tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post1641329309435766777..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Tom Duddy – another great Irish writer?Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-29765363834109035142009-11-10T22:33:14.496+00:002009-11-10T22:33:14.496+00:00Duddy is a very good poet. Is this something we ar...Duddy is a very good poet. Is this something we are all agreeing on? Goodness gracious! Peace on earth!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11846370735145348412009-11-10T22:14:16.890+00:002009-11-10T22:14:16.890+00:00Tom's book is one of my favourite books that H...Tom's book is one of my favourite books that HappenStance have published (and I have quite a number). He's a terrific writer and a fine person.<br /><br />I think reviews should be engaging, interesting, thoughtful, fun, and represent the book in all its strengths and flaws. I don't mind quotes from poems at all as long as they do contribute something - at times, they can look only like decoration. <br /><br />But you know my line on this, I guess - I think criticism is as much an art as poetry and can be done just as badly or well. When it's done well, it's great to read. When it's done badly...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12553471809541009472009-11-09T19:23:13.179+00:002009-11-09T19:23:13.179+00:00Hello again Annie.
I'm sure you'll love &#...Hello again Annie.<br />I'm sure you'll love 'The Small Hours'. I don't see how anyone could not love it.<br />It's such a great title too.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-65653775273051871322009-11-09T14:55:59.050+00:002009-11-09T14:55:59.050+00:00Some latecomers have their own way of getting here...Some latecomers have their own way of getting here, and are quite glad when they manage it. <br /><br />This one did sneak up on me sideways and gets better in subsequent readings as I don't have to sound out each word and phrase.<br /><br />Thanks for posting it! Overseas postage be damned, I think that chapbook may be my reward at the end of today's writing rainbow.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324828987699178581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-62189155988261719412009-11-07T22:01:32.366+00:002009-11-07T22:01:32.366+00:00I know. I have another post ready but I didn't...I know. I have another post ready but I didn't want to take the spotlight off this one just yet. You never know how many latecomers are going to show up at the weekend.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-31633103031125406692009-11-07T21:33:53.594+00:002009-11-07T21:33:53.594+00:00How cool is that!? Right at the end, when everyone...How cool is that!? Right at the end, when everyone else has gone home! Mr T Duddy! <br /><br />I came back for a second read and I still like the poem, a lot. Good choice, Rachel, and good poem, Tom.<br /><br />If TFE returns, tell him I'm not Irish, at least not for a few generations.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25227444399323300422009-11-06T21:07:11.666+00:002009-11-06T21:07:11.666+00:00And I'm glad I chose this poem to post because...And I'm glad I chose this poem to post because the more I read it the more I love it. I feel like I can really see the scenes, the faces, the paint. And I love 'do you EVER feel the time?' Because I do. All the time.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-59757147387804509222009-11-06T14:58:02.032+00:002009-11-06T14:58:02.032+00:00Hello!
Got to rush for child from school. But hell...Hello!<br />Got to rush for child from school. But hello and hello again. <br />Nice to almost meet you.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-42273824614107984062009-11-06T14:21:49.389+00:002009-11-06T14:21:49.389+00:00Tom Duddy here. Yes, Helena sent me the link. A gr...Tom Duddy here. Yes, Helena sent me the link. A great gift to get, this side of Xmas. Thanks, Rachel, for having those strong and good feelings about those poems. And thanks also to your positive commenters. These pages will keep me going for a long time.Tom Duddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64672076978441425112009-11-06T12:00:36.517+00:002009-11-06T12:00:36.517+00:00I wish you were one of my neighbours, A! It's ...I wish you were one of my neighbours, A! It's lonely in the suburbs sometimes.<br /><br />Do you have Duddy's book? I think you would really like it. I think he would like yours too probably. Has Helena sent him the link? Is he reading? If so here is a message 'hello Tom, hope you're enjoying your visit. I think you should read Apprentice's book. Her name is Anna Dickie - link on the main post. You won't regret it. Oh and look... we all love your book. Thank-you. Bye.'<br /><br />x<br /><br /><br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-43613458822462469512009-11-06T11:53:42.810+00:002009-11-06T11:53:42.810+00:00It's a lovely poem, it says so much about pres...It's a lovely poem, it says so much about present day neighbourhoods. I love the lines about the sons, having only yesterday noticed how my gangly man/boy now looms over me.<br /><br />I agree with HN about the promotion business too, and with you about reviews. I know what I like, but please don't ask to explain it.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-54579423159715767512009-11-05T19:00:32.420+00:002009-11-05T19:00:32.420+00:00Thought you might like this book, Dick.
