tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post5084176352135263101..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: A post of several piecesRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-26357360401078333242010-04-21T01:14:34.303+01:002010-04-21T01:14:34.303+01:00I really like the poem, it's rather creepy wit...I really like the poem, it's rather creepy with a sense of foreboding. <br /><br />I really like Byatt but have not read this particular book. I will put it on my list now though. <br /><br />Congratulations on the magazine, XErylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-90898086314759176172010-04-19T16:21:05.327+01:002010-04-19T16:21:05.327+01:00Dominic! Man! Control yourself!
xDominic! Man! Control yourself!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-76374998820103636472010-04-19T16:10:33.128+01:002010-04-19T16:10:33.128+01:00Congrats on the publication! I'll check out th...Congrats on the publication! I'll check out the beautifully scruffy link (and resist the use of more exclamation marks! As you said the other week, what is it about blogging that makes them crop up all over the place?!!)<br /><br />Good poem. Like its quirkiness! (Argh! No! I mean:"." )<br /><br />:)Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13131329005537387212010-04-19T15:26:39.462+01:002010-04-19T15:26:39.462+01:00Yes, Poe has been popping up all over this assignm...Yes, Poe has been popping up all over this assignment. I haven't ready any since high school so another one for the revisit list maybe...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-73417378990536907172010-04-19T14:39:37.920+01:002010-04-19T14:39:37.920+01:00I think your poem is aproPOE.I think your poem is aproPOE.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-57298006957004023902010-04-19T14:00:10.402+01:002010-04-19T14:00:10.402+01:00In our current house it's more like clogdancin...In our current house it's more like clogdancing seagulls!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-8463775570975126862010-04-19T12:56:14.637+01:002010-04-19T12:56:14.637+01:00God protect us from the tapping bird - nicely conc...God protect us from the tapping bird - nicely concise.<br />Doesn't matter if its a small publication or the Washington Post - someone liked it enough to publish it.Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-52306011749967157692010-04-19T07:18:48.918+01:002010-04-19T07:18:48.918+01:00GI - I never fancied Possession. Funnily enough we...GI - I never fancied Possession. Funnily enough we were on holiday in Whitby when they were filming it there. The local papers were very excited about Paltrow.<br /><br />Poetikat - ta. (see what I did there...).<br /><br />Everyone else - thanks and hello. Got the girl and the grandma sick now! No time for long comments...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-72746729358792110442010-04-19T02:47:03.292+01:002010-04-19T02:47:03.292+01:00Congratulations on your published poem. Well done!...Congratulations on your published poem. Well done!<br /><br />I do really like this PB poem. It has a sweet creepiness about it with the fluttering bird and the tapping. You have such a skill with economy of words. I envy that.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-59530931505542859862010-04-19T00:56:30.554+01:002010-04-19T00:56:30.554+01:00I love Byatt's work, but I haven't read th...I love Byatt's work, but I haven't read this one. Thanks for the recommendation. <br /><br />The poem reminds me that some of the best things (poems) are deceptively simple.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-86256866960219546672010-04-19T00:31:22.891+01:002010-04-19T00:31:22.891+01:00First, thanks for the A.S. Byatt recommendation. ...First, thanks for the A.S. Byatt recommendation. I shall pursue immediately, looks right up my street.<br /><br />Hooray for Beautiful Scruffiness! I venture to suggest I can see why the magazine attracted you...<br /><br />And really liked the Bus poem, especially that final verse. Magic rhymes. Disturbing too.<br /><br />Brilliant clip too. All in all, great pieces!Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-6349858706386408932010-04-19T00:02:33.531+01:002010-04-19T00:02:33.531+01:00Nice poem Rachel, I liked it. Liked the GSH too. D...Nice poem Rachel, I liked it. Liked the GSH too. Did you know that fellow Bus Poet Padhraigh Nolan's old band supported him years ago?<br /><br />Many well dones on the publo!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-55029576035430514522010-04-18T22:17:34.453+01:002010-04-18T22:17:34.453+01:00Congrats on getting published in such a brilliantl...Congrats on getting published in such a brilliantly-named mag! I liked your Poetry Bus trip this week short, spare with just a touch of the enigmatic. Nice! Still racking my brains for my ticket.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-43058233144338395652010-04-18T21:58:42.138+01:002010-04-18T21:58:42.138+01:00Congratulations on Blink & Miss!
