tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post7234687762103997192..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: At home with TedRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-65520887864558569112009-05-07T19:34:00.000+01:002009-05-07T19:34:00.000+01:00Wow, just reading all the comments has been quite ...Wow, just reading all the comments has been quite the learning experience for me. I admit not being familiar with Hughes at all (excpet for the basics- you know)but I found this post quite interesting and the video amazing- what a wonderful voice and poem!<br />I could spend quite a lot of time here, reading all this fascinating stuff!<br />Thanks, Rachel- (my sister's name, BTW)<br />xReginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287107184977896696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-19814773793124331782009-04-30T05:51:00.000+01:002009-04-30T05:51:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Luxury Cottages Yorkshirehttp://www.humblebeefarm.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33134492256600412792009-04-27T09:36:00.000+01:002009-04-27T09:36:00.000+01:00Hi Liz
Welcome back!
xHi Liz<br />Welcome back!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-30741375656683973482009-04-27T09:19:00.000+01:002009-04-27T09:19:00.000+01:00Hi Rachel,
Your trip sounds good - know what you ...Hi Rachel,<br /><br />Your trip sounds good - know what you mean about holidaying where you once lived - we are having a sort of family reunion in August down the road from my mum and dad's and have rented two cottages ...it'll be weird having our house up the road! <br /><br />And Hughes - have his 'Birthday Letters' and dipped into it a few years ago - enjoyed it - must give it another 'go'....oh and much enjoyed his voice on the 'crow' poem!<br />xLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11853047177892121252009-04-26T16:05:00.000+01:002009-04-26T16:05:00.000+01:00Yes, I was very late to Gaiman but I am planning t...Yes, I was very late to Gaiman but I am planning to read more and soon. Very soon.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-65352526369358235382009-04-26T11:01:00.000+01:002009-04-26T11:01:00.000+01:00That cottage looks great, I just want to go there ...That cottage looks great, I just want to go there now please.<br /><br />Graveyards are great,not in any macabre way, just for seeing the stories on the stones and in the care/neglect of a person's little patch.<br /><br />You should put The Graveyard Book on your reading list, it's good. I enjoyed The Crow; 'Black...'.Ken Armstronghttp://kenwriting.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-29978315479543670922009-04-25T21:57:00.000+01:002009-04-25T21:57:00.000+01:00Great Oldham trivia, Dominic!
If we did go by th...Great Oldham trivia, Dominic! <br /><br />If we did go by that hill we didn't know its name. We did some dogwalking but no real walking...too much visiting to fit into the 6 quick days. Always so much to get into our England trips these days!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-29657356250346694682009-04-25T21:17:00.000+01:002009-04-25T21:17:00.000+01:00Your Mythomroyd sign reminded me of Oldham - just ...Your Mythomroyd sign reminded me of Oldham - just over the hill, in a way, from Mythomroyd. The sign there, apparently, once read "Oldham: home of the surgical support bandage".<br /><br />I'm a right sucker for the South Pennines as hills. Did you visit Stoodley Pike? It's not far from where you were.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85241938633590196922009-04-25T10:06:00.000+01:002009-04-25T10:06:00.000+01:00And on seriousness...go and read this lovely inter...And on seriousness...go and read this lovely interview with comedian Omid Djalili in the Independent from <A HREF="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/consider-yourself-a-muslim-fagin-1672544.html" REL="nofollow">Thursday</A>. It contains a quote from one Brendan Gill (who I'm presuming is this <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Gill" REL="nofollow">man</A> though I've never heard of him before) - "not a shred of evidence exists in favour of the idea that life is serious."<br /><br />Worth a look.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-68836455863007955752009-04-25T09:29:00.000+01:002009-04-25T09:29:00.000+01:00That's a smashing last sentence...and people will ...That's a smashing last sentence...and people will have to go to your archives to know what the hell we are talking about! It's all in there somewhere.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49509871913770212972009-04-25T09:27:00.000+01:002009-04-25T09:27:00.000+01:00When it comes to the "Are you serious?!" stakes I'...When it comes to the "Are you serious?!" stakes I'd put him, Billy Blake, Walt Whitman, even Emily herself. There are loads of others.<br /><br />It's all a matter, as you say, of whether the reader wants to go for the ride. <br /><br />I may have to reciprocate in the trouser stakes and read some Nick Laird. :pdeemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11323818358741154342009-04-25T09:22:00.000+01:002009-04-25T09:22:00.000+01:00Yes, I've been thinking about Ted and the seriousn...Yes, I've been thinking about Ted and the seriousness and all that this morning (since reading Sorlil's comment). Partly what he had of course was that huge (and partly manly) confidence that gives off this scent - 'this is what I am going to do - you can either come with me or not...but here I go anyway - strength, power and decision are mine...rejoice!' Now some people are attracted to that and go with him and other people say 'oh, that all makes me feel a bit uncomfortable...I mean I like some seriousness but you seem to be taking the piss, if you don't mind me saying so...so I'll just go off this way and think about stuff for a bit...you stride on...I'll maybe catch up with you later...' He makes me want to go and read some Emily Dickinson (whose poems he really liked incidentally). Or yes D, listen to the Conchords (at their best they are fantastic!).<br /><br />But I am still enjoying trying out something very different. It's like wearing someone else's clothes.