xThought you might like this book, Dick.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15081642831379987952009-11-05T16:12:59.640+00:002009-11-05T16:12:59.640+00:00I really like the voice of this, the conversationa...I really like the voice of this, the conversational tone that so effectively cloaks the real power of the language. Quite a find.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-24260867290616744902009-11-05T14:50:01.723+00:002009-11-05T14:50:01.723+00:00No, the Unsuitables is the only book of hers I'...No, the Unsuitables is the only book of hers I've read so far. Though I've seen her in an anthology too I think. A Scottish one..?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38042592386023782922009-11-05T14:46:29.200+00:002009-11-05T14:46:29.200+00:00It's a good collection. I don't know if yo...It's a good collection. I don't know if you've read Helena Nelson's 'Mr and Mrs Philpott on Holiday at Auchterawe'. Poignant, thoughtful poems. But I love the Unsuitable ones too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-2879922760888328332009-11-05T14:20:47.642+00:002009-11-05T14:20:47.642+00:00Went and looked it up and I lied...I have read tha...Went and looked it up and I lied...I have read that mushroom number before. As often happens for me with her poems it reads a bit like a spoof...or in the case of this one more like a group of kids at a drama workshop. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing. I almost feel like it wants a tune (sort of Peter and the Wolf-mushroom).<br /><br />Anyway, back to Tom Duddy...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20231556395258038172009-11-05T14:15:30.208+00:002009-11-05T14:15:30.208+00:00That'll be why I've missed them. She's...That'll be why I've missed them. She's just too light-hearted and frothy for me. No depth.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-8453890829470221732009-11-05T14:10:41.484+00:002009-11-05T14:10:41.484+00:00It was Sylvia what started it.It was Sylvia what started it.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-55336434287564494462009-11-05T11:42:21.002+00:002009-11-05T11:42:21.002+00:00Mushroom? I have missed the mushroom poems somehow...Mushroom? I have missed the mushroom poems somehow I think. It seems I am even...in the dark about them.<br /><br />Groan.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-69224967240663244732009-11-05T11:37:51.027+00:002009-11-05T11:37:51.027+00:00You forgot
I feel like I've read this ten time...You forgot<br />I feel like I've read this ten times before: (full text)<br />and<br />I don't know if I'd call this a poem: (full text)<br />and<br />Please! Not another mushroom as metaphor job: (full text).<br /><br />The negative review. So much to debate.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-19922283493970928882009-11-05T11:23:58.144+00:002009-11-05T11:23:58.144+00:00Yes, Titus, though for balance I suppose sometimes...Yes, Titus, though for balance I suppose sometimes it could be:<br />I thought this one was preposterous: (full text)<br />and this one was trying really hard to be something it could never be in a months of Mondays: (full text)<br />and this one put me to sleep three times (which was handy as I needed to catch up on some zs): (full text).<br /><br />That should about do it.<br />Flippancy alert.<br /><br />No, TFE, I love the idea of our poet moonlighting as a wedding organist. <br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44466845941572943272009-11-05T10:14:41.520+00:002009-11-05T10:14:41.520+00:00The name seemed so familiar, i was certain I had.I...The name seemed so familiar, i was certain I had.I looked through some mags but he only featured in one The SHOp from winter 2004 a slightly disturbing poem called 'The Callers'I racked my brains then I remembered the organist at our wedding was Tom Duddy.(Not the same one -presumably)<br />Seems you do have to shout a lot to become well known in the poetry circus these days.<br /><br />Oh and tangxz ye Rachel Fenton (That seems like an Irish name?)Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-52458191158700218712009-11-05T09:53:33.814+00:002009-11-05T09:53:33.814+00:00So true! I often think the best poetry review has...So true! I often think the best poetry review has got to be:<br />I liked this poem: (full text)<br />and this one: (full text)<br />and this one's great: (full text).<br /><br />Well, maybe a little exaggerated there, but you get the picture. So often they're too much reviewer, too little reviewed.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15166171629975542932009-11-05T09:41:57.188+00:002009-11-05T09:41:57.188+00:00Yes, Titus, we'll have him in the bestsellers ...Yes, Titus, we'll have him in the bestsellers list yet.<br /><br />I know some people complain that the general newspapers and magazines don't include more poetry reviews but I don't think the media should take all the blame for that. When I read the poetry reviews that do make it to the national papers they can be so bitty and disjointed (and making no attempt whatsoever to draw in a general reader) that I'm not surprised editors keep away from them. Of course the editors could come up with new ways to make pieces more interesting...and sometimes they do...but for me the typical dry poetry book review is a dead end really. The not-so-walking dead. I like my poetry out there and dirty.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-56030035282668782382009-11-05T09:35:22.604+00:002009-11-05T09:35:22.604+00:00Well, if poetry reviews are meant to inform, inter...Well, if poetry reviews are meant to inform, interest and intrigue, you've done your job!<br />The well-chosen quotes;<br /><br />"His poems are quiet. They sneak up on you sideways."<br />"Others should be doing it their own way, skulking between the pages. Let them be hard to find,.."<br /><br />combined with your own take on the poet and poems:<br /><br />"they are so quiet that at times they are almost whispered (but how powerful the right whisper can be)."<br /><br />make me want a copy of "The Small Hours" right now!<br />Love "High Grass" too, so I guess that helped!<br />I shall go buy.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.com