reproduced here with permission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0About the Poem:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/07\/17\/what-im-reading\/voycov\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-623\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-623\" title=\"VoyCov\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/VoyCov-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/VoyCov-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/VoyCov.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a>I always enjoy Tim Jones&#8217; poetry and we share an interest in science and science fiction, as well as poetry&#8212;so it is perhaps not surprising that when down at Tekapo for the UC Alumni&#8217;s Mt John observatory weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/24\/stargazing\/\">recently<\/a>, where stargazing occupied a large part of my time, I found <em>The stars, Natasha<\/em> running through my head.<\/p>\n<p>So of course I had to ask Tim if I could share it with you as a Tuesday Poem, and am very pleased that he has said &#8220;yes.&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Poet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/a-magical-mystery-tour-through-men-briefly-explained-a-few-side-topics-with-author-tim-jones\/timjones\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10355\" title=\"timjones\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones-106x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/><\/a>Tim Jones is a poet and author of both science fiction and literary fiction who was awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors Janet Frame Memorial Award for Literature in 2010. He lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Among his recent books are fantasy novel <em>Anarya\u2019s Secret<\/em> (RedBrick, 2007), short story collection <em>Transported<\/em> (Vintage, 2008), and poetry anthology <em>Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand<\/em> (Interactive Press, 2009), co-edited with Mark Pirie. <em>Voyagers<\/em> won the \u201cBest Collected Work\u201d category in the 2010 Sir Julius Vogel Awards, and has been selected for the \u201cBooks On New Zealand\u201d exhibition at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. Tim\u2019s most recent book is his third poetry collection, <em>Men Briefly Explained<\/em>, published by Interactive Press (IP) in late 2011. He is currently working on his third short story collection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/08\/30\/tuesday-poem-enchantress-of-numbers-by-helen-rickerby\/tuespoem\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7519\" title=\"TuesPoem\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/TuesPoem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a>To read the featured poem on the <strong>Tuesday Poem Hub<\/strong> and other great poems from fellow Tuesday poets from around the world, click <a href=\"http:\/\/tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> or on the <strong>Quill<\/strong> <strong>icon<\/strong> in the sidebar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stars, Natasha Natasha, fundamentals are strong, key indicators steady. Leave your books, Natasha, let your computer draw patterns on its screen. Walk with me through the heavens. Along cold orbits the spendthrift stars squander their assets on light. The World Bank is unamused; the IMF is noting down their names. So take my hand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-writers","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16317"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16343,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16317\/revisions\/16343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}