I've hea...Congratulations on Blink & Miss!<br /><br />I've heard great things about The Children's Book too - I've read Possession but got a bit bored with it halfway through. Found the writing exquisite in places though which is why I stuck with it.green inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955967846673578879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-57131096184848565802010-04-18T10:51:41.353+01:002010-04-18T10:51:41.353+01:00I mentioned GSH in this post too.I mentioned GSH in <a href="http://crowd-pleasers.blogspot.com/2009/03/from-penny-lane-to-botany-bay-in-25.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> post too.Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-56651042701149718492010-04-18T10:43:39.781+01:002010-04-18T10:43:39.781+01:00Oh Fiction - what joy awaits you! I put two of my ...Oh Fiction - what joy awaits you! I put two of my favourite GSH tracks <a href="http://crowd-pleasers.blogspot.com/2009/04/listening-with-lemn.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> but there are many more (and he has a new cd out I haven't heard yet).<br /><br />Glad you like the bird. I never knew if it was a bird or not...in the old story that I'm afraid I can't really share.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-5877656686146023382010-04-18T10:03:31.616+01:002010-04-18T10:03:31.616+01:00I love the bird in the last verse - there's a ...I love the bird in the last verse - there's a bit of an echo of the man on the stairs who wasn't there in there - if that makes any sense at all???<br /><br />I've never heard of Gill Scott Heron (which probably really reveals my ignorance) but what an amazing track. I'm off to google to find out more.Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49264756843847375602010-04-18T09:50:43.864+01:002010-04-18T09:50:43.864+01:00I think you'll love the Children's Book, W...I think you'll love the Children's Book, Weaver (as a maker of beautiful things as much as anything).<br /><br />I wasn't going to try this assignment either...and then I remembered an old story.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-66418316220839943032010-04-18T09:43:40.426+01:002010-04-18T09:43:40.426+01:00I am certainly a Byatt fan, although I have not re...I am certainly a Byatt fan, although I have not read this one - so shall look out for it. Isn't it marvellous when one finds a book which is exceptional - I find such a book stays with me for days after I have finished it.<br />Like the bus poem - I am finding it a truly difficult subject and may well miss this week's bus unless inspiration strikes today.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61686367268302497522010-04-17T23:00:47.901+01:002010-04-17T23:00:47.901+01:00It's me trying to fit in cups of tea between c...It's me trying to fit in cups of tea between comments!<br /><br />Cake would travel well in an ice cream box!!?? Haha!<br /><br />My daughter had a friend round and the decorated a choc cake. Frosting and filling. They must have put a tablespoon of cocoa powder in the butter cream - blurgh. Bitter cake - ought to be illegal!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13299600753765363972010-04-17T22:32:57.635+01:002010-04-17T22:32:57.635+01:00I kept away from facebook for ages but recently I&...I kept away from facebook for ages but recently I've used it a bit (I'm always late to all these things!). It has been good for communicating with all the various cousins we have spread around the world (a few in NZ..) and I use it to promote the poetry events I organise too. Every little helps (who said that...).<br /><br />p.s. our comments are out of synch I think. Still not bad for all those thousands of miles (approx 11,000?).<br /><br />p.p.s. Cakes all gone now. May make more tomorrow.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-78781726057085284562010-04-17T22:08:48.682+01:002010-04-17T22:08:48.682+01:00Meant to say also, thanks Evalinn and Rachel, yes,...Meant to say also, thanks Evalinn and Rachel, yes, she went to quaker school like me too (and a Northern one at that I think...though not the same one). She mentions it in the interview I linked to... if my memory is working right.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-54851825999083623452010-04-17T22:08:42.084+01:002010-04-17T22:08:42.084+01:00AArgh - face book - NEVER!!!!!!
A) I have no frie...AArgh - face book - NEVER!!!!!!<br /><br />A) I have no friends<br />B) I waste enough time already<br /><br />Could I not just eat the cake?Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-71868449379633731092010-04-17T22:06:42.172+01:002010-04-17T22:06:42.172+01:00The ears were a nightmare...could I find biscuits ...The ears were a nightmare...could I find biscuits like the ones in the book (NO!). Hence the experimenting with big spaniel danish biscuit and small and cute puppy almonds...<br /><br />If you're on facebook, Rachel, you can see her Snoopy birthday cake too.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20991622024442985532010-04-17T22:06:26.572+01:002010-04-17T22:06:26.572+01:00PS I haven't read this Byatt book yet but I ha...PS I haven't read this Byatt book yet but I have read some of her short fiction which is great and when I have time I plan to read much more of her work. I really like how no nonsense she is and that she refused the Orange prize on the grounds of sexism!? Brilliant. And she's from just down the road from where I am from...(very poor sentence construction going on here today!)Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.com