tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post9166633391508717689..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: News and heavy metalRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-36386059666789101662010-02-03T18:33:16.275+00:002010-02-03T18:33:16.275+00:00I think maybe I used it more as a diving board tha...I think maybe I used it more as a diving board than anything. (Boom boom.)<br /><br />But thanks. Give it a tune if you like. I'm always up for tunes.<br /><br />Speaking of which...and it's linked...I've been listening to Corinne Bailey Rae's new album 'The Sea' today. Some great tracks.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-59847184069969446932010-02-03T18:12:07.575+00:002010-02-03T18:12:07.575+00:00Your poem had a lovely rythmic feel to it. I love...Your poem had a lovely rythmic feel to it. I loved the image of the diving suit under the sea. You got loads more out of that piece tham me I think.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-63347434216599326462010-02-02T23:31:35.037+00:002010-02-02T23:31:35.037+00:00Cheers, friend. And 'adrift for dead' is m...Cheers, friend. And 'adrift for dead' is my favourite bit certainly. I'd almost put together another book just to have that as the title!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-41508569092662649602010-02-02T19:56:44.298+00:002010-02-02T19:56:44.298+00:00Ps brine is fine, in my humble bumble.Ps brine is fine, in my humble bumble.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-77378183921836656652010-02-02T19:54:20.584+00:002010-02-02T19:54:20.584+00:00There was the sound of the sea in there somewhere ...There was the sound of the sea in there somewhere wasn't there? Good work Foxo<br /><br />'Hanging by a rope to nowhere fast<br />Adrift for dead and falling by degree<br />I see no-one and the sea sees me..'<br /> <br />Is a great poem all by itself! I see myself in that.(shivers)Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-82393772771362790222010-02-02T14:28:25.595+00:002010-02-02T14:28:25.595+00:00Thanks Swiss. I'll be a poet yet.
xThanks Swiss. I'll be a poet yet.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38492049803505968462010-02-02T10:39:28.514+00:002010-02-02T10:39:28.514+00:00those old diving suits will do it for me! nice one...those old diving suits will do it for me! nice one!swisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46574307862430875292010-02-02T08:25:57.120+00:002010-02-02T08:25:57.120+00:00You know how it is...as I listened the picture tha...You know how it is...as I listened the picture that came into my head was one of those old diving suits. And off it went.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-18833932680639283422010-02-02T08:16:43.098+00:002010-02-02T08:16:43.098+00:00Hmmm, Interesting response to the Ghost road piece...Hmmm, Interesting response to the Ghost road piece. I never woulda went underwater with it, but it's brill. It felt kinda playful to me! Something to do with the subversion of submersion maybe.Colm Keeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415603898882232950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67821305694509768242010-02-01T16:03:58.402+00:002010-02-01T16:03:58.402+00:00Now that was a rambling comment!
xNow that was a rambling comment!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-63813790304893026102010-02-01T16:02:45.291+00:002010-02-01T16:02:45.291+00:00I was more like 10 hours...well, not quite.
Thing...I was more like 10 hours...well, not quite.<br /><br />Thing is I really don't put anything up on here until I'm pretty sure I think it's finished or gone as far as it's going to go (and I know there's that quote about poems not being finished but abandoned...in fact I think I've seen it on your emails Kat...but I don't feel that way about my own work at all). I write a poem (however long it takes...sometimes ten minutes...sometimes years!) and then it's finished and then people can read it if they want. Hence I wasn't happy about putting this up until it felt something like done to me...and done was putting up quite a fight this time! On Saturday I was considering just emailing Dominic what I'd done but not making it any more public than that...then a few more words changed and I was OK with the poem after all.<br /><br />When I say 'OK' I just mean that...I didn't think it was spectacular but I thought it was OK to head off on its own. I don't mind being confused about my poems...I just don't like them to feel unfinished or like they're not working to the best of their ability! That probably sounds weird.<br /><br />As for the 'go gently'...it meant about a hundred different things (and certainly not all connected with the poem). You know how it is.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-91571644110530570742010-02-01T14:35:19.450+00:002010-02-01T14:35:19.450+00:00What do you mean, "Go gently"??? For wha...What do you mean, "Go gently"??? For whatever value my opinion holds, I thought it was very good. I like the "giant's swimming pool" notion. I think the best line for me was, "I see noone and the sea sees me". That certainly conveys the isolation.