tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post2932218317133507657..comments2023-06-17T06:42:27.316-07:00Comments on snow like thought: Ballad debtRachel Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-78900367454656994722011-07-27T04:10:49.883-07:002011-07-27T04:10:49.883-07:00Thank you, Nu - high praise indeedly from you!Thank you, Nu - high praise indeedly from you!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-27338355887800425902011-07-27T00:35:15.393-07:002011-07-27T00:35:15.393-07:00Love the pic.
ALso love the poems - v inventive, ...Love the pic.<br /><br />ALso love the poems - v inventive, quirky, fast-paced. And funny. Nice one, girleen.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-5728835989449309292011-07-22T23:43:45.774-07:002011-07-22T23:43:45.774-07:00Hey, Cat - thank you - I'm working on the coll...Hey, Cat - thank you - I'm working on the collection - fingers crossed they'll make it into a book one day.<br /><br />I'm really pleased you like those qualities on my poems. Thanks.<br /><br /><br />Speaking of books on tables - did "The Long and Short of It" arrive yet?Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-38606198852067246092011-07-22T08:02:13.817-07:002011-07-22T08:02:13.817-07:00Dear Rachel,
Just finishing my cuppa as I ruminat...Dear Rachel,<br /><br />Just finishing my cuppa as I ruminate over your poems. They are very good, very sitting-in-a-book-on-my-bedside-table for rereading. Are your poems in a book somewhere? <br /><br />I like the punches and the toughness.<br /><br />ciao catThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-84191031027722936792011-07-20T03:31:35.227-07:002011-07-20T03:31:35.227-07:00HA - frolicking is what I believe the cats are doi...HA - frolicking is what I believe the cats are doing, Lori. There should be more frolicking in the world. My son loves the library, too - alas, the library is less loving of him. And, for some inexplicable reason, the children's section is upstairs with a low glass bannister and no stari gates! Odd. Or not: goes to prove the child non-love. <br /><br /><br />Les, thank you. Yes, the illustration is owing to your wee feline. Love your new pic, too!<br />Will be having a mammoth catch up session soon as I can - toddler/library and pc permitting.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You were proper posh, t'other Rachel - Angel Delight AND an electric whisk! Elbow grease for me. Blancmange rabbits were regular birthday features though...thanks, glad you noticed the ref.<br /><br /><br />Thanks, Dominic. I've used way more starfish refs in my poetry (since moving to NZ) than is creatively acceptable but I'm pleased you liked it here.<br /><br />Balladette is a current fave of mine but proving difficult to illustrate!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-14490755905157439662011-07-20T00:04:43.534-07:002011-07-20T00:04:43.534-07:00Liked these - especially the dramatic ending of Ba...Liked these - especially the dramatic ending of Balladette - and the "the flushed, swollen starfish" in The Reading.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-64794068383159453882011-07-18T15:18:32.125-07:002011-07-18T15:18:32.125-07:00The Angel Delight ref. works well. For those of us...The Angel Delight ref. works well. For those of us who ate it anyway (and I did - lots - in about 1977). I used to love whipping it up with an electric whisk!Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-69936505958929035422011-07-18T12:43:28.169-07:002011-07-18T12:43:28.169-07:00OH, Rae, these are such hard, real, unfluffed poem...OH, Rae, these are such hard, real, unfluffed poems. I am going to have to read them more than twice in order to express anything cogent, other than my first reaction: "Not sugar coated in any way. Honest and straight. Deal with it. Things aren't always soft, beautiful and pastel." Love your illustration that includes the back half of my little black cat, Virginia Woolf. Thank you, as ever, for your shared brilliance.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-33693894406969261932011-07-18T12:38:47.120-07:002011-07-18T12:38:47.120-07:00Such a great illustration, Rachel. I love it. What...Such a great illustration, Rachel. I love it. What are those cats doing under the table? So funny. I am sorry to hear that your laptop is not recovering. But the library must make it feel better, right? A good reason to spend more time there.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17708851895104018255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-50387039843469877152011-07-18T04:11:54.146-07:002011-07-18T04:11:54.146-07:00Hey Thomas - think you've read a draft of &quo...Hey Thomas - think you've read a draft of "The Reading" - maybe just one biscuit needed to pull you through "Balladette".<br /><br />Thanks :)Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-20106299098011711082011-07-18T03:49:43.412-07:002011-07-18T03:49:43.412-07:00Good luck with your computer, Rachel. They are nev...Good luck with your computer, Rachel. They are never more ugly and irritating than when they don't work. Good luck with teeth too.<br /><br />Now I'm off to brew up some coffee and brace myself for your poems...<br /><br />TThomas Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987047131104943571noreply@blogger.com