tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post1536354809988119638..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Hearts outRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-52550401830311889482010-02-16T23:10:26.410+00:002010-02-16T23:10:26.410+00:00Well put, Weaver, very well put.
xWell put, Weaver, very well put.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-57512833765631093132010-02-16T19:04:41.619+00:002010-02-16T19:04:41.619+00:00I think somebody is breaking out here Rachel - goo...I think somebody is breaking out here Rachel - good for them.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11445759823836960482010-02-16T11:07:42.809+00:002010-02-16T11:07:42.809+00:00Wow being quoted!! Better watch what I say :) I me...Wow being quoted!! Better watch what I say :) I meant it, you really have a strong, distictive voice that comes through in your book.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-86293226829715273262010-02-16T10:34:28.925+00:002010-02-16T10:34:28.925+00:00Good one. I was and I did but I to my chagrin, for...Good one. I was and I did but I to my chagrin, forgot. I was reminded. Too late...Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-29182077620964135922010-02-16T09:12:00.466+00:002010-02-16T09:12:00.466+00:00Thanks Karen...a mind adventure is what we're ...Thanks Karen...a mind adventure is what we're after when we write isn't it?<br /><br />I've probably been more bad than good overall so I have plenty of background knowledge. These days I sometimes find keeping up the 'respectable parent' business quite tricky and I'm sure that's another thread to this poem!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11425499750741939982010-02-16T01:24:27.900+00:002010-02-16T01:24:27.900+00:00Rachel - Here's a question: How many of us who...Rachel - Here's a question: How many of us who have always been "good" would love to "waltz down to the tackiest shop in town" and go from there? You've a jaunty defiance that tickles me! Great adventure...of the mind!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-63729185569961319862010-02-15T19:51:05.491+00:002010-02-15T19:51:05.491+00:00PF - thanks so much. Sometimes I do wonder what I&...PF - thanks so much. Sometimes I do wonder what I'm up to but maybe the voice is one of my strengths sometimes...it has been mentioned before. In fact when Sorlil reviewed my book (back <a href="http://sorlily.blogspot.com/2008/09/life-has-been-rather-busy-with-little.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>) she said "Having read the collection right through I'm convinced that Rachel Fox doesn't live on the east coast of Scotland but has smuggled herself into my house through her book. So strong is the personality and voice in these poems that reading them is like having her recite them to you in person."<br /><br />Hi Sorlil - look...I've quoted you!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-36123760726976676792010-02-15T18:24:17.587+00:002010-02-15T18:24:17.587+00:00I like the big looping letters and the bursting sy...I like the big looping letters and the bursting symbols!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38905465364166376232010-02-15T16:53:35.014+00:002010-02-15T16:53:35.014+00:00The rhythm in this is brilliant - I'm with Re...The rhythm in this is brilliant - I'm with Red Bird on this one - I can hear it being read out loud. It has an almost defiant, in your face quality that really works too.Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85825311953359161162010-02-15T15:51:58.989+00:002010-02-15T15:51:58.989+00:00Thanks guys - lovely words all round. I've wri...Thanks guys - lovely words all round. I've written very little with any sexual content really (partly to do with my occupation -small child care - and partly to do with where I read poems most regularly - folk clubs aren't big on sex) so it's been nice to go somewhere different with this.<br /><br />And Willow - originally I had 'loopy letters' thinking of the double meaning of loopy=crazy...but it just didn't sound right and so 'looping' came in instead. I think it was one of the very last minute changes.<br />As for the tongue...I suppose I could have had a line about licking the envelope too...oh, it could have gone on forever!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80155000057785405342010-02-15T13:54:46.882+00:002010-02-15T13:54:46.882+00:00"big looping letters on the envelope"
..."big looping letters on the envelope" <br /><br /><br />Love the way this feels on the tongue.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-86118079623449282012010-02-15T13:29:55.089+00:002010-02-15T13:29:55.089+00:00I've only "heard" you read your poem...I've only "heard" you read your poems a few times but in this one, I could hear your voice so clearly... like you were here in the room reading it to me... it's wonderful!<br />:)Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287107184977896696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11438726565640474982010-02-15T13:27:27.712+00:002010-02-15T13:27:27.712+00:00Buy me a heart from the tackiest shop in town!Buy me a heart from the tackiest shop in town!Colm Keeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415603898882232950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-86768612260135255522010-02-15T09:55:48.034+00:002010-02-15T09:55:48.034+00:00beautiful :-) also love the lines;
