tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post4722973798531273949..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Round and around and home we goRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-1128791103057339712009-10-09T10:53:26.092+01:002009-10-09T10:53:26.092+01:00Hey thanks, Cuban. A lovely response.
xHey thanks, Cuban. A lovely response.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-83458786967391007372009-10-09T10:47:09.878+01:002009-10-09T10:47:09.878+01:00It is a rock'n'roll poem. I loved it from ...It is a rock'n'roll poem. I loved it from beginning to end. It makes you tap your feet in synch and wild abandon. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-16368571175303151312009-10-09T08:09:31.537+01:002009-10-09T08:09:31.537+01:00You do have to really work at villanelles, I think...You do have to really work at villanelles, I think. This one and I had a battle for a good few hours. To begin with it didn't go well and I even gave up on it, went to free verse and fiddled about with that for a little while. Then I came back to the villanelle and now I am now quite pleased that I did. There is a sense of achievement in having made it do what I want (even when I didn't know exactly what I wanted!)...eventually.<br /><br />I know I write about songs and the whole business of singing a lot. This was meant to be about home and Darlington (not songs!) but in came the song references...and with them all kinds of thoughts about people and how they show their feelings about the very concept of home. It ended up being bigger than I expected in a way. All good.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-81077205553573650692009-10-09T02:10:03.582+01:002009-10-09T02:10:03.582+01:00Hey up! I like this... and trains are right up my ...Hey up! I like this... and trains are right up my track at the mo!<br /><br />I have only tried to write one villenelle and it ended badly:(<br /><br />Might give them another go now you've inspired me :)Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-9629638825002614432009-10-08T23:22:01.248+01:002009-10-08T23:22:01.248+01:00Round here it sounds like a heavy girl: Darling +...Round here it sounds like a heavy girl: Darling + ton<br /><br />;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25469370052029068822009-10-08T07:37:20.806+01:002009-10-08T07:37:20.806+01:00Thanks, Hope, fascinating stuff! I wonder how you ...Thanks, Hope, fascinating stuff! I wonder how you pronounce it...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37351589211272322642009-10-07T23:56:27.447+01:002009-10-07T23:56:27.447+01:00And yet once again I feel that connection of kinsh...And yet once again I feel that connection of kinship with you from across the pond. :)<br /><br />Even though American settlers "fled" England for religious freedom, they brought a lot of their "hometown" place names with them. Not only do we have a City of Darlington, we have a Darlington County. And yes, some of my paternal "originals" traveled from Charleston up to Darlington, then back to where they remained for the next 4 generations. In fact, family legend has it that the Darlington Courthouse in our state sits upon land donated by one of those very relatives...which explains how they went from having some wealth to next to nothing by my Grandfather's generation. :)<br /><br />Sounds like you're having fun! Keep it up!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88960380978090812412009-10-07T20:54:06.713+01:002009-10-07T20:54:06.713+01:00Thanks CGP. Lovely of you to say so.
xThanks CGP. Lovely of you to say so.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61978255329957012962009-10-07T20:43:22.639+01:002009-10-07T20:43:22.639+01:00vilanelles are tricky to do well which is I think ...vilanelles are tricky to do well which is I think why so many people don't like them. There's a real skill in using the repitition without it jarring. This is a really good villanelle because the repitition adds to the meaning and also flows wellCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12586970816317849922009-10-07T19:07:31.943+01:002009-10-07T19:07:31.943+01:00Thanks Weaver. And we both know a man for that job...Thanks Weaver. And we both know a man for that job (setting poems to music...).<br /><br />I'm not sure my sources (ie my Mum) got the Darlo' football news right by the way. They were bought by a 'Teesside millionaire' a few months back - it's the manager who's brand new, I think, not the owner.<br /><br />And Barbara...I'm not usually as busy as you but maybe this week I might manage it. Glad you like the poem. It read fine last night...you never really know till you get out there with them!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-58080559526505527172009-10-07T19:01:17.620+01:002009-10-07T19:01:17.620+01:00That's a great villanelle, Rach, good for you!...That's a great villanelle, Rach, good for you! I find they don't always work for me, but in this case it's great. Busy you, eh?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88022851214238145932009-10-07T18:40:31.526+01:002009-10-07T18:40:31.526+01:00I hadn;t realised that you really lived so near to...I hadn;t realised that you really lived so near to here Rachel. The station building at Darlington is a really interesting building - it played such a part in Railway history didn't it.<br />I like the way you have made railways and life both important. I almost think it would set to music.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27764401169400032702009-10-07T17:43:34.659+01:002009-10-07T17:43:34.659+01:00Darlington's been in the news today apparently...Darlington's been in the news today apparently...someone very rich bought the football team. The team's nickname is The Quakers because it is one of those places that was pretty much built and ruled by Quakers for a while (the Pease family in particular). As far as I know it was just a coincidence that my Dad ended up working up there (being of Quaker family himself). I do remember going to the meeting house there as a child sometimes. I remember a cream cracker eating competition at a xmas party!<br /><br />As for the folk club...certainly it has been one of the things that has changed my life since we moved to Montrose. Lots of towns have a folk session (where people just turn up and play...there are lots of those in pubs around about here) but the folk club here is in quite a big venue and so can bring a lot of really good bands and artists in from elsewhere (as well as having a slot when locals can be part of it too). I just love it - it certainly gets me through the winter. It's great for reading poems too - pretty much an ideal environment (for me anyway).<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-89866450609159404512009-10-07T17:29:35.268+01:002009-10-07T17:29:35.268+01:00Darlington - what an evocative place name! I like...Darlington - what an evocative place name! I like the repetition and it works well with the whole train wheels thing - in fact, the poem sounds good altogether.<br />Folk Club sounds so interesting, I can't believe you have such a good venue and bill in Montrose! Just goes to show what can be achieved if someone makes the effort.<br />I will try to ensure that one of your Friday performers does not get exhausted at tomorrow's poetry fiesta.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-40420396293171839272009-10-07T17:28:01.488+01:002009-10-07T17:28:01.488+01:00Thanks RB. I have 6 villanelles to date...touching...Thanks RB. I have 6 villanelles to date...touching on such varied subjects as self-pity, listening to Radiohead, not having a book published, Scottish singer/songwriter Michael Marra, going out for pizza on LSD and now this one (about Darlington and home). The only ones that haven't been on the blog at some poing are the self-pity and the bookless. I might put them up while I'm away or something. It can be villanelle week!<br />I suppose one reason I like the form is that it is just a development from a song form really (and I know that technically you could say that about all poetry perhaps but in this case it is clearer). It's like the chorus eats into the song. I like that.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12179014863831317822009-10-07T16:04:34.300+01:002009-10-07T16:04:34.300+01:00Oh, well done, Rachel- villanelles, when done well...Oh, well done, Rachel- villanelles, when done well, are mighty poems indeed- and you've done well!<br />I particularly liked how everything came together at the end... <br />Sounds like a grand week ahead of you!<br />Have fun!<br />:)Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287107184977896696noreply@blogger.com