tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post826222714717437391..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Quiet, pleaseRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-10168843756778274312008-09-20T23:45:00.000+01:002008-09-20T23:45:00.000+01:00All your positive comments about this poem are muc...All your positive comments about this poem are much appreciated for many, many reasons...too many to list!<BR/>xxxRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38561364147077060022008-09-20T18:25:00.000+01:002008-09-20T18:25:00.000+01:00I like the simplicity of this poem - the short lin...I like the simplicity of this poem - the short lines, the simple words - I agree that "bark" does add just a touch of dissonance to it. But the more I read it and think about it the less simple it becomes. I love it.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-81946801596298733522008-09-20T10:44:00.000+01:002008-09-20T10:44:00.000+01:00I love poetry about words, and this is a pretty br...I love poetry about words, and this is a pretty brilliant example. Beautiful as ever.Fiendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427088675092430747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32909994418789856462008-09-20T08:36:00.000+01:002008-09-20T08:36:00.000+01:00Thanks Dick. I've done book/cd swaps with lots of ...Thanks Dick. I've done book/cd swaps with lots of other writers/musicians...if you fancy joining in send me a mail. Same goes for all readers. Not that buying my book is a bad idea either...<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88319287290030621112008-09-19T23:22:00.000+01:002008-09-19T23:22:00.000+01:00Brief but punching way above its weight! My favour...Brief but punching way above its weight! My favourite kind of poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12239593105108324582008-09-19T14:03:00.000+01:002008-09-19T14:03:00.000+01:00They were as rough as arseholes (yes, that's a tec...They were as rough as arseholes (yes, that's a technical term). They probably would have cut my tongue out without flinching...then I really would have had no voice to moan about (or to not moan about...).Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-391260425093880932008-09-19T13:59:00.000+01:002008-09-19T13:59:00.000+01:00It's too late now but I know a good answer for tho...It's too late now but I know a good answer for those awful neighbours of yours (from times gone by) and their awful barking hound.<BR/><BR/>My answer would have been 'yes'. Funny how us writers always think up the clever response after the event. :)<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed the poem, it's in a book I proudly own.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-35666751499392332462008-09-19T07:47:00.000+01:002008-09-19T07:47:00.000+01:00I think once 'bark' dropped into its place I liked...I think once 'bark' dropped into its place I liked it because it is really the odd word in there, the loose cannon, the slightly uncomfortable what-the-hell-is-that moment. <BR/><BR/>I like your 'bark orders'...and in fact one of the things I (personally) like most about words is quite how many meanings and nuances and all sorts you can see with just a few words. You see - paintings...who needs them! <BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80275056163365072032008-09-19T07:24:00.000+01:002008-09-19T07:24:00.000+01:00Interesting. When I read the poem I assumed you me...Interesting. When I read the poem I assumed you meant 'bark' as in 'bark orders'. So now I know.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-78301979625107743022008-09-18T22:49:00.000+01:002008-09-18T22:49:00.000+01:00I like "rantling". Call the dictionary people for...I like "rantling". Call the dictionary people for next year's newest word. <BR/><BR/>As for the other, it was the polite version of "Kissing your ass". :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13652996804172545682008-09-18T17:53:00.000+01:002008-09-18T17:53:00.000+01:00No pressure...only if you want to review it. I was...No pressure...only if you want to review it. I was just rambling/ranting...maybe I should invent rantling to cover it properly!<BR/><BR/>As for 'bussing my arse'...well...what on earth is that?<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-51416441129730351642008-09-18T17:45:00.000+01:002008-09-18T17:45:00.000+01:00Great...now I have to go home, re-read and post so...Great...now I have to go home, re-read and post something which sounds neither cowardly nor as if I'm puckering to buss your arse. :)<BR/><BR/>Another genetic mutation, I fear, is that "Southern girls" are raised to avoid hurting people's feelings. Doesn't always work, but we're taught it nonetheless. It's why we tend to say, "Bless his/her heart" at the end of sentences in which someone has done something absolutely stupid....it's polite code for "Idiot!" <BR/><BR/>Then again, my sister and I were raised under the same roof and she has NO problems telling people what she thinks, whether she should or not. :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-83448965230250872812008-09-18T14:37:00.000+01:002008-09-18T14:37:00.000+01:00Glad you like this one, Hope. I like to try and sa...Glad you like this one, Hope. I like to try and say a lot with very little sometimes...that's my kind of challenge!<BR/><BR/>As for not being 'literary' enough to review a book...that is one of my least favourite features of the arts...how people feel afraid or cautious to say what they think in case someone laughs at them or sneers at them. I guess that's partly why I write things like that last post about visual art (something I am far from an expert in). I think it's important that we feel free to have a go...to try and talk or write about all parts of the arts, whoever we are, wherever we are. It is interesting to read what the more erudite and scholarly writers have to say but that's never the whole picture and, for me, none of the arts should be closed shops ('you're not allowed in - you haven't been practising your verb conjugations'). Open all hours, no admission fee, no purchase necessary...that's more my kind of place. I'm such a hippy...well, kind of an uptight hippy...but you get my meaning...<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-26990582526429111772008-09-18T14:23:00.000+01:002008-09-18T14:23:00.000+01:00Okay, I never did a review of your book [oddly, I ...Okay, I never did a review of your book [oddly, I never feel "literary" enough to do stuff like that] but this poem was my absolute favorite!<BR/><BR/>I don't know if it's the brevity or the simple truth of how words and I work together, but as someone who writes, I'd say you hit the nail on the head. Succinctly, even.<BR/><BR/>As for doing more than one thing at a time...we can't help it. There's something in that X chromosome which renders women genetically incapable of sitting still for long periods of time and doing nothing. ;)<BR/><BR/>By the way, sent your package out on Tuesday.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64490863847679804162008-09-18T11:37:00.000+01:002008-09-18T11:37:00.000+01:00Thanks Frances. I think I have extended the idea i...Thanks Frances. I think I have extended the idea in other poems too. I write about songs, singing, music...a lot! And also about expression...how we all try to do it in our own ways. <BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67837614789747997622008-09-18T11:05:00.000+01:002008-09-18T11:05:00.000+01:00I love the idea in this Rachel. If anything, I'd ...I love the idea in this Rachel. If anything, I'd like to see it a tiny bit longer.<BR/>I can imagine how difficult it was for you at home listening to that dog. I'm so glad you've been able to move on from that. Its extraordinary how anxieties can take a hold.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12455584448055432913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-42764213765451818052008-09-18T09:12:00.000+01:002008-09-18T09:12:00.000+01:00Thanks SB. Mrs Bear - how lovely that sounds. My S...Thanks SB. Mrs Bear - how lovely that sounds. My Small Girl would love that. She's too young yet to read this blog though. She still thinks Mummy is perfect! (I have tried to tell her the truth but she won't hear it!).<BR/><BR/>My thoughts on other people's poetry...I'll look but I'm not sure how helpful or otherwise I'll be...<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88802924130171698522008-09-18T09:02:00.000+01:002008-09-18T09:02:00.000+01:00Rachel - lovely. 'For words will bring their own s...Rachel - lovely. 'For words will bring their own sound in'. I think I can relate to that. When I try to write, I very often don't have a clue what I'm doing (which is probably obvious from the 'poems' I end up with) but there are times when, whatever happens, it seems right enough to me and the words will 'bring their own sound in'. Trembling, I ask that you have a little look at a handful of the words I have up at my 'poetry' blog at www.zedalley.blogspot.com Any tip or handy hints most welcome. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Mrs. bear seems to prepare for the day in much the same way as you - one hand on the kids, another on the computer, checking her e-mails etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com