tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post8278338885235915975..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Blackbird pizzaRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46692198938916057062010-05-04T16:04:58.531+01:002010-05-04T16:04:58.531+01:00Interesting that people have mentioned church. I k...Interesting that people have mentioned church. I know I have a fairly active inner (godless) preacher. Sometimes it's not so inner...<br /><br />And bewildered is just right...for this one anyway.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-68150167767214621922010-05-04T15:19:40.783+01:002010-05-04T15:19:40.783+01:00I didn't know what to make of this when I firs...I didn't know what to make of this when I first read it, I just felt bewildered and slightly uncomfortable, but that's exactly how drugs make me feel (or made me feel, haven't so much as sniffed a drug in twenty years). Hearing you read it, with that echo, it reminds me of being in church as a child and being lulled by the Eulogy which, in turn, reminds me of Marx saying 'religion is the opium of the people.' <br /><br />I really like how you manage to convey the feeling of being in a heightened state in the first half.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-62416092175493321202010-05-04T13:50:51.895+01:002010-05-04T13:50:51.895+01:00Look forward to reading it Peter. I suppose really...Look forward to reading it Peter. I suppose really you should tweet it...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-22727295322498929432010-05-04T12:43:19.874+01:002010-05-04T12:43:19.874+01:00I'm determined now to write a bad villanelle a...I'm determined now to write a bad villanelle about a blackbird taking acid (probably why he sings in the dead of night) Great stuff!Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33136816193076140672010-05-04T09:46:16.817+01:002010-05-04T09:46:16.817+01:00Titus - well, we'd make a good double act, may...Titus - well, we'd make a good double act, maybe.<br /><br />Sandra - I love the 'currant of truth'! And your comments on this poem are very astute...you've kind of explained it to me, so well done!<br /><br />Thanks, Karen - things are still tough here so good vibes are all very welcome. They may keep my head above water...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-58321484515957174052010-05-04T02:43:01.248+01:002010-05-04T02:43:01.248+01:00I love both the language and the imagery of this. ...I love both the language and the imagery of this. Oh, and the form, too with the repeated "there is this." Very, very nice.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-1690975890238067542010-05-04T00:44:17.730+01:002010-05-04T00:44:17.730+01:00I listened to your poem and the songs, thoroughly ...I listened to your poem and the songs, thoroughly enjoyed both -- then wandered through your link to the villanelle and liked that, too -- although when you wrote "a current full of truth" I scanned it as "a currant full of truth" -- I suspect the pizza theme had made me a little peckish!<br /><br />Back to your latest poem -- I liked the contrast between the first half and the second. You are less like Alice now, more a part of the world where you walk. Lovely poem.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-31050285514041498732010-05-04T00:22:14.887+01:002010-05-04T00:22:14.887+01:00Good poem, great reading! Really liked the openin...Good poem, great reading! Really liked the opening, and then the final two stanzas (verses?) just perfection! Jealous.<br /> <br />I always wanted to try cocaine, but with my addictive personality decided it was probably best to steer clear.<br /><br />Villanelles - I'm with Deemi - we love 'em!<br /><br />I thought I'd heard the Unthanks song before on a Jethro Tull album, then when I read the comments realised it might have been Sir Paul after all. I know none of them sound the same.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61167227245412225862010-05-03T21:16:50.718+01:002010-05-03T21:16:50.718+01:00Sinister is always a possibility with acid, Argent...Sinister is always a possibility with acid, Argent...a definite possiblity...and it can be self-imposed torture at times. I'm not sure the good bits are worth the bad in retrospect but I've got beyond regrets by this point. We are what we are...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-79193466432131425922010-05-03T21:09:54.706+01:002010-05-03T21:09:54.706+01:00This has an ever-so-slightly-blurry sinister edge ...This has an ever-so-slightly-blurry sinister edge to it which is how I always imagine an LSD trip would be (never tried it but am kinda curious). The echo gave the audio an eerie out-of-this-world quality too. It's really great to hear people's voices.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-7232828307121735652010-05-03T20:56:11.350+01:002010-05-03T20:56:11.350+01:00Sorry to hear about your mother. Hope she's ho...Sorry to hear about your mother. Hope she's holding her own?<br />My own (semi)mental days seem pretty distant - which made me not want to write about them. That's what I really liked about your poem - it's engaging with a world that's here here right now, rather than being entirely retrospective.<br />Spent the afternoon shoveling manure - does it get much more rock'n roll than that?Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13821411578140874792010-05-03T17:31:06.645+01:002010-05-03T17:31:06.645+01:00Oh, my friend...my life just now is SO un rock'...Oh, my friend...my life just now is SO un rock'n'roll...cooking and cleaning and caring for my aged (and currently sick) mother (and my wee girl - though she barely gets a look-in just now)! Going to festivals? I'd be lucky to get out of the house at the moment! Certainly it makes me glad I went mental when I had the chance...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13246844164348457482010-05-03T17:14:34.294+01:002010-05-03T17:14:34.294+01:00Really great reading of a fantastic poem. Respect!...Really great reading of a fantastic poem. Respect! (Sounds like you're in a church.) <br />Couldn't get my head around the task this week - now feeling old and fat and very unrockandrollish as a result :)Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-34579889208940904602010-05-03T14:24:57.259+01:002010-05-03T14:24:57.259+01:00Thanks Weaver.