'dance down...beautiful :-) also love the lines;<br />'dance down to disgrace in the mirror's light'... hot!Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-28260022807895470282010-02-15T08:50:23.483+00:002010-02-15T08:50:23.483+00:00Rachel - and your flowers make me smile every day ...Rachel - and your flowers make me smile every day now!<br /><br />CFM - so much to say...when I started writing poems I wasn't involved in any kind of poetry scene at all (not even online) and therefore I had no prejudices, no group mentality, nothing...I just read and wrote. I had studied literature at school and uni but really my relationship was just with the words (not any theories). When I started to send poems out to poetry magazines and the like I was really shocked by some of the attitudes I came across (this isn't allowed, this is frowned upon, this is naff etc) and in some ways for all the talk of freedom of expression I would have to say poetry can be one of the most repressed and hypercritical worlds I have ever come across (partly to do with the kinds of personalities attracted to poetry I think...some of them might already be shrieking 'what's wrong with hypercritical?'...well, depends how it's done...). For a while it really bothered me but then I have kind of talked myself round...I write and I am involved in poetry (to a point) but I deal with the people who seem to me to have a good attitude and philosophy. I suppose this is how everyone behaves really. Blogs like TFE's appeal to me because they are open and welcoming to all...they really are about freedom of expression and that's a priority for me. It's still the words that matter.<br /><br />Be seeing you around no doubt. And I did like your poem. The way you used the numbers worked really well...made it memorable.<br /><br />And I wrote quite a lot about people being snotty about 'verse' a while back...there are poems on my website in the 'writing' section.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-65609931655091339422010-02-15T07:29:19.233+00:002010-02-15T07:29:19.233+00:00Hi Rachel
Just wanted to how much I like this, it ...Hi Rachel<br />Just wanted to how much I like this, it acknowledges how the tackiness appeals to us all even though we don't like to admit it:-)<br />And thank you for your comment on my poem. It is really helpful to have someone say something other than that they like like it. And i do agree, on re reading it was too predictable, in fact I nearly included stuff about his tea making skills which I removed, it was hard to articulate something subtle about why you love someone in spite of the things that drive you crazy. I may attempt another version.<br />Also wondering, reading previous posts, why "bang bang" rhymes are somehow considered not real poetry, you are the second person i have read recently who implied this, I read Susan Hill 'Howards end is on the landing' and she somewhat dismissively referred to such poetry as 'verse'.<br />thanks for sharing<br />crazy field mouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37758792980912726022010-02-14T23:20:18.730+00:002010-02-14T23:20:18.730+00:00Ha - made me smile this did!Ha - made me smile this did!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-72922009746304871622010-02-14T12:29:43.537+00:002010-02-14T12:29:43.537+00:00Niamh - a sweetheart you are! But lovely...really?...Niamh - a sweetheart you are! But lovely...really? Not dirty? I feel used...<br /><br />Titus. Yes...I did think of lots of soundilikes with gaudy...bawdy, sordid, tawdry...but by then the poem was pretty much formed and in motion. Maybe another time.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-76814223573874928012010-02-14T12:17:06.396+00:002010-02-14T12:17:06.396+00:00Loved this one! Especially;
"The brightest,...Loved this one! Especially;<br /><br />"The brightest, gaudiest heart<br />Caress its velvet sections<br />Then take it home <br />To bed for good?"<br /><br />Worked on every level, great read.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-19620331524675793502010-02-14T12:12:14.895+00:002010-02-14T12:12:14.895+00:00As always Rachel, a pleasure to read, lovelyAs always Rachel, a pleasure to read, lovelyNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-14590348728725732002010-02-14T11:54:52.713+00:002010-02-14T11:54:52.713+00:00But obviously I only realised all that once it was...But obviously I only realised all that once it was out (and not before). And that sounds like an innunendo too if you listen right. <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-5037844841134001222010-02-14T11:53:46.174+00:002010-02-14T11:53:46.174+00:00Yes, I think it's about lots of things...and o...Yes, I think it's about lots of things...and only one of them is couples in longlasting love, Cuban! It's really much more about love vs sex, the relationship with the self, the physical relationship with the self, desire, what you can buy, what you can't, twisted thoughts, untwisted thoughts, misery...hell, it's about everything (as always).<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-92186430679884100912010-02-14T11:46:19.288+00:002010-02-14T11:46:19.288+00:00There's a naughty undertone in the poem which ...There's a naughty undertone in the poem which I love. It's somewhat subversive and I like that kind of poetry.<br /><br />'Do you not fancy<br />A defiant waltz down<br />To the tackiest shop in town<br />There to pluck clean out <br />The brightest, gaudiest heart<br />Caress its velvet sections<br />Then take it home <br />To bed for good?'<br /><br />Oh, yes. Did it thirteen years ago and still going strong. :-) Mind you she was not in the tackiest shop in town! :-D<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-26098562260242602252010-02-14T11:00:06.709+00:002010-02-14T11:00:06.709+00:00Now, now, Argent...it's not a competition...
G...Now, now, Argent...it's not a competition...<br />Good luck with a creative solution to the score card though.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-42033297742454475562010-02-14T10:56:47.284+00:002010-02-14T10:56:47.284+00:00Loved it! I failed miserably - didn't get hi...Loved it! I failed miserably - didn't get himself a card, did I? He got me one though, so he's 1-0 up now.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.com