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-634419254925253782009-04-25T09:02:00.000+01:002009-04-25T09:02:00.000+01:00Full Moon and Little Frieda! How could I forget th...Full Moon and Little Frieda! How could I forget that... I love that one. And I've stolen its main idea *so* many times. ;)<br /><br />I quite like those Hughesian Grandiosities... though I can see why many would hate it - SERIOUS poet takes this world (*and* others) SERIOUSLY and speaks SERIOUS things. He expects you to take him SERIOUSLY. It can get a wee bit ridiculous...<br /><br />For light relief I'd go <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlYkIJVguCU" REL="nofollow">here</A>. :)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20118874517086110972009-04-25T08:35:00.000+01:002009-04-25T08:35:00.000+01:00Yes, Sorlil, I think the reason you rarely pick hi...Yes, Sorlil, I think the reason you rarely pick him up is probably somewhat in tune with my reasons for keeping away over the years too. I've watched (and listened) too much comedy..I don't hear his voice reading the poems sometimes...I hear Jennifer Saunders or someone instead...and then the moment is gone!<br /><br />But I am trying to get to grips with him and I will look up those poems you've picked out.<br /><br />All these different reactions to Hughes are so interesting, informed, honest and downright entertaining - this really is the best book group in the world!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61082144178805051122009-04-25T00:25:00.000+01:002009-04-25T00:25:00.000+01:00Pike, The Horses, and Full Moon and Little Frieda ...Pike, The Horses, and Full Moon and Little Frieda are probably my fav Hughes poems. <br /><br />On account of his imagery he should probably be one of my favorite poets but he isn't, somehow I'm rarely in the mood to pick him up. I find him a bit grandiose in the tone of many of his poems and that bores me. <br /><br />I've just finished re-reading his Letters, they really are a great read - full of little writing gems and the letters to his children are lovely.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-79107240590125035522009-04-24T17:53:00.000+01:002009-04-24T17:53:00.000+01:00Yes it was a good trip..it's weird when somewhere ...Yes it was a good trip..it's weird when somewhere that's been home for so long becomes a holiday destination! I lived in Yorkshire for about 13 years as an adult (plus the odd years here and there in North Yorks. as a child) but now it is many things but it isn't really home. It makes for such a different experience. And Our Girl (who now takes Scottish accents for granted) was quite amazed by some of the very strong Yorkie accents in, say, Halifax. Her face was a picture and she would say to me in her fairly hard-t-pin-down voice 'Mummy, is that a Yorkshire accent?' (and I would reply 'aye, lass, that it is'). Or something.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-41030508575022025442009-04-24T17:26:00.000+01:002009-04-24T17:26:00.000+01:00"sponsored by someone or other" LOL
I haven't run..."sponsored by someone or other" LOL<br /><br />I haven't run into much Hughes at all but had another peek after your post; I think I could grow to like him though nothing's grabbed me at first.<br /><br />Sounds like a good trip!Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-14936545975230444272009-04-24T14:35:00.000+01:002009-04-24T14:35:00.000+01:00Self-reliance isn't always a choice, not is it alw...Self-reliance isn't always a choice, not is it always thrust upon you. Some people are just made like that. I remember reading something by Les Murray about Bruce Chatwin - he had eyes that said "I will leave you", because he didn't need anyone. LM also uses the same phrase in his big verse novel (Fredy Neptune) about Lawrence of Arabia. <br /><br />Oh, and I got the book at lunchtime. I like the way it's arranged with younger children at the beginning, older children at the end. The last ones are just normal-TH-poems, I'd say - nothing particularly childlike about them.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-22991442067720829162009-04-24T14:14:00.000+01:002009-04-24T14:14:00.000+01:00How did we end up on this? Uncle Shug - it was you...How did we end up on this? Uncle Shug - it was you!<br /><br />I used to be self-reliant (or at least under that illusion) but then for the past...nearly 15 years I have been anything but (in fact at times I'm not sure there's even been a self to be reliant on!). Recently I have been trying to get (at least) some of it back. Hard work though.<br /><br />And now back to poetry...I've been reading the Ted Hughes poems for children over lunch. So far I like 'Main Thing about Badgers'...but then I am a sucker for a good title. Some times a good title is enough for me...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-45322379309145255562009-04-24T14:08:00.000+01:002009-04-24T14:08:00.000+01:00It's times like the present when I realise that, h...It's times like the present when I realise that, however self-reliant I like to think I am, fundamentally I'm dependent on everyone around me. And that's a good thing.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87807073809038203082009-04-24T13:47:00.001+01:002009-04-24T13:47:00.001+01:00PS it's both.PS it's both.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-62331801097508020312009-04-24T13:47:00.000+01:002009-04-24T13:47:00.000+01:00Oooh... I think I'm self-reliant. Yikes.
Maybe I...Oooh... I think I'm self-reliant. Yikes. <br /><br />Maybe I will pop in and say hello. :)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12370551064262927412009-04-24T13:35:00.000+01:002009-04-24T13:35:00.000+01:00Now that is an interesting comment...
What must it...Now that is an interesting comment...<br />What must it be like to be self reliant? Brilliant? Or lonely? Bit of both?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-50602680175299654342009-04-24T13:32:00.000+01:002009-04-24T13:32:00.000+01:00The Thought Fox is a brilliant poem. I think he's ...The Thought Fox is a brilliant poem. I think he's a great poet but he's not one of my favourites. I like my poets less self reliant.Hugh McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353561780315527799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88208696018769353352009-04-24T13:01:00.000+01:002009-04-24T13:01:00.000+01:00I thought you meant the book of poems 'Birthday Le...I thought you meant the book of poems 'Birthday Letters' from a few years back but then I realised you meant an actual book of his letters that was published more recently. Doh! It sounds interesting...posts as you read it please!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com