Yes, Rachel, it has pride of place...Thanks Weaver.<br /><br />Yes, Rachel, it has pride of place!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64897596630402226112010-05-03T11:46:03.076+01:002010-05-03T11:46:03.076+01:00Glad the pic's getting an airing!
xGlad the pic's getting an airing!<br />xRachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-75589957197963515212010-05-03T11:34:18.958+01:002010-05-03T11:34:18.958+01:00Beautiful stuff.Beautiful stuff.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49907257519874402482010-05-03T11:08:41.947+01:002010-05-03T11:08:41.947+01:00Rach - good days and bad here. We had some visitor...Rach - good days and bad here. We had some visitors yesterday and they commented on your lovely picture above my desk by the way. And yes, I'm pretty clean-living these days...the other stuff is all memories now.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38339559336822135492010-05-03T10:59:06.560+01:002010-05-03T10:59:06.560+01:00Glad to see you still hanging in there!
I thought...Glad to see you still hanging in there!<br /><br />I thought your poem really relaxed but your words about the songs were really far out!<br /><br />I barely even take paracetamol, don't drink, don't smoke..."what you gonna do?"...Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13511952821352980362010-05-03T08:56:44.892+01:002010-05-03T08:56:44.892+01:00Thanks Niamh. One does one's best.
TFE - no t...Thanks Niamh. One does one's best.<br /><br />TFE - no the echo was an accident...a fluke...very suitable though, all things considered.<br /><br />Dominic - I do like Patten poems. Very much.<br /><br />Things still fairly tough here day to day. Will do my best to stay on the Bus though.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27998826985079823412010-05-03T00:54:53.939+01:002010-05-03T00:54:53.939+01:00Like it - especially "The daffodils singing u...Like it - especially "The daffodils singing uninvited, as ever". (Perhaps it reminded me, in a funny sort of way of Brian Patten: "The stars, the buggers, remained silent").Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46810983422344683712010-05-02T23:12:21.757+01:002010-05-02T23:12:21.757+01:00Your rreading brings the poem into 3D and I don...Your rreading brings the poem into 3D and I don't know if the echo was intentional but it ups the ante too!<br /><br />I'm going to hide behind the sofa now.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-54194753083417477772010-05-02T21:38:04.493+01:002010-05-02T21:38:04.493+01:00I'm so glad you got to do the audio, wow, impr...I'm so glad you got to do the audio, wow, impressive recording - sounds very professional. Hearing you reading it transforms the mood completely from what I originally heard in my head as well.<br />It's a beautiful poem, either way <br />(ie my way or your way)Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44983258524999560742010-05-02T20:32:37.860+01:002010-05-02T20:32:37.860+01:00Certainly some of the cold meds are full of what a...Certainly some of the cold meds are full of what amounts to speed pretty much. As for diet pills (not that I've ever tried those I have to say...but I know people who have).<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-35586529435169722562010-05-02T20:13:55.184+01:002010-05-02T20:13:55.184+01:00I love this! I've had such moments when taking...I love this! I've had such moments when taking cold meds - they make me QUITE strange - but I'm like deemikay - squeaky. And I've never smoked either! I know - how do I even find anything to write about?The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32446982545296446532010-05-02T18:55:24.886+01:002010-05-02T18:55:24.886+01:00Ah Kat...the restrain came a long time after the d...Ah Kat...the restrain came a long time after the drugtaking! A really long time...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com