<br />It's hard to be true to what you hear and your initial impulses and still toy with the piece to make something good.<br />I listened to it, wrote it and posted in the sum total of ten minutes. Whatever that means.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-7690880218191492372010-02-01T13:34:37.052+00:002010-02-01T13:34:37.052+00:00And I wouldn't go every year if it wasn't ...And I wouldn't go every year if it wasn't quite so close to here. <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-81227440555428186722010-02-01T13:33:49.129+00:002010-02-01T13:33:49.129+00:00Maybe next year they'll finally see the light ...Maybe next year they'll finally see the light and invite you properly! <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-16307910289917301402010-02-01T13:31:49.686+00:002010-02-01T13:31:49.686+00:00Did I not reply? Sorry. Don't think I'm go...Did I not reply? Sorry. Don't think I'm going to Stanza this time. More shuglessness.Hugh McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353561780315527799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-43388902855433897022010-02-01T12:04:55.610+00:002010-02-01T12:04:55.610+00:00Exactly. That's why they stick to salt water ...Exactly. That's why they stick to salt water ones.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-3759660351620712292010-02-01T11:50:03.116+00:002010-02-01T11:50:03.116+00:00Plus (on the brine) where would giants go shopping...Plus (on the brine) where would giants go shopping for chlorine? They'd need so much.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67432210204033739162010-02-01T11:48:05.317+00:002010-02-01T11:48:05.317+00:00Shug - it's my first time without you! It'...Shug - it's my first time without you! It's going to feel kind of weird...shugless. You never replied to me about StAnza...are you off to flog books? I won't be there Sat but will be there Sunday (briefly) and maybe Thursday.<br /><br />Titus - yes, it was tough. I had one of those 'I can't write, I can't think, I don't know any words' weeks with it. This week I might write a nursery rhyme or something.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-90112627641184545632010-02-01T11:41:09.080+00:002010-02-01T11:41:09.080+00:00First, thank God, I feel as if I might have listen...First, thank God, I feel as if I might have listened to the right piece of music after PiR's comment. And you've got a lot of ocean too.<br /><br />I really liked this. It's a strong, clear image to start, and then<br /><br />Hanging by a rope to nowhere fast<br />Adrift for dead and falling by degree<br /><br />is very good.<br /><br />I have no problem with the brine - there's a sea-water swimming pool at Cliftonville, Kent, too, very similar to the Malory Towers one.<br /><br />And the last verse really nails it,<br />I especially liked<br /><br />I hear all wrong and I cling to free<br />My head rattles hard in its helmet jail<br /><br />Wasn't an easy one though, was it?Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-36267723992276139512010-02-01T11:37:57.000+00:002010-02-01T11:37:57.000+00:00wow some line up. Well done, Rachel.wow some line up. Well done, Rachel.Hugh McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353561780315527799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-26501392727754460442010-02-01T09:55:27.425+00:002010-02-01T09:55:27.425+00:00Yes, and I dreamed last night our dog was drowning...Yes, and I dreamed last night our dog was drowning in the waves and I couldn't reach to save her!<br /><br />Look what you've done to us, Dominic!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87712457021874446902010-02-01T09:35:07.555+00:002010-02-01T09:35:07.555+00:00Apropos Dominic's thing - I started thinking a...Apropos Dominic's thing - I started thinking about someone being run over by a truck and then hearing church bells in the distance just before he died - I just got so bloody depressed I just couldn't go on with it.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-78828341822715893882010-02-01T09:18:09.556+00:002010-02-01T09:18:09.556+00:00It's a very meditative piece, and almost a wor...It's a very meditative piece, and almost a world apart (in my view) from some of your other poems. I loved the slow pace ('Hanging by a rope to nowhere fast') and the uncertainty - 'It could be an ocean or a giant's swimming pool<br />How would I know - no clues on me'. Many thanks, loved reading it.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87315793464202283552010-02-01T09:08:52.526+00:002010-02-01T09:08:52.526+00:00I got the impression with Dominic's 'thing...I got the impression with Dominic's 'thing' that you'd need a poetic lift. But no, I've made my final choice. There's no going back!<br />cheers, <br />GwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-24351157243804015192010-02-01T08:20:34.163+00:002010-02-01T08:20:34.163+00:00Thanks, Dick. It's a lot better than it was a ...Thanks, Dick. It's a lot better than it was a few days ago anyway!<br /><br />Dominic - is it film music? I didn't read any of the page at all. I thought it was more of your experimental business.<br /><br />Why the quandry PiR? I will mail you today too.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com